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Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall

Private foundation · Grantmaker Boston, MA EIN: 04-6013598 Website

Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall is a private foundation based in Boston, Massachusetts. It supports programs addressing the needs of elderly, infirm, and homeless people, as well as education, social justice, and economic opportunity; its grants, except those related to reproductive health, focus on programs in the Boston area.

Key facts about Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall

In short: Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall gave $1.7M across 201 grants in 2025 (avg $8K), mostly in Massachusetts. 18% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

EIN
04-6013598
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$1,701,653
Grants made (2025)
201
Average grant
$8,466
Median grant
$8,000
New grantees (estimate)
18% first-time grantees (35 of 199, 2025)
Total assets
$15,628,303
Primary geography
Massachusetts (95% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Accepts unsolicited proposals
No
How to apply
The fund does not accept unsolicited requests for funds and makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations. Full details ↓

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology). Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990-PF · View filing

Total Assets

$15.6M

-1.9% YoY

Annual Giving

$1.7M

+24.3% YoY

Grant Count

201

+13.6% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$8K

+9.4% YoY

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall reported a distributable amount of $1.5M for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Is Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall open to new grantees?

18%

first-time grantees, 2025

In 2025, 35 of 199 grantees (18%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $6K; repeat grants $9K. How we count

Medians: $5K first-time, $8K repeat.

  • 76% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
  • Giving grew 35% from 2022 to 2025. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 118% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2021–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

The fund’s stated areas of interest include services for elderly and infirm people, homelessness, education, social justice, economic opportunity, and reproductive health. Its reproductive health support includes projects locally and those undertaken internationally by U.S.-based nonprofits.

Its grantees work across a range of services. For example, Health Resources in Action says it partners with communities to improve health and advance equity; FamilyAid Boston says it helps parents and caregivers facing homelessness secure and sustain housing; and Greater Boston Legal Services describes itself as a provider of free civil legal assistance to low-income people in metropolitan Boston. These are the grantees’ descriptions of their own missions.

Grantmaking

In 2025, the fund awarded 201 grants totaling $1,701,653. Grants ranged from $5,000 to $107,033, with a median of $8,000. The largest award was $107,033 to Health Resources in Action for its postdoctoral research fellowship program. Other notable grants included $20,000 to The Greater Boston Food Bank for mobile markets for seniors in Greater Boston; $15,000 each to Boston Medical Center for “Living Well at Home,” FamilyAid Boston for a Boston Public Schools homelessness prevention program, and Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts for education programs; and $12,500 to Greater Boston Legal Services for its Legal Advocacy for Elders Project.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

The fund’s grants, except those related to reproductive health, focus on programs in the Boston area. In 2025, 95% of grant dollars went to recipients in Massachusetts; Vermont, California, and Washington each received 1%, and the District of Columbia received 0%.

Grant Distribution by State

13states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 201 itemized grants.

Cities

BostonRoxburyDorchesterJamaica PlainCambridgeLynnWalthamEast BostonNewtonBrightonSomervilleQuincyWatertownAllstonMaldenMattapanChelseaSalemSouth BostonNeedham

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M141 grants2021 149 grants2022 159 grants2023 177 grants2024 201 grants2025

From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.1M (2021) to $1.7M (2025). In 2025 it made 201 grants totaling $1.7M.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

Health Resources in Action Inc: $107KHealth Resources in Action Inc$107KThe Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: $20KThe Greater Boston Food BankInc$20KBoston Medical Center Corporation: $15KBoston Medical CenterCorporation$15KFamilyaid Boston Inc: $15KFamilyaid Boston Inc$15KPlanned Parenthood League of Massachusetts: $15KPlanned Parenthood League ofMassachusetts$15KGreater Boston Legal Services Inc: $13KGreater Boston Legal ServicesInc$13KPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England: $12KPlanned Parenthood of NorthernNew England$12KThe Base Inc: $12KThe Base Inc$12KVeterans Legal Services Inc: $12KVeterans Legal Services Inc$12K826 Boston Inc: $10K826 Boston Inc$10K

The largest 2025 recipient was Health Resources in Action Inc ($107K). Together the top 10 received $231K.

Organizations only. It also paid 2 grants to individuals ($17,500), which are not listed by name.

Grant Size Distribution

827 grants across all recorded years

824<$50K1$50–100K2$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 824 grants of 827 (100%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Health Resources in Action Inc Boston, MAPostdoctoral Research Fellowship Program$107,033
The Greater Boston Food Bank Inc Boston, MARestricted to mobile markets for seniors in greater boston$20,000
Boston Medical Center Corporation Boston, MALiving Well at Home$15,000
Familyaid Boston Inc Boston, MABoston Public Schools Homelessness Prevention Program$15,000
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Boston, MAEducation Programs$15,000
Greater Boston Legal Services Inc Boston, MALegal Advocacy for Elders Project$12,500
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Burlington, VTGeneral Operating Support$12,000
The Base Inc Roxbury, MAGeneral Operating Support$12,000
Veterans Legal Services Inc Boston, MAGeneral Operating Support$12,000
826 Boston Inc Boston, MAWriters' Room at the Margarita Muiz Academy$10,000

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Filing year Grant total Number of grants
2025 $1,701,653 201
2024 $1,369,400 177
2023 $1,453,067 159
Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$1M$2M$3M$4M2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$15,628,303$15,934,902$15,269,078
Revenue$1,787,649$2,368,473$938,921
Expenses$2,073,439$1,679,045$1,786,545
Qualifying Distributions$1,817,309$1,478,299$1,565,804
Net Investment Income$1,571,869$2,168,227$742,894
Distributable Amount$1,536,738$1,439,967$1,393,323

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 14, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 12, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 15, 2024)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 15, 2025)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 14, 2026)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2025

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

The 2025 filing lists Charles R. Platt, Arthur B. Page, and George P. Beal as trustees. The fund’s program information also identifies Arthur B. Page, Nancy B. Gardiner, and George Beal as trustees.

Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall's 2025 filing lists 3 officers; all 3 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Arthur B. Page

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    2.5 hrs/week

    $50K (2021) → $29K (2025)

  • George P. Beal

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    $6K (2021) → $4K (2025)

  • Charles R. Platt

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2.5 hrs/week

    $29K (2025)

Former officers (1)
  • Former: Nancy B. Gardiner (2021–2024) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2021–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Charles R Platt — Trustee: $29KCharles R PlattTrustee$29KArthur B Page — Trustee: $29KArthur B PageTrustee$29KGeorge P Beal — Trustee: $4KGeorge P BealTrustee$4K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $29K, to Charles R Platt (Trustee). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Contact

Mailing address: Hemenway Barnes Llp PO Box 96120, Boston, MA 02196-1209
Phone: (617) 227-7940

Frequently asked questions about Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall

How much does Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall give each year?

Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall gave $1.7M across 201 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $1.4M across 177 grants.

What is Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall's typical grant size?

Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall's median grant in 2025 was $8,000, and its average grant was $8,466, across 201 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall that year got $6K on average.

Where does Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall give grants?

Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall gives mostly in Massachusetts: 95% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Boston, MA (70 grants), Roxbury, MA (14 grants), Dorchester, MA (11 grants) and Jamaica Plain, MA (11 grants).

Does Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall give general operating support?

Yes: 32% of Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (65 of 201) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Who are Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall's largest grantees?

Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall's largest 2025 grantees include Health Resources in Action Inc ($107,033), The Greater Boston Food Bank Inc ($20,000) and Boston Medical Center Corporation ($15,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It also paid 2 grants to individuals ($17,500), which are not listed by name. Together they received 8% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall?

Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall reported $15.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $1.8M in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $1.5M (roughly 5% of its investment assets).

What does Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall fund?

The fund’s stated areas of interest include services for elderly and infirm people, homelessness, education, social justice, economic opportunity, and reproductive health. Its reproductive health support includes projects locally and those undertaken internationally by U.S.-based nonprofits. See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall?

The fund does not accept unsolicited requests for funds and makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑

What is Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall's EIN?

Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-6013598. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2021–2025.

Does Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall accept unsolicited proposals?

No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.

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