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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-3030385

Ruffini Charitable Foundation Trust

A private foundation in Hanover, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 8 grants and $114,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $114,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,053,731
  • Tax year 2023

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,978,017
  • Tax year 2022

    $89,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,916,374
  • Tax year 2021

    $132,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,935,966
  • Tax year 2020

    $80,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,879,075
  • Tax year 2019

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,854,974

Grants paid in 2024

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Jordan HospitalPlymouth, MA

    General purposes

    $54,200
  2. Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA

    General purposes

    $34,800
  3. Plymouth PhilharmonicPlymouth, MA

    Concert

    $10,000
  4. Perkins School for the BlindWatertown, MA

    General purposes

    $5,000
  5. American Cancer Society NE DivHagerstown, MD

    General purposes

    $5,000
  6. Scholarship AwardsPlymouth, MA

    Scholarship awards

    $2,000
  7. Dana Farber Cancer InstBoston, MA

    Cancer research & childrens

    $2,000
  8. Cerebral Palsy of the South ShoreQuincy, MA

    Aid to cerebral palsy

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $5,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts7 grants $109,000
  2. Maryland1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Rockland Trust CompanyTrustee Hours 3Pay $23,438
  • Marissa GalvaniTrustee Hours 1Pay $5,361

The return

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