Private foundation · EIN 04-2136910 · Andover, MA · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31

Where Josephine G Russell Trust's grants went

It reported $475,125 in grants paid across 43 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 57.9% of those dollars to 25 recipient organizations.

View the 990-PF

What its filing says about applications

It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”

Form of application
REQUIRED CONTENTS: 1. STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND, PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND A LIST OF OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS (OR TRUSTEES). 2. EXPLANATION OF CURRENT FINANCIAL STATUS AND COPIES OF THE MOST RECENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, INCLUDING BALANCE SHEET AND INCOME AND EXPENSE STATEMENT. 3. DETAILED STATEMENT OF THE PROJECT OR PROGRAM FOR WHICH THE GRANT IS BEING SOUGHT. 4. STATEMENT OF SOURCES OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT, INCLUDING OTHER GRANTS OR EXPECTED GRANTS. 5. STATE
Deadlines
JANUARY 31 FOR THE YEAR FOR WHICH THE GRANTS ARE REQUESTED.
Restrictions
GRANT RECIPIENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIGN A RECEIPT AND ASSENT IN THE FORM APPROVED BY THE TRUST. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION MUST CERTIFY TO THE TRUST THAT THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN EXPENDED FOR THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE GRANT WAS MADE AND DESCRIBE THE DISPOSITION OF THE FUNDS NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31 OF THE YEAR IN WHICH THE GRANT WAS MADE. IF THE FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY SPENT BY DECEMBER 31, THE ORGANIZATION MUST SEND A LETTER BY THAT DATE STATING HOW MUCH OF THE GRANT HAS BEEN SPENT AND THAT

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 40 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
Lawrence General Hospital
Lawrence, MA · EIN 04-2103586
$40,000HEALTHSame city 1.00
Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School
Methuen, MA · EIN 02-0296284
$25,000EDUCATIONSame address 1.00
Food for the World
Lawrence, MA · no confident EIN match
$22,000CHARITYUnmatched Help match
Greater Lawrence Community Boating Program
Lawrence, MA · EIN 04-2671824
$20,000CHARITYSame city 1.00
Groundwork Lawrence
Lawrence, MA · EIN 04-3546770
$20,000CHARITYSame ZIP 1.00
Neighbors in Need
Lawrence, MA · no confident EIN match
$20,000CHARITYUnmatched Help match
Lawrence Boys & Girls Club
Lawrence, MA · EIN 04-2104377
$15,000CHARITYSame address 0.99
Central Catholic High School of Lawrence
Lawrence, MA · EIN 04-2057906
$15,000EDUCATIONSame address 1.00
Professional Center for Child Development
Lawrence, MA · no confident EIN match
$15,000EDUCATIONUnmatched Help match
Blessed Stephen Bellesini Osa Academy
Lawrence, MA · EIN 04-3585445
$12,500EDUCATIONSame address 0.80
Brooks School
North Andover, MA · EIN 04-2130844
$12,000EDUCATIONSame address 1.00
Teach for America Massachusetts
Boston, MA · no confident EIN match
$12,000EDUCATIONUnmatched Help match
Appalachian Mountain Club
Charlestown, MA · EIN 04-6001677
$10,000CHARITYExact name 1.00
Esperanza Academy
Lawrence, MA · EIN 73-1722348
$10,000EDUCATIONSame address 1.00
Merrimack Valley Food Bank
Lowell, MA · EIN 22-3241609
$10,000CHARITYSame city 1.00
The Notre Dame Education Center-Lawrence
Lawrence, MA · EIN 04-3392507
$10,000EDUCATIONSame address 1.00
Bread & Roses Housing
Lawrence, MA · no confident EIN match
$10,000CHARITYCHARITYUnmatched Help match
Mary Immaculate Healthcare Services
Lawrence, MA · no confident EIN match
$10,000HEALTHUnmatched Help match
Communities Together
Lawrence, MA · no confident EIN match
$9,500CHARITYUnmatched Help match
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center
Methuen, MA · EIN 04-2708824
$8,000HEALTHSame ZIP 1.00
Family Service Inc (Youth Development)
Lawrence, MA · no confident EIN match
$8,000HEALTHUnmatched Help match
St George Eastern Orthodox Church
Lawrence, MA · no confident EIN match
$8,000CHARITYUnmatched Help match
Essex County Habitat for Humanity
Danvers, MA · EIN 22-2672831
$7,500CHARITYSame address 1.00
Lawrence Communityworks
Lawrence, MA · EIN 04-2982308
$7,500CHARITYSame city 1.00
Valley of Hope Shelter and Recovery
Lawrence, MA · EIN 23-7185825
$7,500CHARITYSame ZIP 1.00
Windrush Farm Therapertic Equitation
Boxford, MA · no confident EIN match
$7,500CHARITYUnmatched Help match
Community Giving Tree
Boxford, MA · EIN 26-4239602
$7,000CHARITYSame address 1.00
Community Inroads
North Andover, MA · EIN 16-1757000
$7,000CHARITYSame address 1.00
Merrimack Valley Immigrant & Education Center
Lawrence, MA · EIN 74-3093665
$6,500CHARITYSame address 0.99
Merrimack Valley YMCA
Lawrence, MA · no confident EIN match
$6,000CHARITYUnmatched Help match
Catie's Closet
Dracut, MA · EIN 27-2531953
$5,000CHARITYSame ZIP 1.00
Easter Seals Massachusetts
Worcester, MA · EIN 04-2103867
$5,000CHARITYSame ZIP 1.00
The Joey Fournier Services
Lawrence, MA · EIN 04-3087205
$5,000CHARITYExact name 1.00
Family Service Inc (Samaritans)
Lawrence, MA · no confident EIN match
$5,000HEALTHUnmatched Help match
Project Home Again
Andover, MA · EIN 47-2261131
$4,500CHARITYSame address 1.00
Lawrence History Center
Lawrence, MA · no confident EIN match
$3,000EDUCATIONUnmatched Help match
Bread and Roses Heritage Committee
Lawrence, MA · EIN 04-2898483
$2,500CHARITYSame city 1.00
Merrimack Valley Dream Center
Lawrence, MA · EIN 81-4754411
$2,500CHARITYSame address 1.00
Ttes of Weare Public Library
Weare, NH · no confident EIN match
$100CHARITYUnmatched Help match
Hillside Cemetry Assn
Weare, NH · no confident EIN match
$25CHARITYUnmatched Help match

3 more lines ($64K) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. Artemas W Stearns Trust Andover, MA
    21 recipients in common
  2. Amazonsmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    20 recipients in common
  3. Rogers Family Foundation Boston, MA
    19 recipients in common
  4. We Share a Common Thread Foundation Lowell, MA
    13 recipients in common
  5. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    11 recipients in common
  6. Eastern Bank Foundation Lynn, MA
    11 recipients in common
  7. Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) Woburn, MA
    10 recipients in common
  8. Charles G Pringle Foundation Dallas, TX
    8 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.