Salt Marsh Charitable Foundation Trust
Salt Marsh Charitable Foundation Trust is a private foundation, based in Boston, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $71K in total assets. Net investment income was $3K.
Salt Marsh Charitable Foundation Trust at a glance
- Total assets
- $71,112
- +3.3% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $3,216
- -5.0% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $2,548
- -7.6% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $749
- +13.3% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Salt Marsh Charitable Foundation Trust funds
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
In 2019 it made 1 grant totaling $25K.
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $71,112 | $3,216 | $749 | — | — | $2,548 | $3,731 |
| 2024 | $68,866 | $3,386 | $661 | — | — | $2,759 | $3,492 |
| 2023 | $66,010 | $1,659 | $617 | — | — | $1,077 | $3,243 |
| 2022 | $65,068 | $3,205 | $668 | — | — | $2,617 | $3,185 |
| 2021 | $62,585 | $3,853 | $635 | — | — | $3,253 | $3,391 |
| 2020 | $59,379 | $2,211 | $578 | — | — | $1,660 | $3,054 |
| 2019 | $57,746 | $3,385 | $25,749 | $25,000 | 1 | $2,671 | $3,419 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Salt Marsh Charitable Foundation Trust reported a distributable amount of $4K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Salt Marsh Charitable Foundation Trust's 2025 filing lists 2 officers; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Devette Russo
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Pfeifer
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
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 Salt Marsh Charitable Foundation Trust
How large is Salt Marsh Charitable Foundation Trust?
Salt Marsh Charitable Foundation Trust reported $71K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $3K.
Where does Salt Marsh Charitable Foundation Trust operate?
Salt Marsh Charitable Foundation Trust has awarded grants in Massachusetts.
How much is Salt Marsh Charitable Foundation Trust required to give away each year?
Private foundations must generally distribute about 5% of their assets annually. For 2025, Salt Marsh Charitable Foundation Trust reported a distributable amount of $4K on its IRS Form 990-PF — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
What is Salt Marsh Charitable Foundation Trust's EIN?
Salt Marsh Charitable Foundation Trust's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 65-6434435. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 1, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 6, 2026)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 22, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 15, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 12, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 5, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 8, 2024)
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