Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE CHICKERING FOUNDATION (FORMERLY DEDHAM
THE CHICKERING FOUNDATION (FORMERLY DEDHAM (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $207,920 to it, the largest being Elisha V Ashton Trust UW ($207,920). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $270k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $208k
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What The Chickering Foundation (Formerly Dedham does
Programs
The corporation's purpose (and hence its mission) is to honor the work of hannah b. Chickering who in the 19th century dedicated her life to female prisoners and their
$212,653 spentChildren. Accordingly, the corporation shall provide financial support to programs and organizations that address the needs of women and children in crisis, thereby
Furthering the corporation's goal of helping women and children gain health, safety, independance and self- sufficiency.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $2.5M to $2.3M (−6%).
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $26k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of THE CHICKERING FOUNDATION (FORMERLY DEDHAM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of THE CHICKERING FOUNDATION (FORMERLY DEDHAM's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CHICKERING FOUNDATION (FORMERLY DEDHAM?
- THE CHICKERING FOUNDATION (FORMERLY DEDHAM (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $207,920 to it, the largest being Elisha V Ashton Trust UW ($207,920). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CHICKERING FOUNDATION (FORMERLY DEDHAM have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $207,920 in grants to THE CHICKERING FOUNDATION (FORMERLY DEDHAM, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CHICKERING FOUNDATION (FORMERLY DEDHAM?
- Elisha V Ashton Trust UW is the largest funder on record, with $207,920 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CHICKERING FOUNDATION (FORMERLY DEDHAM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing