The Salem Foundation

• The foundation is based in Boston, MA, and its grants have leaned towards education, so a request tied to education or youth work fits its recorded giving most closely, although the filing states no single funding priority.
• Giving has fallen each year, to $492,000 paid in the latest filing, and half of its 61 grants to organisations across three filings were $25,000 or less, so a modest request is a realistic starting point.
• About 8 in 10 grants fall between $5,000 and $200,000, which is a typical band rather than a ceiling, since the largest grant was $2,000,000.
• The filings show grants mainly in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Indiana, but no geographic focus is stated, so those places show where it has given and do not limit who may apply.
• It accepts applications with no deadlines given and no standard format required, but 74% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so a new applicant should expect a competitive route that may favour existing grantees.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Harvard Business School · Educational to support student needs.
  $100,0002024 tax year
• SquashBusters · To challenge and nurture urban youth as students, athletes and citizens so that they recognize and fulfill their fullest potential in life
  $60,0002024 tax year
• Foundation for the Carolinas · To serve as a catalyst for philanthropic activity in our 13-county region and is a driver for major civic efforts. to offer innovative solutions that help individuals, nonprofits and companies bring their charitable visions to life.
  $50,0002024 tax year
• MGM Resorts Foundation · Brings the best of our employee volunteer and charitable efforts together with greater impact and greater choice. the mgm resorts foundation focuses employee charitable contributions to nonprofit agencies and community organizations.
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Save The Bay · Save the bay protects, restores, and improves the ecological health of the narrangansett bay region, including its watershed and adjacent coastal waters, through an ecosystembased approach to enviornmental action
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Harlem Lacrosse · Empower the children who are most at risk for academic decline and dropout to rise above their challenges and reach their full potential.
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Saint John's High School · Educational to support students needs through the "vision for tomorrow campaign".
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Massachusetts Project 351 · Leadership pathways that prepare youth for success in college, career, and as catalyst for a more just, inclusive, and equitable world.
  $25,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.