The Penates Foundation
Seabrook, NH · EIN 22-2536075. Reported 284 grants totalling $2,847,205 to 138 recipients across tax years 2020-2025. 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 Penates Foundation 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $253,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marywood University | Scranton, PA | $266,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Live Free Or Die Alliance | Seabrook, NH | $250,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| The Camp Harbor View Foundation | Boston, MA | $150,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Sacred Heart School | Hampton, NH | $111,400 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| New England Conservatory | Boston, MA | $111,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Catholic Relief Services | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Fdn for National Institutes of Health | Bethesda, MD | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Boch Center | Boston, MA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Keystone College | La Plume, PA | $73,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Governor's Academy | Byfield, MA | $66,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Creative Arts Workshop for Kids | New York, NY | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Americans United for Life | Washington, DC | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leadership Roundtable | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | $45,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Christian Fellowship Mb Church | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Columbia Business School | New York, NY | $43,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hudson Link for Higher Education in Pris | Ossining, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Wateraid America | New York, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Seeds of Faith | Somersworth, NH | $32,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New Canaan Country School | New Canaan, CT | $31,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Covenant House | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Families in Transition | Manchester, NH | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| New York Common Pantry | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Opera America | New York City, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Sustainable Harvest Int'l | Surry, NH | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boston Lyric Opera | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Canterbury School | New Milford, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Hampshire Boat Museum | Wolfeboro Falls, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Path to Peace Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Rivier University | Nashua, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Catholic Schools Foundation | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wolfeboro Area Recreation Assoc | Wolfeboro, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Woodson Center | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| African Sisters Education Collaborative | Scranton, PA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| American Ballet Theatre | New York, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| American Italian Cancer Foundation | New York, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Choate Rosemary Hall | Wallingford, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Congregation of the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary | Scranton, PA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Great Waters Music Festival | Wolfeboro, NH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Innocence Project | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Sophia Institute | Manchester, NH | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Trickle Up Program | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal | Hampton, NH | $18,685 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Saint Ann's Shrine & Monastery Basilica | Scranton, PA | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Concord, NH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Brewster Academy | Wolfeboro, NH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Hall | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Castle Preservation Society | Moultonborough, NH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Metropolitan Opera Guild | New York, NY | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Strawberry Banke Museum | Portsmouth, NH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Music Hall | Portsmouth, NH | $13,920 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA | $12,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Monadnock Music Festival | Peterborough, NH | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Museum of Science | Boston, MA | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boston Baroque | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Central Association of the Miraculous Medal | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Miracle Corners of the World | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| New Hampshire Music Festival | Center Harbor, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New York Landmarks Conservancy | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York Philharmonic | New York, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Spaulding Academy & Family Services | Northfield, NH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Yale University School of Medicine | New Haven, CT | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Vincent De Paul of Hampton | Portsmouth, NH | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Roger Williams University | Bristol, RI | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mid Fairfield Youth Hockey Assoc | Norwalk, CT | $6,700 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Easter Seals Nh | Manchester, NH | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $5,750 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| National Italian American Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Watertown, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Colonial Theatre | Bethlehem, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| IHM Foundation | Scranton, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mcdonough Scholarship Foundation | Manchester, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New Hampshire Lakes Association | Concord, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| One Sky Community Services | Portsmouth, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Plymouth State University | Plymouth, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Richard Tucker Music Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saint Katharine Drexel Parish | Wolfeboro, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Bartholomew Community Preschool | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Kateri Institute | Williamstown, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Buckley School | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Salvation Army of Greater Seacoast | Portsmouth, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | Lowell, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wolfeboro Cross Country Ski Association | Wolfeboro, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wright Museum | Wolfboro, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alpha Sigma Nu | Milwaukee, WI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Riley's Way Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Katherine Drexel Parish | Wolfeboro, NH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| USO World Headquarter | Arlington, VA | $3,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Barnstormers Theatre | Tamworth, NH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Scranton | Scranton, PA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Horizons for Homeless Children | Roxbury, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Regina Caeli Clinic | Manchester, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Child Advocacy Center of Carroll County | Wolfeboro, NH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Faith Baptist Church | Skowhegan, ME | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Hampton Falls Bandstand | Hampton Falls, NH | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lakes Region Model Railroad Museum | Wolfboro, NH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | New York, NY | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| New Hampshire Historical Society | Concord, NH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra | Portsmouth, NH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Project Just Because | Hopkinton, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Humane Society of St Thomas | St Thomas, VI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $1,750 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Topeka, KS | $1,750 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Foundation at New Jersey Institute of Tech | Newark, NJ | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Franklin Pierce University | Rindge, NH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | Tampa, FL | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Village Players | Wolfeboro, NH | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Nico Mallozzi Memorial Fund Inc | Norwalk, CT | $1,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Building Together | Brooklyn, NY | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bishop's Charitable Assistance Fund | Manchester, NH | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boston Ballet | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boxes of Love for the Homeless | Candia, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cure Alzheimer's Fund | Wellesley Hills, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Abenaki Inc | Wolfeboro, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New Hampshire SPCA | Stratham, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northeast Catholic College | Warner, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network | Boone, IA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Retirement Fund for Religious | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lake Winnipesaukee | Wolfboro, NH | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| American Media | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arts in Reach | Portsmouth, NH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lakes Region Humane Society | Ossipee, NH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| PBS Foundation | Arlington, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rockingham Vna Hospice | Exeter, NH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sisters of the Presentation of Mary | Manchester, NH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of New Hampshire | Durham, NH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hpv Cancers Alliance | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Portsmouth Pro Musica | Portsmouth, NH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Soar | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Marist Brothers | Worth, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Joseph's Abbey | Spencer, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
72 of 138 (52%) received money in more than one year over the 6 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 62%, across 5 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Sustainable Harvest Int'l
ENVIRONMENTAL/CONSERVATION - New Hampshire Boat Museum
COMMUNITY SERVICE/EDUCATION - St Jude Children's Research Hospital
HEALTHCARE & SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 167 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 20 | $155,200 | $2,500 |
| 2021 | 41 | $287,600 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 11 | $66,425 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 53 | $427,380 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 74 | $742,950 | $5,000 |
| 2025 | 85 | $1,167,650 | $5,000 |
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
28% of its giving went to organizations in New Hampshire. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New Hampshire.
- 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 Penates Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 6 returns (tax years 2020-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 5 Batchelder Rd, Seabrook, NH, 03874. 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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