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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-6663582

The Ludcke Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 reports $2.4 million paid in grants, listed in an attachment that is not in the e-file.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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
Gracelaw Simmons
Gma Foundations 2 Liberty Square S
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 426-7080
Form and materials
Letter of inquiry
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

    $2,423,340

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $30,945,021
  • Tax year 2023

    $2,375,548

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $30,203,166
  • Tax year 2022

    $2,093,070

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $32,290,767
  • Tax year 2021

    $2,331,945

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $33,725,718
  • Tax year 2020

    $1,756,900

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $32,668,318

Grants paid in 2024

Grants listed in an attachment (not in the e-file)

As listed on the return.

  1. This return lists its grants in an attachment that is not in the IRS e-file: $2.4 million in all.

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Fiduciary Trust CompanyTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $160,370
  • Douglas R Smith-PetersenTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $16,000
  • Ruth Ellen FitchTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $16,000
  • Suzanne D GulickTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $16,000
  • Robert G HoldwayTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $16,000

The return

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