Ella Lyman Cabot Trust Inc C/o Gma Foundations

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042111393
IRS 990-PF coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Phone
6173913085
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$213,316
Expenses
$196,671

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Ella Lyman Cabot Trust Inc C/o Gma Foundations is a nonprofit. Location: Boston, MA. EIN 042111393.

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 14 filed grant rows totaling $169,133. The stated grant purposes included in support of travel and living expenses to attend and work as a volunteer at the braille challenge finals in la, a competitive event that celebrates braille literacy among blind and vision-impaired students in the u.s., in order to help her develop a framework to establish a similar competition in her native country of sweden., in support of her artistic and educational work in supporting the work of indigenous composers and performers from across north america., and general operations, plus 7 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 86% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. The filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 86
  • Cost Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 75

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 85.6%; rating input score 86; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Foundation activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Individual grants for travel, study or similar purposes: Fail
    • Grants outside qualifying charitable organization categories: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 21.71; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 85.6% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 75th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Compliance: Foundation activity disclosures: Individual grants for travel, study or similar purposes not reported.