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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-6720853

Paul W Dimaura Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 30 grants and $86,460 paid in grants.

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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.

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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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $86,460

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $926,361

  • Tax year 2023

    $46,150

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $997,124

  • Tax year 2022

    $58,126

    Grants listed
    47
    Assets, end of year
    $929,341

  • Tax year 2021

    $81,050

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $873,996

  • Tax year 2020

    $72,570

    Grants listed
    50
    Assets, end of year
    $876,411

  • Tax year 2019

    $91,000

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $888,243

  • Tax year 2018

    $116,800

    Grants listed
    63
    Assets, end of year
    $866,826

Grants paid in 2024

30 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound SchoolBoston, MA

    Support

    $35,000
  2. Orcat IncKey Largo, FL

    Support

    $30,000
  3. Guancaste Dry Forest Conservation FundHuntington, VT

    Support

    $5,000
  4. Ocean Reef Cultural CenterKey Largo, FL

    Support

    $5,000
  5. Cystic Fibrosis FoundationNatick, MA

    Support

    $2,500
  6. Island Housing TrustBar Harbor, ME

    Support

    $1,000
  7. Marine Preservation Society of the Florida KeysKey Largo, FL

    Support

    $1,000
  8. Ocean Reef Chapel & Fellowship CenterKey Largo, FL

    Support

    $1,000
  9. Thompson Island Outward Bound Education CenterBoston, MA

    Support

    $1,000
  10. Weymouth Public Schools - Wessagusset Parent CouncilWeymouth, MA

    Support

    $1,000
  11. Big Brother Big Sister Cape Cod & the IslandsHyannis, MA

    Support

    $600
  12. Frost School of Music - University of MiamiCoral Gables, FL

    Support

    $500
  13. Animal Shelter Martha's VineyardEdgartown, MA

    Support

    $300
  14. Boys & Girls Club of NantucketNantucket, MA

    Support

    $300
  15. Circuit Arts - YMCA Drive-InWest Tisbury, MA

    Support

    $250
  16. High Spirit Comunity FarmCambridge, MA

    Support

    $250
  17. Pan Mass ChallengeNeedham, MA

    Support

    $250
  18. Father Bill's and MainspringQuincy, MA

    Support

    $200
  19. Friends of Chilmark Public LibraryChilmark, MA

    Support

    $200
  20. Martha's Vineyard MuseumVineyard HVN, MA

    Support

    $150
  21. American Heart AssociationDallas, TX

    Support

    $100
  22. Lbfe Boston - Little Brothers Friends of the ElderlyBoston, MA

    Support

    $100
  23. Martha's Vineyard Community ServicesOak Bluffs, MA

    Support

    $100
  24. Neponset River Watershed AssociationCanton, MA

    Support

    $100
  25. New England Wildlife CenterS Weymouth, MA

    Support

    $100
  26. Scituate Animal ShelterScituate, MA

    Support

    $100
  27. Shriners Children's BostonBoston, MA

    Support

    $100
  28. World Jewish CongressNew York, NY

    Support

    $100
  29. World UnityJamaica Plain, MA

    Support

    $100
  30. Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionWoods Hole, MA

    Support

    $60

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment2 grants $35,10050% of the total
  2. Animals2 grants $30,10043% of the total
  3. Arts and culture2 grants $5,1507% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $200<1% of the total
  5. Health1 grant $100<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts21 grants $42,760
  2. Florida5 grants $37,500
  3. Vermont1 grant $5,000
  4. Maine1 grant $1,000
  5. New York1 grant $100
  6. Texas1 grant $100

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Paul W DimauraTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Karen S DimauraTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Edward F Fay EsqTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

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