Private foundation · EIN 13-3601934 · Boston, Massachusetts · Philanthropy & grantmaking

Cedar Tree Foundation Inc

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Don't send a cold proposal. The foundation reports that it only gives to preselected organizations; an introduction through a current grantee or board member is the realistic route.

From the 2024 Form 990-PF: 119 grants paid, $9.2M total, median $50K. 33% of grants stayed in Massachusetts.

Accepts applications
No
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2024
119
$9.2M
Median grant
$50K
Stays in MA
33%
of grants
Deadline
—
Assets
$86M

Grants paid in 2024

Top 60 of 119 grants by amount · from Form 990-PF Part XV. Part XV itemizes $9.2M; Part I reports $11M in contributions paid

RecipientPurposeAmount
Society for Conservation BiologyWashington, DCProject support for smith fellows program$1.7M
Center for Environmental HealthOakland, CAProject support for children's environmental health$250K
Society for Conservation BiologyWashington, DCProject support for smith fellows program$247K
All Souls Church UnitarianWashington, DCProject support for building repair campaign$200K
Practical Farmers of IowaAmes, IAProject support for promoting regenerative grazing$175K
Conservatory Lab Charter School FoundationDorchester, MAProject support for environmental science teachers$160K
Advancement Project Education FundWashington, DCGeneral support$150K
Center for Civic PolicyAlbuquerque, NMProject support for the new mexico dream team$150K
Center for Civic PolicyAlbuquerque, NMGeneral support$150K
Chinese Progressive AssociationBrooklyn, NYProject support for black future labs$150K
Intertribal Agriculture CouncilBillings, MTProject support of the regenerative grazing iniatiative$150K
Florida Rising TogetherMiami, FLGeneral support$135K
Piikani Lodge Health InstituteBrowning, MTProject support of the blackfeet nation regenerative grazing initiative$130K
Alaska Community Action on ToxinsAnchorage, AKGeneral support$125K
Coming CleanBrattleboro, VTGeneral support$125K
Defend Our HealthPortland, MAGeneral support$125K
Environmental Working GroupWashington, DCProject support for the children's environmental health campaign$125K
Environmental Working GroupWashington, DCProject support for the children's environmental health campaign$125K
Georgia Muslim Voter ProjectNorcross, GAGeneral support$125K
HabitableWashington, DCProject support for children's environmental health$125K
Healthy Building NetworkWashington, DCProject support for the home free project$125K
Land Stewardship ProjectMinneapolis, MNProject support for promoting regenerative grazing as part of the bridge to soil health program$125K
National Audubon SocietyNew York, NYProject support for the audubon conservation ranching program$125K
The Center for Black Womans WellnessAtlanta, GAProject support for the children's environmental health campaign$125K
Wolfe's Neck Farm FoundationFreeport, MEGeneral support$125K
Women's Voices for the EarthMissoula, MTGeneral support$125K
Quivira CoalitionSante Fe, NMProject support for new agrarian apprenticeship program in northern plains$120K
Braver AngelsNew York, NYGeneral support$102K
Agarian TrustWeare, NHProject support for the p8guasso rematriation project at bogastow farm$100K
Beloved Community Center of GreensboroGreensboro, NCGeneral support$100K
Children's Environmental Health NetworkWashington, DCGeneral support$100K
Documentary Educational ResourcesWatertown, MAProject support for join or die 2024 impact tour$100K
EarthforceDenver, COGeneral support$100K
EvkidsDorchester, MAGeneral support$100K
Lenape Native American FoundationBartlesville, OKProject support for scholarship fund$100K
Neo PhilanthropyNew York, NYProject support for the cypress fund$100K
Southwest Organizing ProjectAlbuquerque, NMGeneral support$100K
Texas Organizing Project Education FundSan Antonio, TXGeneral support$100K
Women EngagedAtlanta, GAGeneral support$100K
Women With a VisionNew Orleans, LAGeneral support$100K
Western Sustainability ExchangeLivingston, MTProject support for advancing regenerative grazing in montana$90K
City BlossomsWashington, DCGeneral support$80K
NaaeeWashington, DCProject support for establishment of cee change fellowship$80K
University of Arkansas Foundation IncFayetteville, ARProject support for the indigenous food & agriculture initiative$80K
Centro Obero del FronterizoEl Paso, TXProject support for la mujer obrera's children's environmental health program$75K
Vineyard Conservation SocietyVineyard Haven, MAGeneral support$75K
Conservatory Lab Charter School FoundationDorchester, MAGeneral support$70K
Woods Hole Oceanographic InsitutionWoods Hole, MAProject support for ocean steam powered women fellowship$70K
Common FutureOakland, CAProject support for potlikker capital$60K
Resilient Sisterhood ProjectBoston, MAGeneral support$60K
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc for Building Equity and AlignmentCalabasas, CAProject support for the building equity and alignment for impact fund$60K
Southern Vision Alliance for Muslim WomenDurham, NCProject support for muslim women$60K
Speak for the Trees BostonWatertown, MAGeneral support$60K
New England Grassroots Environmental FundNewmarket, NHProject support for indigenous regranting in new england$55K
Boston Impact Initiative FundJamaica Plain, MAProject support for field building initiatives$50K
Colorado Plateau FoundationFlagstaff, AZGeneral support$50K
Greater Lowell Community FoundationLowell, MAProject support for mosiac lowell$50K
Maine Farmland TrustBelfast, MEGeneral support$50K
Na'ah Illahee FundSeattle, WAProject support for capacity building & regranting programs$50K
Na'ah Illahee FundSeattle, WAProject support for youth programs$50K

By state: District of Columbia 13 · Massachusetts 39 · New York 10 · New Mexico 4 · Montana 5 · California 9

About this foundation

Cedar Tree Foundation Inc is a private grantmaking foundation in Boston, Massachusetts, administered in care of Sophia Kolehmainen, tax-exempt since 2005. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

Foundation websiteAll filings on ProPublica

Does Cedar Tree Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

No. On its 2024 Form 990-PF the foundation checked that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations. Look for an introduction through a current grantee.

How much does Cedar Tree Foundation Inc give each year?

In tax year 2024 it paid $9.2M across 119 grants, a median of $50K.

Where does Cedar Tree Foundation Inc give?

District of Columbia (13 grants), Massachusetts (39 grants), New York (10 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.

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