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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-6035327

Florence Evans Bushee Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 88 grants and $370,450 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Arthur B Page Esqflorence Bushee FD
Hemenway Barnes LLP 75 State St
Boston, MA 021091466
(617) 227-7940
Form and materials
Properly filled out application a college transcript must be provided
Deadlines
May 1
Restrictions
Newbury ma area residents for undergraduate study at accredited instituitions

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $370,450

    Grants listed
    88
    Assets, end of year
    $4,297,561

  • Tax year 2024

    $241,950

    Grants listed
    78
    Assets, end of year
    $4,333,831

  • Tax year 2023

    $185,700

    Grants listed
    59
    Assets, end of year
    $4,268,582

  • Tax year 2022

    $250,200

    Grants listed
    56
    Assets, end of year
    $4,073,097

  • Tax year 2021

    $200,200

    Grants listed
    62
    Assets, end of year
    $4,002,992

  • Tax year 2020

    $255,600

    Grants listed
    78
    Assets, end of year
    $3,553,762

Grants paid in 2025

88 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    Scholarship

    $8,300
  2. Individual

    Scholarship

    $8,200
  3. Individual

    Scholarship

    $8,200
  4. Individual

    Scholarship

    $8,000
  5. Individual

    Scholarship

    $7,700
  6. Individual

    Scholarship

    $7,200
  7. Individual

    Scholarship

    $7,000
  8. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,800
  9. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,600
  10. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,600
  11. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,200
  12. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,200
  13. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,200
  14. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,200
  15. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,200
  16. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,200
  17. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,200
  18. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,200
  19. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,200
  20. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,200
  21. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,200
  22. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,000
  23. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,000
  24. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,000
  25. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,600
  26. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,600
  27. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,600
  28. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,600
  29. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,600
  30. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,200
  31. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,200
  32. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,200
  33. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,200
  34. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,200
  35. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,200
  36. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,200
  37. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,200
  38. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,200
  39. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,200
  40. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,200
  41. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,200
  42. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,200
  43. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,200
  44. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,200
  45. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,200
  46. Historical Society of Old NewburyportNewburyport, MA

    General purpose

    $5,000
  47. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  48. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  49. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  50. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  51. Individual

    Scholarship

    $4,600
  52. Individual

    Scholarship

    $4,600
  53. Individual

    Scholarship

    $4,150
  54. Individual

    Scholarship

    $4,000
  55. Individual

    Scholarship

    $4,000
  56. Individual

    Scholarship

    $4,000
  57. Individual

    Scholarship

    $4,000
  58. Individual

    Scholarship

    $4,000
  59. Individual

    Scholarship

    $4,000
  60. Individual

    Scholarship

    $4,000
  61. Individual

    Scholarship

    $3,600
  62. First Parish of NewburyNewburyport, MA

    General purpose

    $2,500
  63. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  64. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  65. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  66. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  67. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  68. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  69. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  70. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  71. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  72. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  73. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  74. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  75. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  76. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  77. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  78. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  79. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  80. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  81. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  82. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  83. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  84. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  85. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  86. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  87. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  88. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts2 grants $7,500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Arthur B PageDIRECTOR/TRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $36,449
  • Joseph L BierwirthDIRECTOR/TRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $36,449
  • Judith A RobertsonDIRECTOR/PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $6,625
  • Sheila ChristensenDIRECTOR/SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $6,625

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