Private foundation · Boston, MA

The Ausolus Trust

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Typical grant size
$5K – $10K – $25K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
66
Repeat grantees
51
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

DeadlinesAUGUST 15TH
ContactTHE AUSOLUS TRUST · 6176240800
MaterialsNO PARTICULAR FORMAT
RestrictionsNONE

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

George Putnam III
TRUSTEE
Barbara P Lyman
TRUSTEE
Susan W Peck
TRUSTEE
Nancy Putnam Deceased
TRUSTEE
George Putnam
TRUSTEE (DECEASED)
Nancy Putnam
TRUSTEE

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
4.7%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
493
Total grants awarded
$10.1M
Total amount
$21K
Average grant
$190K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$1.5M
68 grants
2023
$1.4M
62 grants
2022
$1.5M
55 grants
2021
$1.2M
50 grants
2020
$1.2M
55 grants
2019
$1.2M
62 grants
2018
$1.1M
71 grants
2017
$1.0M
70 grants

Top recipients

11 grants · ME · ≈ likely match
$935K
St Mark's School
10 grants · MA
$520K
Morris Aboretum
6 grants · PA
$400K
10 grants · MA · ≈ likely match
$365K
Wgbh Masterpiece Trust
3 grants · MA
$325K
5 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$300K
3 grants · PA · ✓ Exact match
$300K
Woodlawn Museum
6 grants · ME
$250K
6 grants · VT · ✓ Exact match
$245K
11 grants · ME · ≈ likely match
$245K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Vassar College
EXEMPT PURPOSE
NY · TY 2024
$100K
Friends of Wissahickon
EXEMPT PURPOSE
PA · TY 2024
$100K
Morris Aboretum
EXEMPT PURPOSE
PA · TY 2024
$100K
Lowell Observatory
EXEMPT PURPOSE
AZ · TY 2024
$70K
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
EXEMPT PURPOSE
ME · TY 2024
$57K
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$55K
Miss Porter's School
EXEMPT PURPOSE
CT · TY 2024
$50K
Winchester Thurston School
EXEMPT PURPOSE
PA · TY 2024
$50K
Dana-farber Cancer Institute Inc
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$50K
The Shelburne Museum
EXEMPT PURPOSE
VT · TY 2024
$50K
Island Readers & Writers
EXEMPT PURPOSE
ME · TY 2024
$50K
Glouchester Marine Genomics Institute
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$50K
Bates College
EXEMPT PURPOSE
ME · TY 2024
$50K
Second Stage Theatre
EXEMPT PURPOSE
NY · TY 2024
$40K
Mgh Fund
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$40K
The Frick Museum
EXEMPT PURPOSE
PA · TY 2024
$40K
Harvard University
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$36K
Quebec-labrador Foundation
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$35K
Friends of Lobkowicz Collections
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$35K
Peoria Riverfront Museum
EXEMPT PURPOSE
IL · TY 2024
$30K
Epiphany School
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$25K
The Society of Four Arts
EXEMPT PURPOSE
FL · TY 2024
$25K
Camp Harbor View
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$25K
Colby College
EXEMPT PURPOSE
ME · TY 2024
$25K
The Morgan Library
EXEMPT PURPOSE
NY · TY 2024
$25K
St George's School
EXEMPT PURPOSE
RI · TY 2024
$23K
Harvard College
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$23K
Mount Desert Land & Garden Preserve
EXEMPT PURPOSE
ME · TY 2024
$20K
Wbur
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$11K
Mclean Hospital
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$10K
Harvard Th Chan School of Public Health
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$10K
The Norton Museum
EXEMPT PURPOSE
FL · TY 2024
$10K
Trustees of Reservations
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$10K
Naral Pro-choice America
EXEMPT PURPOSE
DC · TY 2024
$10K
College of the Atlantic
EXEMPT PURPOSE
ME · TY 2024
$10K
Wgbh Educational Foundation
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$10K
Hooper Fund
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$10K
Friends of Acadia
EXEMPT PURPOSE
ME · TY 2024
$10K
Peabody Essex Museum
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$10K
Friends of Notre Dame de Paris
EXEMPT PURPOSE
NH · TY 2024
$10K
Spruce Street Nursery School
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$7K
Downeast Institute
EXEMPT PURPOSE
ME · TY 2024
$5K
Relay Graduate School of Education
EXEMPT PURPOSE
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Northeast Animal Shelter Inc
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$5K
Mount Desert Historical Society
EXEMPT PURPOSE
ME · TY 2024
$5K
Emmanuel Church - Manchester
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$5K
Roxbury Prepatory Charter School
EXEMPT PURPOSE
MA · TY 2024
$5K
V&a Americas Foundation
EXEMPT PURPOSE
NJ · TY 2024
$5K
Maine Community Foundation
EXEMPT PURPOSE
ME · TY 2024
$5K
Mount Desert Island Hospital
EXEMPT PURPOSE
ME · TY 2024
$5K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.