Singing Field Foundation

The Singing Field Foundation is a foundation based in Waltham, MA, that donates largely to left-of-center environmentalist organizations.

At-A-Glance

Issue Areas: Environmental Policy
Location: Waltham, MA View on map
Tax ID: 04-3425998
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $3,773,707 Revenue: $108,292 Expenses: $322,029

Contents

    Among the organizations that received Singing Field donations are As You Sow, League of Conservation Voters Educational Fund, and the Sierra Club Foundation. 1

    Leadership

    Jon Scott is the president of the Singing Field Foundation. He was also previously the director of corporate relations and legacy gifts at Clean Water Action. 2 Since Scott became president of the foundation, he has divested from fossil fuel companies and has invested in alternatives to fossil fuels. 2

    The foundation has no employees. 1

    Finances

    According to the 2018 tax return, the foundation spent $445,361 in that year. It currently has $3.8 million in assets. 1

    Donations

    The bulk of the foundation’s donations have gone to environmentalist organizations. Among the most prominent groups to receive donations in 2018 were:1

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2024 $3,773,707 $108,292 $322,029 View
    2023 $3,816,862 $101,411 $37,734 View
    2022 $4,077,651 $481,967 $465,553 View
    2021 $4,556,624 $663,037 $460,590 View
    2020 $4,175,234 $525,732 $521,852 View

    Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

    Expenses Detail

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $3,294,216
    • Number of Grants: 349
    • Number of Recipients: 87

    Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $85,0002021 Clean Water FundGENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    $75,0002022 Clean Water FundGENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    $75,0002022 Sierra Club FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    $75,0002020 Sierra Club FoundationGeneral support grant
    $65,0002020 Clean Water FundGeneral support grant
    $45,0002021 Sierra Club FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    $34,8702020 ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATIONGeneral support grant
    $30,7542020 Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity IncGeneral support grant
    $26,0002021 ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATIONGENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    $25,0002024 Clean Water FundGENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    $25,0002024 Virginia Kay Gillis Charitable Remainder UnitrustGENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    $25,0002022 ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATIONGENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    $25,0002021 COMMONWEALGENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    $25,0002021 INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORKGENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    $22,0002021 Environmental Protection NetworkGENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    $19,5002020 League of Conservation Voters Education FundGeneral support grant
    $17,5002022 League of Conservation Voters Education FundGENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    $16,0002024 Lebanon Opera House Improvement CorporationGENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    $15,0002024 Visual Understanding in Education IncGENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    $15,0002022 COMMONWEALGENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    $15,0002022 Indigenous Educational Network of Turtle IslandGENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    $15,0002021 Bargemusic, LtdGENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
    $15,0002020 COMMONWEALGeneral support grant
    $15,0002020 INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORKGeneral support grant
    $12,5002024 INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORKGENERAL SUPPORT GRANT