The Edward Lee and Slocumb Hollis Perry
Chestnut Hill, MA · EIN 31-1621824. Reported 188 grants totalling $1,612,985 to 78 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. The Edward Lee and Slocumb Hollis Perry did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $400 and $10,000; the smallest was $85 and the largest $170,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of Fine Arts Boston | Boston, MA | $452,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boston Lyric Opera | Boston, MA | $436,000 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Huntington Theatre Company | Boston, MA | $174,700 | 13 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | $59,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | Brighton, MA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Repertory Theater | Cambridge, MA | $45,000 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| New England Conservatory of Music | Boston, MA | $44,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| WGBH Education Foundation | Brighton, MA | $37,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | $34,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Opera America | New York, NY | $31,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tall Timbers Research Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| WGBH | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $18,500 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Fund for Sarah Lawrence College | Bronxville, NY | $17,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Repertory Theatre | Cambridge, MA | $12,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nscda | Washington, DC | $10,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New England Conservatory | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ralph Lowell Society WGBH | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| WGBH Beacon Circle | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ekwanok Scholarship Trust | Manchester, VT | $9,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The 152 Commonwealth Foundation | Boston, MA | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Country Club Employee Education Fund | Chestnut Hill, MA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vincent Memorial Hospital | Boston, MA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Vincent Club | Boston, MA | $5,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Jewish Committee | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Lobkowicz Collections | Dover, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pilots to the Rescue | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University Hospital Seidman Cancer Center | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Walden Woods Project | Lincoln, MA | $3,750 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dorset Theater Festival | Dorset, VT | $3,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nscda Ma | Boston, MA | $3,300 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| African Wildlife Foundation | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Vincent Memorial Hospital Foundation | Boston, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thomasville Antique Show | Thomasville, GA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dorset Equine Rescue | East Dorset, VT | $2,250 | 5 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mspca | Boston, MA | $2,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Historical Society | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Associates of the Boston Public Library | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Boston Park Rangers | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thomasville Antiques Show Foundation | Thomasville, GA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Country Club Employee Educ Fund | Chestnut Hill, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trustee of Tufts College | Medford, MA | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Elephant Sanctuary | Hohenwald, TN | $1,100 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bennington Cty Habitat for Humanity | Manchester, VT | $1,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Codman Academy Charter School | Dorchester, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dorset Theatre Festival | Dorset, VT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dorset Equinee Rescue | E Dorset, VT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Sulgrave Manor | Rosemont, PA | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pine Manor College | Chestnut Hill, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gunston Hall | Mason Neck, VA | $950 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gore Place Society | Waltham, MA | $850 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mass Audubon | Lincoln, MA | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Codman Academy Foundation | Dorchester, MA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Discalced | Brooklyn, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mark Morris Dance Group | Brooklyn, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bennington County Habitat for Humanity | Manchester Center, VT | $700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Animal Rescue League of Boston | Boston, MA | $650 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Max Warburg Courage Curriculum | Boston, MA | $550 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Smile Train | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Buddy Dog Humane Society | Sudbury, MA | $450 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gore Place | Waltham, MA | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Second Chance Animal Center | East Brookfield, MA | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Community Food Cupboard | Rochester, NY | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $335 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Care | Merrifield, VA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dana Farber Cancer Inst and the Jimmy Fund | Boston, MA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pam-Mass Challenge | Needham, MA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pine Island Camp | Belgrade, ME | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pan-Mass Challenge | Needham, MA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Green Mountain Girls | Manchester, VT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Green Mountain Academy for Lifelon Learning | Dorset, VT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Codman Academy | Dorchester, MA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tufts College | Boston, MA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New England Historic Genealogical Society | Boston, MA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Swim Across America | Charlotte, NC | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oxfam America Action Fund | Boston, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
38 of 78 (49%) 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 58%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 111 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46 | $515,550 | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 58 | $360,800 | $1,250 |
| 2023 | 42 | $305,735 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 42 | $430,900 | $1,500 |
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. 88% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Edward Lee and Slocumb Hollis Perry'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: 214 Allandale Rd-a, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467. 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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