Total Contributions Paid
Salem, MA
$974.3KTax year 2024
Exempt Purpose
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Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc Grants
Private foundation · EIN 04-3342405 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Brian W Shaughnessy
- Phone
- (978) 745-5555
- Deadlines
- See applications for various deadlines
- Application materials
- Applications available at above address
- Restrictions
- Grants will be given to social service agencies, cultural, educational, art, community eceonomic development and other programs that impact the needs of the salem five communities.
Original filing text
- Contact
- BRIAN W SHAUGHNESSY
- Address
- 210 ESSEX STREET SALEM, MA, 01970
- Phone
- 9787455555
- Deadlines
- SEE APPLICATIONS FOR VARIOUS DEADLINES
- Application materials
- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE AT ABOVE ADDRESS
- Restrictions
- GRANTS WILL BE GIVEN TO SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, ART, COMMUNITY ECEONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT IMPACT THE NEEDS OF THE SALEM FIVE COMMUNITIES.
Reported organization name: SALEM FIVE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 337 | $1.1M |
| 2024 | 1 | $974.3K |
Where Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Essex County Community
Danvers, MA
$42.3KTax year 2025
Exempt purposes
Peabody Essex Museum
Salem, MA
$30KTax year 2025
Exempt purposes
Greater Boston Stage Company
Stoneham, MA
$25KTax year 2025
Exempt purposes
Wenham Museum
Wenham, MA
$15KTax year 2025
Exempt purposes
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (338 reported in all).
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Start freeAbout this data
Figures are aggregated from Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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