Private foundation · EIN 30-6001640 · Boston, Massachusetts · Philanthropy & grantmaking

The Safe Family Foundation

Should you approach them?

Yes, approach them if you're in Massachusetts. The foundation accepts applications (No submission deadlines) and its median grant is $10K.

From the 2024 Form 990-PF: 10 grants paid, $200K total, median $10K. 60% of grants stayed in Massachusetts. Stated restrictions: Must be for charitable purposes or charitable organization

Accepts applications
Yes
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2024
10
$200K
Median grant
$10K
Stays in MA
60%
of grants
Deadline
See below
No submission deadlines
Assets
$3.7M

How to apply

No particular format Contact: Hope S Duarte, C/O Welch Forbes LLC 45 School St, Boston, Ma, 6175231635 Deadlines: No submission deadlines Restrictions: Must be for charitable purposes or charitable organization

Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.

Grants paid in 2024

10 grants, all shown · from Form 990-PF Part XV

RecipientPurposeAmount
Friends of Boca Grande Community Center IncBoca Grande, FLGeneral support of$85K
Boca Grande Health ClinicBoca Grande, FLGeneral support$25K
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital MS Deborah DolawayPlymouth, MAFragile$20K
Crossroads for KidsDuxbury, MAYouth developement program$15K
Duxbury Interfaith CouncilDuxbury, MAFinancial support for$10K
South Shore Conservatory of Music IncHanover, MAFunding for education & art$10K
Duxbury Bay Maritime SchoolDuxbury, MAMarine science programs &$10K
Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement AssociationBoca Grande, FLGeneral support$10K
South Carolina AquariumCharleston, SCGeneral support$10K
Choroideremia Research FoundationSpringfield, MAGeneral support research$5,000

By state: Florida 3 · Massachusetts 6 · South Carolina 1

About this foundation

The Safe Family Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation in Boston, Massachusetts, administered in care of Welch & Forbes LLC, tax-exempt since 2002. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

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Does The Safe Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. On its 2024 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. No particular format Deadlines: No submission deadlines.

How much does The Safe Family Foundation give each year?

In tax year 2024 it paid $200K across 10 grants, a median of $10K.

Where does The Safe Family Foundation give?

Florida (3 grants), Massachusetts (6 grants), South Carolina (1 grants), per its latest filing.

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