Private foundation · EIN 20-8970284 · Falmouth, MA · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31

Where Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation's grants went

It reported $4.67M in grants paid across 122 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 86.7% of those dollars to 104 recipient organizations.

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What its filing says about applications

Preselected only It checked the 990-PF box saying it only gives to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

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

Grants paid 122 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
Berkshire United Way
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 04-2104841
$250,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Resist
Boston, MA · EIN 04-2433182
$200,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Buzzards Bay, MA · no confident EIN match
$200,000UNRESTRICTEDUnmatched Help match
Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation
Hyannis, MA · EIN 04-3475950
$175,000UNRESTRICTEDExact name 1.00
Boys and Girls' Club of the Berkshires
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 04-2103925
$150,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Smart from the Start
Mattapan, MA · EIN 45-4952663
$100,000UNRESTRICTEDExact name 1.00
Cape Cod Community College
West Barnstable, MA · EIN 04-2382943
$90,000UNRESTRICTEDSame ZIP 1.00
Community Health Center of Cape Cod
Mashpee, MA · EIN 04-3370560
$90,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Greater Yellowstone Coalition
Bozeman, MT · EIN 81-0414042
$85,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
18 Degrees
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 04-2226238
$75,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Berkshire Family YMCA Support Corporation
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 86-2056789
$75,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 0.77
Center for Economic Democracy
Boston, MA · EIN 47-3589804
$75,000UNRESTRICTEDSame city 1.00
Construct
Great Barrington, MA · EIN 23-7099108
$75,000UNRESTRICTEDSame ZIP 1.00
Elizabeth Freeman Center
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 04-2584551
$75,000UNRESTRICTEDSame ZIP 1.00
LA Collaborativa
Chelsea, MA · no confident EIN match
$75,000UNRESTRICTEDUnmatched Help match
Powerswitch Action
Oakland, CA · EIN 71-0914032
$65,000UNRESTRICTEDExact name 1.00
Woodwell Climate Research Center
Falmouth, MA · EIN 04-3005094
$65,000UNRESTRICTEDExact name 1.00
Tides Foundation
San Francisco, CA · EIN 51-0198509
$53,000UNRESTRICTEDExact name 1.00
Alternatives for Community and Environment
Roxbury, MA · EIN 04-3228509
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Berkshire County Head Start Child Development Program
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 04-2578986
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 0.93
Berkshire Theatre Group
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 04-6134497
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame city 1.00
Bikes Not Bombs
Roxbury, MA · EIN 04-3138753
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame ZIP 1.00
Black Economic Council of Massachusetts
Roxbury Crossing, MA · EIN 81-0687250
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDExact name 1.00
Trustees of Boston University
Boston, MA · EIN 04-2103547
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDKnown alias 1.00
Child CARE of the Berkshires
North Adams, MA · EIN 04-2457299
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame ZIP 1.00
Flying Cloud Institute
Gt Barrington, MA · EIN 04-2730172
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame ZIP 1.00
Gladys Allen Brigham Community Center
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 04-2178889
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Haymarket People's Fund
Boston, MA · EIN 04-2586725
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School
Camden, ME · EIN 04-6089174
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame ZIP 1.00
Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corp
Dorchester, MA · EIN 26-3068254
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Massachusetts Communities Action Network
Framingham, MA · EIN 04-2863903
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDExact name 1.00
Tapestry Health Systems
Springfield, MA · EIN 23-7303142
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame street 1.00
Volunteers in Medicine-Berkshires
Gt Barrington, MA · EIN 90-0140004
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Urban Revival Inc City Lifevida Urbana
Jamaca Plain, MA · no confident EIN match
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDUnmatched Help match
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA · EIN 04-2105850
$45,000UNRESTRICTEDSame ZIP 1.00
Bridge Inc Multicultural Bridge
Lee, MA · no confident EIN match
$45,000UNRESTRICTEDUnmatched Help match
The 300 Committee Land Trust
East Falmouth, MA · EIN 22-2659529
$40,000UNRESTRICTEDExact name 1.00
Center for Popular Democracy
Washington, DC · EIN 45-3813436
$40,000UNRESTRICTEDExact name 1.00
Falmouth Housing Corporation
Falmouth, MA · EIN 04-3333866
$40,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Groundswell
Washington, DC · EIN 27-0201126
$40,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
The Lenny Zakim Fund C/O Dla Piper Llp
Boston, MA · EIN 04-3485146
$40,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund
Worcester, MA · EIN 04-3507716
$40,000UNRESTRICTEDExact name 1.00
The Schott Foundation for Public Education
Cambridge, MA · EIN 04-3457065
$40,000UNRESTRICTEDSame ZIP 1.00
Visions
Dorchester, MA · no confident EIN match
$40,000UNRESTRICTEDUnmatched Help match
National Domestic Workers Alliance
New York, NY · EIN 35-2420942
$38,000UNRESTRICTEDSame city 1.00
Visiting Nurse Association (Cape Cod Foundation)
Falmouth, MA · no confident EIN match
$37,500UNRESTRICTEDUnmatched Help match
Alaska Wilderness League
Washington, DC · EIN 52-1814742
$35,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Equal Justice Initiative
Montgomery, AL · EIN 63-1135091
$35,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 0.86
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA · EIN 04-2104690
$35,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Hole in the Wall Gang Fund
New Haven, CT · EIN 06-1157655
$32,500UNRESTRICTEDSame city 1.00

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. AmazonSmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    71 recipients in common
  2. Barr Foundation Boston, MA
    22 recipients in common
  3. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    19 recipients in common
  4. Eastern Bank Foundation Lynn, MA
    19 recipients in common
  5. The Hyams Foundation Boston, MA
    18 recipients in common
  6. Stanley W Watson Foundation Falmouth, MA
    17 recipients in common
  7. Berkshire Bank Foundation Pittsfield, MA
    16 recipients in common
  8. Donald C McGraw Foundation Delray Beach, FL
    15 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.