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Private foundation (trust)EIN 137196668Est. 2000-11

THE SALEM FOUNDATION

BOSTON, MA 02116

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$90.8M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$492K

FY 2024

Grants Made

14

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$35K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$100K

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Focus Areas

Corporate Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$26.0M

Total Expenses

$1.1M

Qualifying Distributions

$492K

Distributable Amount

$3.6M

Min. Investment Return

$3.9M

Payout rate 14%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.14%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

14 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $38K to maximum $100K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $6.7M in 2020. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

122 grants

EDESIA INC
$6.3M
3 grants
YEAR UP
$5.9M
4 grants
MOSES BROWN SCHOOL
$1.6M
3 grants
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
$1.3M
3 grants
ST JOHN'S HIGH SCHOOL
$503K
4 grants
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
$500K
3 grants
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION
$500K
2 grants
THE NAVY SEAL VETERANS FOUNDATION
$360K
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

122 grants

<$10K
41
grants
$10–50K
47
grants
$50–250K
23
grants
$250K–1M
5
grants
$1–5M
6
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

17 states

Rhode Island
$8.7M
44% of total
Massachusetts
$8.4M
42% of total
Indiana
$1.4M
7% of total
Virginia
$360K
2% of total
New York
$231K
1% of total
Connecticut
$169K
1% of total
Nevada
$150K
1% of total
North Carolina
$101K
1% of total
California
$96K
0% of total
Florida
$62K
0% of total

+7 more states

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