Sophia Snow Place empowers older adults to live purposefully, with dignity and wellbeing in a comfortable community at a reasonable cost.
Roxbury Home for Aged Women directs its giving to a small set of affiliated senior-living organizations in West Roxbury, with six recent grants all supporting charitable mission. The largest recent award, $1,097,576 in 2025, went to Sophia Snow House Inc., followed by $447,208 to Sophia Snow Independent Living Inc. in the same year. Those grants sit within a clear pattern of support for older-adult housing and care, with the foundation backing both the house and independent-living entities over multiple years. The funder’s recent record shows a close relationship to the Sophia Snow Place community. In 2024, it gave $300,000 to Sophia Snow Independent Living Inc. and $200,000 to Sophia Snow House Inc.; in 2023, it continued with $365,000 to Sophia Snow House Inc. and $125,000 to Sophia Snow Independent Living Inc. All of the grants in the recent list stayed in West Roxbury, underscoring a local charitable role centered on sustaining the organizations connected to its mission.
The foundation’s giving is centered on senior services and the organizations that support older adults in a residential community. In 2025, it awarded $1,097,576 to Sophia Snow House Inc. to support charitable mission, and $447,208 to Sophia Snow Independent Living Inc. for the same purpose. Support for housing-related care also appears in earlier years. In 2024, Sophia Snow Independent Living Inc. received $300,000, while Sophia Snow House Inc. received $200,000. The 2023 grants followed the same pattern, with $365,000 to Sophia Snow House Inc. and $125,000 to Sophia Snow Independent Living Inc. The repeated pairing of these recipients suggests a sustained commitment to the home’s interconnected living and support structures rather than one-off programmatic awards.
Typical grants are large: the p25 size is $225,000, the median is $332,500, and the p75 is $426,656. The recent record also shows a very large award at the top end, with $1,097,576 granted in 2025. The pattern is recurring rather than one-time; the same two recipients appear in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Grant descriptions are uniform, each stated as support for charitable mission. Roxbury Home for Aged Women is a local funder, and the recent grants indicate flexible mission support rather than a competitive application-based program.
$2.5M
$21.4M
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$2M
Most grants fall between $225K and $427K, with a median of $333K.
25th Percentile
$225K
Median
$333K
75th Percentile
$427K
About 100% of grants go to recipients in MA.
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Roxbury Home for Aged Women gives locally, and every recent grant in the sample went to Massachusetts recipients. All six grants were made to organizations in West Roxbury, MA, with no other states or countries appearing in the recent list. The recipient pattern is tightly concentrated in a single city: Sophia Snow House Inc. and Sophia Snow Independent Living Inc. each received multiple awards in West Roxbury.
Its recent grants go to senior-living organizations connected to Sophia Snow Place, specifically Sophia Snow House Inc. and Sophia Snow Independent Living Inc. The listed purposes are all “to support charitable mission,” indicating broad mission support for older-adult housing and related services.
The foundation’s typical grant size is substantial: p25 is $225,000, the median is $332,500, and p75 is $426,656. In the recent list, grants ranged from $125,000 to $1,097,576.
No recent grants in the provided list went outside Massachusetts. All six grants were made to West Roxbury, MA recipients, and the recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.
They are recurring. Sophia Snow House Inc. and Sophia Snow Independent Living Inc. both appear in 2023, 2024, and 2025, showing repeated support across multiple years rather than isolated awards.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOPHIA SNOW HOUSE INC | WEST ROXBURY, MA | $1,097,576 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE MISSION |
| SOPHIA SNOW INDEPENDENT LIVING INC | WEST ROXBURY, MA | $447,208 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE MISSION |
| SOPHIA SNOW INDEPENDENT LIVING INC | WEST ROXBURY, MA | $300,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE MISSION |
| SOPHIA SNOW HOUSE INC | WEST ROXBURY, MA | $200,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE MISSION |
| SOPHIA SNOW HOUSE INC | WEST ROXBURY, MA | $365,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE MISSION |
| SOPHIA SNOW INDEPENDENT LIVING INC | WEST ROXBURY, MA | $125,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE MISSION |
SOPHIA SNOW HOUSE INC
$1,097,576TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE MISSION
SOPHIA SNOW INDEPENDENT LIVING INC
$447,208TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE MISSION
SOPHIA SNOW INDEPENDENT LIVING INC
$300,000TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE MISSION
SOPHIA SNOW HOUSE INC
$200,000TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE MISSION
SOPHIA SNOW HOUSE INC
$365,000TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE MISSION
SOPHIA SNOW INDEPENDENT LIVING INC
$125,000TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE MISSION