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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 31-1472444

The Jerome A Schiff Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Wellesley, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $62,000 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
john a locke TRUSTEE
8 Grove Street Suite 400
Wellesley, MA 024827709
(781) 235-7000
Form and materials
Letterhead form indicating charitable nature of application and a copy of internal revenue service letter stating organization is exempt from federal income tax under section 501(a).
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $62,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $987,222

  • Tax year 2024

    $61,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $994,260

  • Tax year 2023

    $58,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $972,205

  • Tax year 2022

    $63,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $930,619

  • Tax year 2021

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $934,894

  • Tax year 2020

    $63,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $878,505

  • Tax year 2019

    $61,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $944,945

  • Tax year 2018

    $48,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $998,972

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA

    To establish undergraduate research fellowships

    $31,000
  2. Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA

    To establish undergraduate research fellowships

    $31,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $62,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts2 grants $62,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • John A LockeTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $9,953

The return

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