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Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Boston, MA EIN: 04-2742359 Website

To assist in the educational programs, exhibits, awards, and scholarships, for students of Massachusetts college of art and design.

Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc at a glance

In short: Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc gave $2.0M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $2.0M), mostly in Massachusetts. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$1,954,688
-32.7% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$1,954,688
-32.7% vs 2024
Median grant
$1,954,688
Total assets
$23,251,470
+14.5% vs 2024
Primary geography
Massachusetts (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Massachusetts College of Art and De: $2.0MMassachusetts College of Artand De$2.0M

The largest 2025 recipient was Massachusetts College of Art and De ($2.0M).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M5$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 5 grants of 5 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

Cities

Boston

How Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc gives

  • Giving fell 22% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2M$4M$6M$8M1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2.0M (2025) to $7.0M (2019). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $2.0M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Massachusetts College of Art and De Boston, MAscholarships, capital projects, and financial aid$1,954,688
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$23,251,470$4,095,887$2,601,949$1,954,6881$1,308,236
2024$20,309,653$3,442,208$3,561,508$2,903,4421$-82,276
2023$18,543,628$3,639,374$2,961,423$2,388,8201$2,264
2022$16,667,670$4,054,799$2,758,830$2,512,0021$719,281
2021$18,325,655$4,853,562$3,603,525$3,405,5231$184,676
2020$15,702,211$5,066,329$3,737,286$3,339,6631$592,956
2019$14,458,965$3,847,357$7,299,283$7,004,3271$728,527

About Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc

Based on IRS filings

Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc is a public charity, based in Boston, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $23.3M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $2.0M. Net investment income was $1.3M.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc is led by Emily Day, Executive Director & Vice President Inst. Ad on every filing since 2024; none of the 21 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Emily Day

    Executive Director & Vice President Inst. Ad

    On filings since 2024

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Deirdre Nectow

    Chair

    Director → Chair, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ashley Karger

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • James Mason

    Director & Associate Provost McAd

    Director → Director & Associate Provost McAd, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nina Fletcher

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Coffman

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Katie Block

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Wanita Kennedy

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Elizabeth Lowrey

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Courtney Jacobovits

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Suzanne Bump

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Geeta Pradhan

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Halsey Morris

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Laurie Naughton

    Director of Finance

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Martha Willis

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nick Winton

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patricia Rivers

    Vice Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Valentine Talland

    Chair Emerita

    Chair → Director, 2022

    Director → Chair Emerita, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ted Maclean

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andra Dekkers

    Vice Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kathryn Calnan

    Associate Vice President of Institutional Advisor

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (26)
  • Former: Alison Judd (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Emma Pickard (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Fred Liang (2019–2024) — Director & Professor at McAd
  • Former: Henry Biner (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Chiara Trabucchi (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Brenda Molife (2024) — Director & Vice President of Acad. Affairs
  • Former: Janice M Saragoni (2024) — Trustee Representative
  • Former: Mary K Grant (2024) — Director & President of McAd
  • Former: Charles Jobson (2019–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Marjorie O'Malley (2019–2023) — Clerk & Executive Director
  • Former: Michelle Ingari (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Roberta Moore (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Kristine Irving (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Deanna Fulp (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Elissa Warner (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Hope Barkan (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Jennifer Harrington (2019–2021) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Molly Shannon (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Cindy Eid (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Beverley Johnson (2021) — Director
  • Former: Paul Pflugfelder (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Robert S. Gatof (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Frederick Leichter (2019) — Director
  • Former: Jeremy Pozen (2019) — Treasurer
  • Former: Robert Bachelder (2019) — Director
  • Former: Tali Kwatcher (2019) — Director

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.

Frequently asked questions about Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc

How much does Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc give each year?

Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc gave $2.0M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $2.9M across 1 grant.

How large is Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc?

Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc reported $23.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $4.1M.

Where does Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc operate?

Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc has awarded grants in Massachusetts.

What is Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc's EIN?

Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-2742359. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS December 22, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 24, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS December 8, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 20, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 12, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 5, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 11, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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