Vivian & Paul Olum Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Sharon, MA · EIN 22-2559174 · reported 2023–2025
175grants reported
$5,000median award
$3,600lower quartile
$300smallest grant
$2.4Mtotal paid
20states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 4 of its 175 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $41K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
156 Massapoag Ave
Sharon, MA 02067-2749
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Tides Foudation | EL Monte, CA | $670,000 |
| Bvm Capacity Building Institute | East Point, GA | $120,000 |
| Center for AI Safety Inc | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $45,000 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | $42,000 |
| Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights | Washington DC, DC | $42,000 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $40,000 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $40,000 |
| Ploughshares Fund | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 |
| All Out Adventures | Easthampton, MA | $33,000 |
| All Out Adventures | Easthampton, MA | $32,000 |
| All Out Adventures | Easthampton, MA | $32,000 |
| T'ruah | New York, NY | $30,000 |
| Jewish Voice for Peace | Newton, MA | $30,000 |
| T'ruah | New York, NY | $30,000 |
| T'ruah | New York, NY | $30,000 |
| Feeding America | Boston, MA | $25,000 |
| Oxfam America | Boston, MA | $25,000 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | $20,000 |
| Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights | Washington, DC | $20,000 |
| Pathfinder International | Watertown, MA | $20,000 |
| Tesseract Research Center | Washington, DC | $20,000 |
| Bvm Capacity Building Institute | East Point, GA | $20,000 |
| Oxfam America | Boston, MA | $20,000 |
| Parenting Now | Eugene, OR | $20,000 |
| Collective Education Fund | Washington, DC | $20,000 |
| Oxfam America | Boston, MA | $20,000 |
| Pathfinder International | Watertown, MA | $16,000 |
| Pathfinder International | Watertown, MA | $16,000 |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Berkely, CA | $15,000 |
| Transgener Emergency Fund of MA | Boston, MA | $15,000 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | $15,000 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights | Washington, DC | $15,000 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | $15,000 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | $13,000 |
| Transgener Emergency Fund of MA | Boston, MA | $13,000 |
| Central Asia Institute | Bozeman, MT | $12,000 |
| Transgener Emergency Fund of MA | Boston, MA | $12,000 |
| Central Asia Institute | Bozeman, MT | $12,000 |
| Amnesty International | New York, NY | $11,000 |
| Amnesty International | New York, NY | $11,000 |
| Greenpeace Fund | Washington, DC | $11,000 |
| Greenpeace Fund | Washington, DC | $11,000 |
| ACLU Foundation of Massachusetts | Boston, MA | $10,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagerstown, MD | $10,000 |
| Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| International Rescue Committee | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| Parenting Now | Eugene, OR | $10,000 |
| Unitarian Society of Northampton Florence | Northampton, MA | $10,000 |
| Atzum Inc | Skokie, IL | $10,000 |
| Central Asia Institute | Bozeman, MT | $10,000 |
| Tesseract Research Center | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| ACLU Foundation of Massachusetts | Boston, MA | $10,000 |
| Amnesty International | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Berkely, CA | $10,000 |
| Tesseract Research Center | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| Unitarian Society of Northampton Florence | Northampton, MA | $10,000 |
| Alliance for Justice | Washington, DC | $8,000 |
| Fos Feminista | New York, NY | $8,000 |
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