Cogswell Benevolent Trust
Bedford, NH · EIN 02-0235690. Reported 406 grants totalling $7,280,133 to 253 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$7,280,133granted, 2021-2024
253organizations funded
34%of grantees funded again the next year
$40.9Massets, latest filing
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Cogswell Benevolent Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $150,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 253 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nh Food Bank | Manchester, NH | $400,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Granite United Way | Manchester, NH | $335,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Families in Transition | Manchester, NH | $300,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Medical Center | Manchester, NH | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| CASA New Hampshire | Manchester, NH | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Easter Seals New Hampshire | Manchester, NH | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bektash Temple | Concord, NH | $162,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Manchester | Manchester, NH | $155,075 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Granite YMCA | Manchester, NH | $150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wentworth-Douglas Hospital | Dover, NH | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Moore Center | Manchester, NH | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mary & John Elliot Charitable Foundation | Bedford, NH | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army Manchester | Manchester, NH | $125,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Girls Inc of Nh | Manchester, NH | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Amoskeag Health | Manchester, NH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Waypoint Nh | Manchester, NH | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Barton Center for Diabetes Education Inc | North Oxford, MA | $78,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Easter Seals Nh | Manchester, NH | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Mayhew Program | Bristol, NH | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA Camp Belknap | Mirror Lake, NH | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Canterbury Shaker Village | Canterbury, NH | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Live & Let Live Farm Inc | Chichester, NH | $62,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nh Community Loan Fund | Concord, NH | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Friends of Aine Center | Manchester, NH | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Manchester Historic Assn | Manchester, NH | $57,750 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mental Health Center of Gr Manchester | Manchester, NH | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Webster House | Manchester, NH | $55,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Kitchen Inc | Keene, NH | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Derryfield School | Manchester, NH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Future in Sight | Concord, NH | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Healthy at Home | Nashua, NH | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Meals on Wheels Hillsborough County | Merrimack, NH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nashua Police Athletic League | Nashua, NH | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Neighborworks Southern Nh | Manchester, NH | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Seeds of Faith Lydia's House of Hope | Somersworth, NH | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Nashua, NH | $50,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Greater Nashua | Nashua, NH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough Manchester | Manchester, NH | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Monadnock Family Services | Peterborough, NH | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Riverbend Community Mental Health | Concord, NH | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Red Cross of New Hampshire | Concord, NH | $44,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Home Health & Hospice Care | Merrimack, NH | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Monarch School of New England | Rochester, NH | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nashua Children's Home | Nashua, NH | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nfi North | Contoocook, NH | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stepping Stones | Nashua, NH | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Breakthrough Manchester Derryfield School | Manchester, NH | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Museum of Nh | Dover, NH | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gather | Portsmouth, NH | $35,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Diabetes Association of New England | Providence, RI | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Dental Care of Claremont | Claremont, NH | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Concord Hospital Trust | Concord, NH | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maynard House | Hanover, NH | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter | Nashua, NH | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Upper Room | Derry, NH | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Marguerite's Place | Nashua, NH | $29,590 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Southeast Nh Habitat for Humanity | Portsmouth, NH | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| 1269 Ministries | Manchester, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Center for Diabetes Education Inc | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cheshire Health Foundation | Keene, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Christ the King Food Pantry | Concord, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coast | Dover, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Crotched Mountain | Greenfield, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girls Scouts of the Green & White Mountains | Bedford, NH | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Good Neighbor Health Clinic | Hartford, VT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity Southeast Nh | Portsmouth, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harbor Care | Nashua, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safe Schools Nh | Concord, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army Nashua | Nashua, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Savings People's Smiles | Concord, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seven Hills Nh | Greenfield, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Society for the Protection of Nh Forests | Concord, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unh Manchester | Manchester, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Farmsteads of Ne | Hillsborough, NH | $24,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Granite Vna | Concord, NH | $24,045 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nh Lakes | Concord, NH | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Seacoast Community Health | Somersworth, NH | $23,713 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mcauliffe Shepard Discovery Center | Concord, NH | $21,532 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Independence Museum | Exeter, NH | $21,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rockingham Vna & Hospice | Exeter, NH | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Back in the Saddle Equine Therapy Center | Warner, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem | Salem, NH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the North Country | Lisbon, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Camp Sentinel | Center Tuftonboro, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camp Sunshine | Casco, ME | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Concord Community Music School | Concord, NH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dental Lifeline Network Nh | Concord, NH | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Family Promise of Southern Nh | Hudson, NH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Veterans | White River Junction, VT | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Home Healthcare Hospice & Community Services | Keene, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Institute of New England | Manchester, NH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Monadnock United Way | Keene, NH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mount Saint Mary Academy | Manchester, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nh Center for Nonprofits | Concord, NH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nh Musculoskeletal Institute | Manchester, NH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Noah's Arc Child Care Center | Manchester, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Triangle Club | Dover, NH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| West Central Behavorial Health | Lebanon, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| YMCA Camp Takodah | Richmond, NH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northeast Passage | Durham, NH | $19,932 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Summer Camps | Concord, NH | $18,800 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Best Buddies Nh | Manchester, NH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nh | Manchester, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breath Nh | Manchester, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Copper Canyon Camp | Bethlehem, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| David Kremples Brain Injury Center | Portsmouth, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dover Friends Meetinghouse-Quakers | Manchester, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Franklin Vna & Hospice | Franklin, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gibson Center | North Conway, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Henniker Azalea Riverwalk Committee | Henniker, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lake Winnipesaukee Association | Gilford, NH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lakes Region Community Developers | Laconia, NH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lovering Health Center | Greenland, NH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Palace Theatre | Manchester, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Front Door | Nashua, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Upper Room | Nashville, TN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Greater Nashua Stepping Stones | Nahua, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridges Domestic & Sexual Violence Support Services | Milford, NH | $14,766 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kurn Hattin Homes for Children | Westminster, VT | $14,122 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greater Nashua Dental Connection | Nashua, NH | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Light of Life Ministries | Manchester, NH | $13,045 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children Unlimited Inc | Conway, NH | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tin Mountain Conservation Center | Conway, NH | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Global Citizens Circle | Hooksett, NH | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lake Sunapee Region Vna & Hospice | New London, NH | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ossipee Children's Fund | Center Ossippee, NH | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley | Milford, NH | $11,808 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palace Theatre Trust | Manchester, NH | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gibson House for Senior Services | North Conway, NH | $10,615 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity | Hollis, NH | $10,590 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| See Science Center | Manchester, NH | $10,175 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Claremont Opera House | Claremont, NH | $10,027 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Animal Rescue League of Nh | Bedford, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Av Home Care Services | Berlin, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ava Gallery & Art Center | Lebanon, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bear-Paw Regional Greenways | Northwood, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Derry, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Central Nh | Concord, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for New Beginnings | Littleton, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Claremont Learning Partnership | Claremont, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Claremont Soup Kitchen | Claremont, NH | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Action Program | Concord, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Concord Chorale | Concord, NH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Crisis Center of Central Nh | Concord, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Colonial | Bethlehem, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gateways Community Services | Nashua, NH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grafton County Senior Citizens Council | Lebanon, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grapevine Family & Community Resource Center | Antrim, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jesse Remington Hs | Candia, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kismet Rock Foundation | North Conway, NH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Life Ministries Food Pantry | Wolfeboro, NH | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Listen Community Services | Lebanon, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Manchester Community Music School | Manchester, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Durham Food Pantry | New Durham, NH | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nh Humanities Council | Concord, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| On Belay | Newmarket, NH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Opportunity Networks | Amherst, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pastoral Counseling Services | Manchester, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pope Memorial Cocheco Valley Humane Society | Dover, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Queen City Bicycle Collective | Manchester, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reach for the Top Therapy Services | Dover, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reach Out & Read | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Seacoast Community School | Portsmouth, NH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sonshine Soup Kitchen | Derry, NH | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Speare Memorial Hospital | Plymouth, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Special Olympics of New Hampshire | Manchester, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Squam Lakes Natural Science Center | Holderness, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Squam Lakes Science Center | Holderness, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Star Island Corp | Portsmouth, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tamworth Community Nurse Assoc | Tamworth, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Friendly Kitchen | Concord, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Front Door Agency | Nashua, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Home for Little Wanderers Camp Wediko | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Summer Camp | Readfield, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thomas More College of Liberal Arts | Merrimack, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of New Durham | New Durham, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Visions for Creative Hosuing Solutions | Enfield, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Warner House Assoc | Portsmouth, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| White Mountain Community Health Center | Conway, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wolfboro Area Recreation Association | Wolfboro, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA Camp Nellie Huckins | Freedom, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridges Domestic & Sexual Violence | Milford, NH | $9,804 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Upreach Therapeutic Equestrian Center | Goffstown, NH | $9,614 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nh Healthcare Workers for Climate Action | Manchester, NH | $9,195 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Granite State Children's Alliance | Bedford, NH | $8,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| White Birch Center | Henniker, NH | $8,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alton Community Services | Alton, NH | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Candia Town of | Candia, NH | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| First Congregational Church United Church of Christ | Concord, NH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Langdon Congregational Church | Langdon, NH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southwestern Community Services | Keene, NH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Visiting Nurse Association Concord | Concord, NH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Volunteer Transportation Co | Peterborough, NH | $7,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rise for Baby & Family | Keene, NH | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seacoast Mental Health Center | Portsmouth, NH | $6,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Plus Company | Nashua, NH | $6,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Chase Home for Chilrden | Portsmouth, NH | $6,409 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Academy for Science & Design | Nashua, NH | $6,364 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cornerstone Vna | Rochester, NH | $5,812 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seacoast Youth Services | Seabrook, NH | $5,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Vincent Depaul Hampton | Hampton, NH | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Abenaki Outing Club | Wolfeboro, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Academy of Applied Science | Contoocook, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arts in Reach | New Castle, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Belknap House | Laconia, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Caleb Caregivers | Whitefield, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Carroll County Retired & Senior Volunteer Program | North Conway, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carter Community Building Assoc (ccba) | Lebanon, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Center (wolfeboro) | Wolfeboro, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cornucopia Project | Peterborough, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Enfield Shaker Museum | Enfield, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Recource Center | Gorham, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Wakefield Resource Center | Union, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Haverhill Library Association | Haverhill, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Historic New England Center | Haverhill, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hundred Nights | Keene, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Isiah 58 Nh | Hampstead, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kingston Youth Center | Wolfeboro, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Laura Foundation for Autism & Epilepsy | Madison, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Make-a-Wish Nh | Manchester, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Monadnock Region Rail Trail Collaborative | E Swanzey, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mt Washington Valley Adult Day Center | Conway, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nh Audubon | Concord, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nh Harm Reduction Coalition | Dover, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nh Philharmonic Orchestra | Salem, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Conway Community Center | North Conway, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pink Revolution Breast Cancer Alliance of Nh | Brookline, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Regenerative Roots Assoc | Nashua, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rochester Opera House | Rochester, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shelter From the Storm | Jaffrey, NH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace | Twinn Falls, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Special Needs Support Center | Lebanon, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Special Needs Support Center of the Upper Valley | White River Junction, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Symphony Nh | Nashua, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Taproot Farm & Environmental Education Center | Lancaster, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Bearcamp Community Center | South Tamworth, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Fells John Hay Estate | Newbury, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Laura Found for Autism & Epilepsy | Madison, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Negro College Fund | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Upper Valley Haven | White River Junction, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Willing Hands | Norwich, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Farmsteads of New England | Hillsborough, NH | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aviation Museum of Nh | Londonderry, NH | $4,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Manchester Police Dept | Manchester, NH | $4,050 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aspire Living & Learning | Bedford, NH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Masonic Grand Lodge | Milford, NH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Patriot Resilient Leader Institute | Gilford, NH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Scottish Rite | Lexington, MA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Shriners Hospital | Boston, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
87 of 253 (34%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 34%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Catholic Medical Center
EXPANSION OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT & HEART CENTER - Bektash Temple
$50K EACH TO BOSTON SHRINE HOSPITAL, SPRINGFIELD SHRINE HOSP & MONTREAL SHRINE HOSPITAL - Moore Center
CREATE ALTERNATIVE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES MODEL/PROGRAM - Families in Transition
MANCHESTER EMERGENCY FAMILY SHELTER - CASA New Hampshire
FUND RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, SUPERVISION, & VOLUNTEER RETENTION - Amoskeag Health
INSTALL ELEVATOR IN SELMA DEITCH CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 185 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 94 | $1,676,485 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 95 | $1,758,210 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 109 | $2,139,364 | $12,000 |
| 2024 | 108 | $1,706,074 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 96% of this one's giving went to organizations in New Hampshire. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Cogswell Benevolent Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 116 South River Road E-1, Bedford, NH, 03110. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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