The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams
The Charles F. and Beatrice D. Adams Charitable Trust is a Boston-based private foundation that supports efforts to enhance quality of life in Downeast Maine and improve children’s behavioral health in Massachusetts. It backs organizations whose work strengthens communities through creative strategies and comprehensive solutions.
The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams at a glance
In short: The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams gave $2.6M across 41 grants in 2025 (avg $62K), mostly in Maine. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $2,557,500
- +22.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 41
- +28.1% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $62,378
- -4.5% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $50,000
- Total assets
- $88,738,914
- +3.9% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Maine (55% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026.
How to apply to The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The Trust does not accept unsolicited requests. It invites organizations to submit requests after determining there may be a fit with its funding interests. Prospective applicants are encouraged to review the Trust’s program areas and funding criteria, then send a brief inquiry to the Executive Director. The Executive Director and Program Advisors review inquiries and follow up about possible next steps, including whether a full proposal may be invited.
- Contact
Mailing address: Advisors 2 International Place 30, Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 973-4900
Website: https://cfadamstrust.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Sunrise Opportunities ($350K across 3 grants). Together the top 10 received $1.8M.
Grant Size Distribution
176 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 98 grants of 176 (56%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The Trust’s stated geographic priorities are Downeast Maine and Massachusetts. In Downeast Maine, its work extends from the Schoodic Peninsula to Eastport. In Massachusetts, its focus is children’s behavioral health.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 41 itemized grants.
Cities
How The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams gives
- 62% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving grew 114% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 70% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (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 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $987K (2020) to $2.6M (2025). In 2025 it made 41 grants totaling $2.6M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Umass Memorial Health Care Inc Worcester, MA | Expand project safe and sound to birth mothers of children in foster care | $175,000 |
| Children's Hospital Corporation (DBA Boston Children's Hospital) Boston, MA | One-year grant for in-depth planning for new center for innovative and equitable school behavioral health | $150,000 |
| Massachusetts Association for Mental Health Boston, MA | Children's Behavioral Health Policy Tracking Initiative | $130,000 |
| Aroostook Mental Health Services Inc Presque Isle, ME | Three-year grant for continued work with substance use disorder collaborative | $125,000 |
| Healthy Acadia Ellsworth, ME | Three-year grant for work with substance use disorder collaborative | $125,000 |
| Sunrise County Economic Council Machias, ME | Three-year grant for continued work with substance use disorder collaborative | $125,000 |
| Sunrise County Economic Council Machias, ME | Two-year grant to provide operating funds to bridge transition to increased federal overhead rates for government contracts | $125,000 |
| Sunrise Opportunities Machias, ME | Three-year grant for community caring collaborative to continue its work with substance use disorder collaborative | $125,000 |
| Sunrise Opportunities Machias, ME | Three-year grant to community caring collaborative for operating support and development of a childrens behavioral health pilot with the substance use disorder collaborative. | $125,000 |
| Community Art Center Inc Cambridge, MA | Three-year pledge for operating support and support of case management and behavioral health support services | $100,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
The Trust reported 41 grants in 2025, 32 in 2024, and 29 in 2023.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $88,738,914 | $-1,330,861 | $3,378,158 | $2,557,500 | 41 | $2,913,667 | $7,267,429 | $4,179,778 |
| 2024 | $85,423,428 | $68,629,922 | $2,702,319 | $2,091,000 | 32 | $2,493,749 | $6,151,985 | $1,529,366 |
| 2023 | $20,745,670 | $2,683,029 | $1,810,529 | $1,330,000 | 29 | $1,661,898 | $1,878,249 | $971,328 |
| 2022 | $19,052,797 | $1,544,765 | $1,461,720 | $1,193,500 | 50 | $1,366,584 | $1,440,793 | $994,341 |
| 2021 | $23,169,774 | $797,674 | $1,289,918 | $1,049,000 | 24 | $1,192,470 | $750,328 | $1,073,419 |
| 2020 | $13,622,507 | $125,357 | $1,206,765 | $986,765 | 1 | — | $322,556 | $965,376 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams reported a distributable amount of $4.2M for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The Trust’s mission is to enhance quality of life in Downeast Maine and improve children’s behavioral health in Massachusetts. Its two focus areas are community-based work in Downeast Maine and children’s behavioral health in Massachusetts.
In Massachusetts, the Trust supports systemic efforts to improve children’s behavioral health rather than direct service delivery. Its stated areas of activity include advocacy, research and demonstration projects, community-based arts therapy, and strategies that help school personnel address behavioral health issues affecting learning. In Downeast Maine, it seeks to strengthen nonprofit infrastructure and collaboration, improve individual and community health, support systems that address persistent poverty, and encourage organizational strategic and business planning.
Grantees include organizations working in community health, disability services, economic development, youth arts, and children’s mental health. For example, Healthy Acadia says it empowers people and organizations to build healthy communities; Sunrise Opportunities describes its work as providing living and work environments, residential and work programs, and mental health services for people with disabilities; and the Sunrise County Economic Council says it works with community partners to create jobs and prosperity in Washington County, Maine. Cambridge’s Community Art Center says it cultivates young people’s artistic voices, while RAW Art Works says it supports underserved youth through creativity and confidence-building.
Grantmaking
In 2025, the Trust reported 41 grants totaling $2,557,500. Grants ranged from $1,500 to $175,000, with a median of $50,000. The largest award was $175,000 to UMass Memorial Health Care for expanding Project Safe and Sound to birth mothers of children in foster care. Other notable grants included $150,000 to Boston Children’s Hospital for planning a center for innovative and equitable school behavioral health, and $130,000 to the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health for a children’s behavioral health policy tracking initiative.
Downeast Maine awards included three-year grants of $125,000 each to Aroostook Mental Health Services, Healthy Acadia, and Sunrise County Economic Council for work with the Substance Use Disorder Collaborative. Sunrise Opportunities received a $125,000 grant for the Community Caring Collaborative’s continued work with that collaborative, as well as $100,000 for its Hope & Dream Emergency Fund. The Community Art Center received $100,000 for operating support and case management and behavioral health support services; the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children received $100,000 in three-year general operating support for its Children’s Mental Health Campaign.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Edward P. Lawrence and Marc J. Bloostein as trustees, Janet C. Taylor as managing trustee, and Thomas J. Boutureira as executive director, hired April 28, 2025.
The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams is led by Thomas J. Boutureira, Executive Director on the 2025 filing; 3 of 4 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Thomas J. Boutureira
Executive Director
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$104K (2025)
Janet C. Taylor
Managing Trustee
Trustee → Managing Trustee, 2021
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
$41K (2020) → $38K (2025)
Edward P. Lawrence Esq.
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
$12K (2020) → $23K (2025)
Marc J. Bloostein Esq.
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
$23K (2023) → $0 (2025)
Former officers (3)
- Former: Mary Louise Sudders (2023–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Beatrice D. Adams (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: James H. Lowell II (2021) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "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 $104K, to Thomas J Boutureira (Executive Director (Hired 4/28/25)). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams
How much does The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams give each year?
The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams gave $2.6M across 41 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $2.1M across 32 grants.
What is The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams's typical grant size?
The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams's median grant in 2025 was $50,000, and its average grant was $62,378, across 41 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams give grants?
The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams gives mostly in Maine: 55% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest state was Massachusetts (45%). The most frequent recipient cities were Boston, MA (10 grants), Machias, ME (7 grants), Ellsworth, ME (2 grants) and Lexington, MA (2 grants).
Does The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams give general operating support?
Yes: 17% of The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (7 of 41) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Who are The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams's largest grantees?
The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams's largest 2025 grantees include Sunrise Opportunities ($350,000 across 3 grants), Sunrise County Economic Council ($330,000 across 4 grants) and Massachusetts Association for Mental Health ($212,000 across 3 grants), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 35% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams?
The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams reported $88.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $2.9M in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $4.2M (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What does The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams fund?
The Trust’s mission is to enhance quality of life in Downeast Maine and improve children’s behavioral health in Massachusetts. Its two focus areas are community-based work in Downeast Maine and children’s behavioral health in Massachusetts. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams?
The Trust does not accept unsolicited requests. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams's EIN?
The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-6556188. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Does The Charles F and Beatrice D Adams accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 15, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 3, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 3, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 5, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 9, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 20, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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