Lowell Parks Conservation Trust
Lowell, MA
$125KTax year 2024
20-acre pawtucket farm wildlife sanc
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Theodore Edson Parker Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 04-6036092 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
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
- Karen Carpenter
- Phone
- (617) 314-0417
- Deadlines
- The trustees usually meet four times a year for grant making purposes: in January, April, July and o
- Application materials
- Applicants are encouraged to apply for mini grants (7500 maximum request) online at http://parkerfoundationlowell.org. Mini grant proposals should include a short description of the purpose, program, and history of the organization, a description of the project for which financial assistance is requested, the amount desired, and plans for continuation of the project after the foundation's funding has ended. For regular grants, the above items are required, and in addition, a list of board members, with an indication of their organizational affiliations, special skills, and links to the community, a completed diversity form detailing the ethnic compositions of the board, staff, and constituents, a copy of the organization's most recent audited financial statements, a copy of the most recent IRS form 990, with all attachments and schedules, a current organziational budget, including projected income and expenditures, bio statements or resumes of key project staff and a project budget.
- Restrictions
- Trustees do not usually award funds for the operating expenses of charitable organizations, for endowment, or to fund deficits. Grants are restricted to organizations that are tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code and are classified as -not a private foundation" under section 509(a). No awards are made to individuals.
Original filing text
- Contact
- KAREN CARPENTER
- Address
- 55-67 MIDDLE STREET SUITE 501 LOWELL, MA, 01852
- Phone
- 6173140417
- Deadlines
- THE TRUSTEES USUALLY MEET FOUR TIMES A YEAR FOR GRANT MAKING PURPOSES: IN JANUARY, APRIL, JULY AND O
- Application materials
- APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR MINI GRANTS (7500 MAXIMUM REQUEST) ONLINE AT HTTP://PARKERFOUNDATIONLOWELL.ORG. MINI GRANT PROPOSALS SHOULD INCLUDE A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PURPOSE, PROGRAM, AND HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION, A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT FOR WHICH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS REQUESTED, THE AMOUNT DESIRED, AND PLANS FOR CONTINUATION OF THE PROJECT AFTER THE FOUNDATION'S FUNDING HAS ENDED. FOR REGULAR GRANTS, THE ABOVE ITEMS ARE REQUIRED, AND IN ADDITION, A LIST OF BOARD MEMBERS, WITH AN INDICATION OF THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS, SPECIAL SKILLS, AND LINKS TO THE COMMUNITY, A COMPLETED DIVERSITY FORM DETAILING THE ETHNIC COMPOSITIONS OF THE BOARD, STAFF, AND CONSTITUENTS, A COPY OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MOST RECENT AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, A COPY OF THE MOST RECENT IRS FORM 990, WITH ALL ATTACHMENTS AND SCHEDULES, A CURRENT ORGANZIATIONAL BUDGET, INCLUDING PROJECTED INCOME AND EXPENDITURES, BIO STATEMENTS OR RESUMES OF KEY PROJECT STAFF AND A PROJECT BUDGET.
- Restrictions
- TRUSTEES DO NOT USUALLY AWARD FUNDS FOR THE OPERATING EXPENSES OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, FOR ENDOWMENT, OR TO FUND DEFICITS. GRANTS ARE RESTRICTED TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE TAX-EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND ARE CLASSIFIED AS -NOT A PRIVATE FOUNDATION" UNDER SECTION 509(A). NO AWARDS ARE MADE TO INDIVIDUALS.
Reported organization name: THEODORE EDSON PARKER FOUNDATION
Where Theodore Edson Parker Foundation 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.
Whistler House Museum of Art
Lowell, MA
$85KTax year 2024
Capital campaign
Riverbend
Lowell, MA
$75KTax year 2024
Outreach program
Greater Lowell Community Foundation
Lowell, MA
$75KTax year 2024
Newell flather legacy fund
Bridge Club of Greater Lowell
Lowell, MA
$60KTax year 2024
Culinary training & employment progr
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Figures are aggregated from Theodore Edson Parker Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). 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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