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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-1692378

Scandinavian Seminar

A private foundation in South Hadley, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $95,000 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $95,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,367,271

  • Tax year 2024

    $82,494

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,250,827

  • Tax year 2023

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,990,270

  • Tax year 2022

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,855,285

  • Tax year 2021

    $90,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,360,532

  • Tax year 2020

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,001,207

  • Tax year 2019

    $90,059

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,803,579

  • Tax year 2018

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,484,152

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

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

  1. American-Scandinavian FoundationNew York, NY

    To provide scholarship support to the american-scandinavian foundation.

    $55,000
  2. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  3. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  4. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  5. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  6. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  7. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  8. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  9. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid1 grant $55,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $55,000

Officers, directors and trustees

13 people as filed

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

  • Bruce E BuxtonCEO/TRUSTEE Hours 8Pay $0
  • Dr Aili FlintTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Dr Daphne L DavidsonChair Hours 3Pay $0
  • Dr David H BrownTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Eugene V KokotTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Tom LewisTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Peter AndresenTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0
  • Robert MaassSecretary Hours 3Pay $0
  • Dr Rune RydenTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Dr Susan LarsonTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Wegard D HolbyVICE CHAIR Hours 3Pay $0
  • William J KaufmannTrustee Hours 3Pay $0
  • Holly HoweryTrustee Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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