The Salem Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
137196668
IRS 990-PF coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Phone
6179333666
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Corporate Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,969,756
Expenses
$1,084,077

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Corporate Foundations

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 14 grants totaling $492,000. The stated grant purposes included educational to support student needs., to challenge and nurture urban youth as students, athletes and citizens so that they recognize and fulfill their fullest potential in life, and empower the children who are most at risk for academic decline and dropout to rise above their challenges and reach their full potential., plus 10 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 78% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of available resources goes to charitable grants and a relatively small share of spending goes to grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 13
  • Cost Efficiency: 45
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 94

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 12.7%; rating input score 13; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 45.4%; rating input score 45; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: 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: 146.71; rating input score 94; 94th 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: 12.7% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 94th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Grant Deployment: Grant deployment ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 45/100.