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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 31-1624543

A Keith Brodkin Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $39,600 paid in grants.

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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $39,600

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $100,507
  • Tax year 2024

    $19,825

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $109,173
  • Tax year 2023

    $16,400

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $102,614
  • Tax year 2022

    $39,250

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $113,839
  • Tax year 2021

    $30,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $125,629
  • Tax year 2020

    $22,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $126,222

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Zullo Gallery Center for the Arts Charitable TrustMedfield, MA

    Program support

    $20,000
  2. Yale UniversityNew York, NY

    Program support

    $10,000
  3. National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum IncOklahoma City, OK

    Program support

    $5,000
  4. Tunnels to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY

    Program support

    $3,000
  5. Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA

    Program support

    $1,000
  6. Sherborn Benevolent SocietySherborn, MA

    Program support

    $500
  7. Greater HorizonsKansas City, MO

    Program support

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $20,000100% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $100<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts3 grants $21,500
  2. New York2 grants $13,000
  3. Oklahoma1 grant $5,000
  4. Missouri1 grant $100

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Judith A BrodkinTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Adam K BrodkinTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Paul L BrodkinTRUSTEE (THROUGH 2/23/25) Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Heather R BrodkinTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Scott KaplowitchTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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