Massachusetts Charitable Society
The Massachusetts Charitable Society is a public charity based in Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 1762, it describes itself as a member organization established for mutual aid and reports making grants to 501(c)(3) organizations in addition to assisting members and their families in need.
Massachusetts Charitable Society at a glance
In short: Massachusetts Charitable Society gave $484K across 22 grants in 2025 (avg $22K), mostly in Massachusetts. 77% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $484,000
- +9.5% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 22
- +29.4% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $22,000
- -15.4% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $22,000
- Total assets
- $26,138,595
- +3.1% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 77% first-time grantees (17 of 22, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Massachusetts (91% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Massachusetts Charitable Society
- Contact
Mailing address: 67 Batterymarch St 5Th Floor, Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 350-9806
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Massachusetts Charitable Society funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Beverly Bootstraps Community Service Inc ($22K). Together the top 10 received $220K.
Grant Size Distribution
85 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 85 grants of 85 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The Society’s 2025 grant dollars were reported as 91% to recipients in Massachusetts, 5% in Wisconsin, and 5% in Minnesota.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 22 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Massachusetts Charitable Society open to new grantees?
77%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 17 of 22 grantees (77%) were first-time recipients. With only 22 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 5 points. First grants averaged $22K; repeat grants $22K. How we count
Medians: $22K first-time, $22K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $230K (2019) to $484K (2025). In 2025 it made 22 grants totaling $484K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Beverly Bootstraps Community Service Inc Beverly, MA | Exempt Purpose | $22,000 |
| Cape Abilities Inc Hyannis, MA | Exempt Purpose | $22,000 |
| Change Is Simple Beverly, MA | Exempt Purpose | $22,000 |
| Family Health Project Manchester, MA | Exempt Purpose | $22,000 |
| Fisher House of Boston Inc Walpole, MA | Exempt Purpose | $22,000 |
| Friends of the Children Delavan, WI | Exempt Purpose | $22,000 |
| Helping Our Women Provincetown, MA | Exempt Purpose | $22,000 |
| Horizons for Homeless Children Roxbury, MA | Exempt Purpose | $22,000 |
| Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center Newburyport, MA | Exempt Purpose | $22,000 |
| Longwood Symphony Orchestra West Newton, MA | Exempt Purpose | $22,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $26,138,595 | $439,589 | $544,234 | $484,000 | 22 | $439,589 |
| 2024 | $25,361,502 | $934,569 | $494,195 | $442,000 | 17 | $934,569 |
| 2023 | $21,346,218 | $416,815 | $411,364 | $360,000 | 16 | $416,815 |
| 2022 | $19,120,748 | $705,676 | $363,393 | $308,000 | 11 | $705,676 |
| 2021 | $21,713,993 | $6,543,467 | $335,414 | $244,994 | 19 | $6,543,467 |
| 2020 | $17,855,609 | $389,911 | $334,711 | $241,000 | 14 | $389,911 |
| 2019 | $15,449,303 | $642,430 | $339,110 | $230,000 | 10 | $642,430 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The Society’s stated purpose is to assist members in need and, after a member’s death, to assist their widows and children in need. Its filing also says that, after providing for those purposes, members may direct remaining net income to charitable purposes permitted by its charter. The Society states that its actual activities include donations to people in need.
Examples of grantees’ own stated missions illustrate the range of organizations supported. Change Is Simple says it promotes social and environmental responsibility through experiential learning. Rehearsal for Life says its programs strengthen young people’s social and emotional skills through dialogue, creativity, and performance. Fisher House of Boston says it provides lodging for military families receiving hospital care in the Boston area. Other 2025 grantees include Helping Our Women, which says it serves women with chronic, life-threatening, or disabling illnesses, and the Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center, whose stated mission is to empower individuals and engage communities to end domestic violence.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the Society reported 22 grants totaling $484,000. Each grant was $22,000, so the median and the smallest and largest reported grants were all $22,000.
Among the 2025 grantees were Beverly Bootstraps Community Service, Cape Abilities, Change Is Simple, Family Health Project, Fisher House of Boston, Friends of the Children, Helping Our Women, Horizons for Homeless Children, Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center, Longwood Symphony Orchestra, MIRA Coalition, and More Than Words; each received $22,000. The filing listed the grant purpose as “exempt purpose.”
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists these officers and trustees:
- George Glover Crocker III — President/Trustee
- Edward Morris Howland II — Vice President/Trustee
- U Haskell Crocker II — Treasurer/Trustee
- Abbott Lawrence Lowell — Secretary/Trustee
- Andrew Gannett Crocker — Trustee
- Edward Delano Wight — Trustee
- Harold Beacham Jr — Trustee
- Henry Boardman Spalding — Trustee
Massachusetts Charitable Society is led by George Glover Crocker III, President & Trustee since 2025 (on filings since 2019); 1 of 8 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
George Glover Crocker III
President & Trustee
Trustee → Vice President & Trustee, 2023
Vice President & Trustee → President & Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Edward Morris Howland II
Vice President & Trustee
Secretary & Trustee → Trustee, 2023
Trustee → Vice President & Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
$200 (2019) → $0 (2025)
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Secretary & Trustee
Treasurer & Trustee → Trustee, 2021
Trustee → Secretary & Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
$200 (2023) → $200 (2025)
U. Haskell Crocker II
Treasurer & Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Henry Boardman Spalding
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Edward Delano Wight
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Harold Beacham Jr.
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Gannett Crocker
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (11)
- Former: Henry McFarlan Ogilby (2019–2024) — President & Trustee
- Former: Ralph Lowell III (2023–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Stephen Hopkins White (2023–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Samuel Cary Crocker (2019–2022) — President & Trustee
- Former: Charles Thorndike Haydock (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: John Linfield Damon II (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Stratton Carpenter Lloyd (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Asa Emory Phillips III (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Francis Vernon Lloyd III (2019) — President & Trustee
- Former: Henry Lyon Hall IV (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Paul Revere III (2019) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $200, to Abbott Lawrence Lowell (Secretary/Trustee).
Frequently asked questions about Massachusetts Charitable Society
How much does Massachusetts Charitable Society give each year?
Massachusetts Charitable Society gave $484K across 22 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $442K across 17 grants.
What is Massachusetts Charitable Society's typical grant size?
Massachusetts Charitable Society's median grant in 2025 was $22,000, and its average grant was $22,000, across 22 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Massachusetts Charitable Society that year got $22K on average.
Where does Massachusetts Charitable Society give grants?
Massachusetts Charitable Society gives mostly in Massachusetts: 91% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Beverly, MA (2 grants) and Newburyport, MA (2 grants).
Who are Massachusetts Charitable Society's largest grantees?
Massachusetts Charitable Society's largest 2025 grantees include Beverly Bootstraps Community Service Inc ($22,000), Cape Abilities Inc ($22,000) and Change Is Simple ($22,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 14% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Massachusetts Charitable Society?
Massachusetts Charitable Society reported $26.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $440K.
What does Massachusetts Charitable Society fund?
The Society’s stated purpose is to assist members in need and, after a member’s death, to assist their widows and children in need. Its filing also says that, after providing for those purposes, members may direct remaining net income to charitable purposes permitted by its charter. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Massachusetts Charitable Society?
Massachusetts Charitable Society has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Massachusetts Charitable Society's EIN?
Massachusetts Charitable Society's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-1589975. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS July 14, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 13, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS January 19, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 9, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 9, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 28, 2021)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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Grantable. (2026). Massachusetts Charitable Society funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/massachusetts-charitable-society-morg_d9ceab8c41f24fd7b2b347676ac76d74
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