The Blossom Fund Grants
Private foundation · Boston, MA · EIN 22-3297205 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
The Blossom Fund is a private foundation based in Boston, MA (EIN 22-3297205). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 report $1.7M paid in 8 grants, with a median grant of $200K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $707.9K. It publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.
Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · blossomfund.org
- Total grants paid
- $1.7M
- Grants reported
- 8
- Typical grant
- $200K
- Future commitments
- Not reported
- Total assets
- $707.9K
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
- Charles R Platt
- Phone
- (617) 227-7940
- Deadlines
- September 15 and March 15.
- Application materials
- Send letter stating along with 3 copies of material describing the project, 3 copies of supporting material(detailed budgets for both the organization and the specific project for which funding is being requested) and a copy of your organizations IRS letter of determination indicating tax-exempt status.
- Restrictions
- Applications will not be accepted after deadline unless it falls on a weekend or holiday. A report on the use of a prior grant is required before a new proposal will be considered
Original filing text
- Contact
- CHARLES R PLATT
- Address
- HEMEMWAY BARNES LLP 75 STATE STREET BOSTON, MA, 021091466
- Phone
- 6172277940
- Deadlines
- SEPTEMBER 15 AND MARCH 15.
- Application materials
- SEND LETTER STATING ALONG WITH 3 COPIES OF MATERIAL DESCRIBING THE PROJECT, 3 COPIES OF SUPPORTING MATERIAL(DETAILED BUDGETS FOR BOTH THE ORGANIZATION AND THE SPECIFIC PROJECT FOR WHICH FUNDING IS BEING REQUESTED) AND A COPY OF YOUR ORGANIZATIONS IRS LETTER OF DETERMINATION INDICATING TAX-EXEMPT STATUS.
- Restrictions
- APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER DEADLINE UNLESS IT FALLS ON A WEEKEND OR HOLIDAY. A REPORT ON THE USE OF A PRIOR GRANT IS REQUIRED BEFORE A NEW PROPOSAL WILL BE CONSIDERED
Reported organization name: THE BLOSSOM FUND CHARLES R PLATT ET AL TRUSTEES
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.
Where The Blossom Fund 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.
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton University | Hampton, VA | Summer bridge program | Tax year 20252025 | $410.1K |
| College of the Atlantic | Bar Harbor, ME | The campaign for student success | Tax year 20252025 | $300K |
| Boothbay Region Ymca | East Boothbay, ME | The boothbay affordable housing initiative | Tax year 20252025 | $300K |
| Bennington College | Bennington, VT | F/b/o beyond plastics | Tax year 20242024 | $200K |
| Bennington College | Bennington, VT | F/b/o beyond plastics | Tax year 20252025 | $200K |
Showing 5 of the 8 largest grants (8 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Blossom Fund'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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