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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 30-6052351

Helen A Nigro Foundation

A private foundation in Newburyport, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $64,205 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $64,205

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $874,162

  • Tax year 2024

    $48,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $788,999

  • Tax year 2023

    $48,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $818,864

  • Tax year 2022

    $48,900

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $859,600

  • Tax year 2021

    $34,075

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $868,421

  • Tax year 2020

    $39,500

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $824,432

  • Tax year 2019

    $33,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $600,599

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Reading Public SchoolsReading, MA

    Unrestricted contribution

    $21,000
  2. Reading Scholarship FoundationReading, MA

    Unrestricted contribution

    $12,000
  3. Hadwen Park Congregational ChurchWorcester, MA

    Unrestricted contribution

    $9,500
  4. Mission of DeedsReading, MA

    Unrestricted contribution

    $5,000
  5. Reading RotaryReading, MA

    Unrestricted contribution

    $3,000
  6. Reading Food PantryReading, MA

    Unrestricted contribution

    $3,000
  7. Good Shepard Food BankAuburn, ME

    Unrestricted contribution

    $2,500
  8. Wakefield Food PantryWakefield, MA

    Unrestricted contribution

    $2,205
  9. Middlesex Concert BandWakefield, MA

    Unrestricted contribution

    $2,000
  10. Homework HouseHolyoke, MA

    Unrestricted contribution

    $1,500
  11. Reading Symphony OrchestraReading, MA

    Unrestricted contribution

    $1,500
  12. Greater Boston Legal ServicesBoston, MA

    Unrestricted contribution

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $5,00036% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture1 grant $3,00022% of the total
  3. Religion1 grant $2,20516% of the total
  4. Arts and culture1 grant $2,00015% of the total
  5. Education1 grant $1,50011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts11 grants $61,705
  2. Maine1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Janice C NigroTRUSTEE/DIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Eugene A NigroDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Carol LucyniakDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jean Marie NigroDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Eleanor N MerrillDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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