Trustees of the Ayer Home
Lowell, MA · EIN 04-2157061. Reported 94 grants totalling $269,400 to 27 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. Trustees of the Ayer Home 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 $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $3,600; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $4,600. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls Inc Girls Inc | Lowell, MA | $15,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lowell Boys & Girls Club Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc | Lowell, MA | $15,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lowell Day Nursery Assoc Lowell Day Nursery Association | Lowell, MA | $15,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lowell Assoc for the Blind Lowell Association for the Blind | Lowell, MA | $15,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Acre Family Day Care Acre Family Day Care | Lowell, MA | $14,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Acs Inc Adolescent Consultation Services Inc | Cambridge, MA | $14,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lowell Community Health Center Lowell Community Health Center | Lowell, MA | $14,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Merrimack Repertory Theatre Merrimack Repertory Theatre | Lowell, MA | $14,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Learn Project Learn | Lowell, MA | $14,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Wish Project the Wish Project | Lowell, MA | $14,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Merrimack Valley Food Bank Merrimack Valley Food Bank | Lowell, MA | $12,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alternative House Alternative House | Lowell, MA | $12,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| House of Hope House of Hope | Lowell, MA | $12,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Inst of New England International Inst of New England | Lowell, MA | $11,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| On the Move Inc on the Move Inc | Methuen, MA | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Challenge Unlimited Challenge Unlimited at Ironstone Farm | Andover, MA | $8,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Lowell Family YMCA Greater Lowell Family YMCA | Lowell, MA | $8,050 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Center for Hope and Healing the Center for Hope and Healing | Lowell, MA | $8,050 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cambodian Mutual Assistance Assoc Cambodian Mutual Assistance Assoc | Lowell, MA | $7,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Reach Out & Read Reach Out & Read | Boston, MA | $7,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mill City Grows Mill City Grows | Lowell, MA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Coalition for a Better Acre Coalition for a Better Acre | Lowell, MA | $5,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Kompass Project Kompass | No Chelmsford, MA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Teamwork Inc Community Teamwork | Lowell, MA | $3,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| African Community Center of Lowell African Community Center of Lowell | Lowell, MA | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kids in Tech Inc Kids in Tech Inc | Lowell, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lowell Youth Leadership Program Lowell Youth Leadership Program | Lowell, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
24 of 27 (89%) 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 100%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- Acs Inc Adolescent Consultation Services Inc
TO ASSIST CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 49 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | $71,500 | $4,000 |
| 2022 | 23 | $60,400 | $2,700 |
| 2023 | 23 | $62,000 | $2,700 |
| 2024 | 26 | $75,500 | $3,200 |
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
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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 $3,000. 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 Trustees of the Ayer Home'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: 41 Wellman Street, Lowell, MA, 01851. 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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