Organization · EIN 20-3235673 · Quincy, MA · Crime & legal

Who funds Prison Book Program?

15 private foundations reported paying Prison Book Program $154,305 on returns for tax year 2023.

15 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 15

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation
Boston, MA
$81,500 EXEMPT PURPOSE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Cabot Family Charitable Trust
Boston, MA · Preselected only
$25,000 EXEMPT PURPOSE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
George H & Jane a Mifflin Memorial Fund
Boston, MA
$10,000 OPERATING SUPPORT AND INSIDERS DIRECTORY Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 09/2024
Wish You Well Foundation
Pennington, NJ · Preselected only
$10,000 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 04/2024
Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation
Boston, MA
$8,000 SUPPORT FOR THE PRISON BOOK DISTRIBUTION PROJECT. Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 04/2024
Hermione Foundation
New York, NY
$5,000 TO FURTHER RECIPIENTS'PUBLICLY STATED OBJECTIVES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Tyler Family Foundation
Boston, MA · Preselected only
$5,000 GENERAL PURPOSE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Nora Roberts Foundation
Glenn Dale, MD · Preselected only
$3,000 OPERATIONS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
E Joseph Evans Charitable Trust
Plymouth, MA · Preselected only
$2,500 TO GIVE PRISONERS A CHANCE TO IMPROVE THEMSELVES THROUGH READING Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Iva & Jerome Preston Charitable Trust
Boston, MA · Preselected only
$2,000 FOR BOOKS AND SHIPPING COSTS
Filed as “PRISON BOOK PROGRAM CO LUCY PARSONS BOOKSTORE”
Same address 0.59 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
The Priscilla Endicott Charitable Foundation #95-228210
Boston, MA · Preselected only
$1,000 GENERAL PURPOSE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 11/2024
The Charlotte Foundation
Boston, MA · Preselected only
$500 Operations budget assistance Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Lightweaver Foundation
American Fork, UT · Preselected only
$500 FURTHER ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$278 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Verizon Foundation
Basking Ridge, NJ · Preselected only
$27 OTHER CIVIC / COMMUNITY Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Prison Book Program

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Prison Book Program, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. Eastern Bank Foundation Lynn, MA
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $41.9K to them
  2. Liberty Mutual Foundation Boston, MA
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $1.76M to them
  3. Alchemy Foundation Cambridge, MA
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $18.5K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  4. Lincoln Financial Foundation Radnor, PA
    Paid 6 of the 25 closest peers · $92.9K to them
  5. Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund Boston, MA
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $76.9K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $22.8K to them
  7. William E Schrafft and Bertha E Schrafft Charitable Trust Boston, MA
    Paid 6 of the 25 closest peers · $265K to them
  8. Ploughshares Foundation Chicago, IL
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $171K to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Boston, MA
    4 shared funders · 105 funders in all
  2. Dismas House of Massachusetts Worcester, MA
    3 shared funders · 28 funders in all
  3. The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, MA
    3 shared funders · 41 funders in all
  4. Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation Boston, MA
    4 shared funders · 359 funders in all
  5. Greater Boston Food Bank Boston, MA
    4 shared funders · 281 funders in all
  6. Southern Poverty Law Center Montgomery, AL
    4 shared funders · 616 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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