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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 57-1191002

Dorothy Harrison Egan Foundation

A private foundation in Nantucket, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 76 grants and $663,399 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 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
Denis Gazaille
P O Box 3366
Nantucket, MA 02584
(508) 228-9868
Form and materials
Written request. (a) Basic contact information (b)High school or college transcript (c) Standardized test scores (d) Description of health care studies to be pursued (e) Letter of recommemdation from instructor
Deadlines
Late winter, early spring
Restrictions
Grants are limited to qualified candidates studying health and health care related subjects in college, medical school, or other schools offering courses of study in these fields.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $663,399

    Grants listed
    76
    Assets, end of year
    $6,069,622

  • Tax year 2023

    $673,687

    Grants listed
    78
    Assets, end of year
    $6,426,022

  • Tax year 2022

    $579,714

    Grants listed
    77
    Assets, end of year
    $6,859,917

  • Tax year 2021

    $471,514

    Grants listed
    61
    Assets, end of year
    $7,245,178

  • Tax year 2020

    $466,217

    Grants listed
    61
    Assets, end of year
    $7,149,220

  • Tax year 2019

    $378,713

    Grants listed
    62
    Assets, end of year
    $7,256,111

  • Tax year 2018

    $560,702

    Grants listed
    58
    Assets, end of year
    $7,393,986

  • Tax year 2017

    $468,852

    Grants listed
    47
    Assets, end of year
    $7,696,687

Grants paid in 2024

76 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Addiction SolutionsNantucket, MA

    General support

    $55,000
  2. Food PantryNantucket, MA

    General support

    $30,000
  3. Marla Lamb FundNantucket, MA

    General support

    $25,000
  4. Palliative CareNantucket, MA

    General support

    $25,000
  5. MGH Institute of HealthNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Amy Beaton

    $21,000
  6. Frontier Nursing UniversityVersailles, KY

    Scholarship for Teresa Erin Schrader

    $16,375
  7. Fitchburg State UniversityHyannis, MA

    Scholarship for Kimla Francis

    $16,000
  8. Arizona State UniversityNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Audrey Manning

    $15,000
  9. Frontier Nursing UniversityVersailles, KY

    Scholarship for Natasha Feeney

    $12,325
  10. Simmons UniversityNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for McKenzie Condon

    $11,000
  11. Chamberlain UniversityAddison, IL

    Scholarship for Sarah Trottier

    $10,000
  12. Creighton UniversityOmaha, NE

    Scholarship for Sophie Gerardi

    $10,000
  13. Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA

    Scholarship for Henry Dupont

    $10,000
  14. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Ioana Kalpazanova

    $10,000
  15. Quinniapac UniversityNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Jennifer Lamb

    $10,000
  16. Suffolk UniversityNantucket, MA

    Scholarships for Waverly Brannigan

    $10,000
  17. MGH Institute of HealthNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Allyson Bold

    $9,001
  18. Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA

    Scholarship for Sara Gazaille

    $9,000
  19. Elms CollegeChicopee, MA

    Scholarship for Mariel Jelleme

    $9,000
  20. Holy CrossWorcester, MA

    Scholarship for Evelyn Fey

    $9,000
  21. Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA

    Scholarship for Emily Dussault

    $9,000
  22. Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, CT

    Scholarship for Emma Davis

    $9,000
  23. Salve Regina UniversityNewport, RI

    Scholarship for Melanie Bamber

    $9,000
  24. Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA

    Scholarship for Hannah Dalton

    $9,000
  25. University of MAAmherst, MA

    Scholarship for Anna Hudzik

    $9,000
  26. University of MANantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Margaret Culkins

    $9,000
  27. University of VermontBurlington, VT

    Scholarship for Emerson Milne

    $9,000
  28. University of VermontNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Reagan Lee

    $9,000
  29. Quinniapac UniversityHamden, CT

    Scholarship for Adriana Lopez

    $8,000
  30. Salve Regina UniversityNewport, RI

    Scholarship for Lilla Sharman

    $8,000
  31. Simmons UniversityNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Olivia Scott

    $8,000
  32. St Lawrence UniversityCanton, NY

    Scholarship for Kalina Natcheve

    $8,000
  33. University of CaliforniaNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Margaret Culkins

    $8,000
  34. University of ConnecticutStorrs, CT

    Scholarship for Ciara Barnett

    $8,000
  35. University of MAAmherst, MA

    Scholarship for Quinn Keating

    $8,000
  36. University of MichiganNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Scott Whelden

    $8,000
  37. Worcester PolytechnicNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Madeleine Ruley

    $8,000
  38. Maryville UniversityLady Lake, FL

    Scholarship for Jennifer Schaeffer

    $7,975
  39. George Washington UniversitySiasconset, MA

    Scholarship for Lauren Cutone

    $7,000
  40. Gordon CollegeNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Eleanor Hofford

    $7,000
  41. Sacred Heart UniversityNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Alison Bamber

    $7,000
  42. University of MANantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Hannah Harrington

    $7,000
  43. Mass College of Pharmacy & Health SciencesNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Nicholas Masereka

    $6,760
  44. Quincy CollegeNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Maile Manejit

    $6,457
  45. Framingham State UniversityNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Jazmin Flores

    $6,000
  46. New York UniversityNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Tinita Sirisophapong

    $6,000
  47. Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA

    Scholarship for Biliana Dountcheva

    $6,000
  48. Regis CollegeWeston, MA

    Scholarship for Stephany Barboza

    $6,000
  49. Rensselear PolytechnicNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Owen Sullivan

    $6,000
  50. Sacred Heart UniversityNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Samantha Zadroga

    $6,000
  51. University of CaliforniaNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Brianne Graves

    $6,000
  52. University of MANantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Martina Savona

    $6,000
  53. University of MANantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Claire Misurelli

    $6,000
  54. University of MANantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Andrea Tejada-Hercules

    $6,000
  55. University of MANantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Merlin Oreliana Rivas

    $6,000
  56. University of New HampshireNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Maddeline Muise

    $6,000
  57. Boston UniversityBoston, MA

    Scholarship for Molly Zegans

    $5,275
  58. Spinal Flow CertificationNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Tammy Belanger

    $5,000
  59. University of MANantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Tajuan Francis

    $5,000
  60. University of MANantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Ugne Aleknaite

    $4,810
  61. University of MANantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Anjali Sinjali

    $4,730
  62. MGH Institute of HealthNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Gretchen Hull

    $4,700
  63. Kings CollegeNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Katsiaryna Ortega

    $4,519
  64. Chamberlain UniversityAddison, IL

    Scholarship for Alesha Lyle

    $4,421
  65. MGH Institute of HealthNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Madison Iller

    $4,360
  66. University of MANantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Julie Hamilton

    $4,210
  67. University of Southern MainePortland, ME

    Scholarship for Lyric Bryant

    $4,095
  68. Weber State UniversityOgden, UT

    Scholarship for Candace Ferguson

    $4,006
  69. Boston UniversityBoston, MA

    Scholarship for Kamelia Barnett

    $3,894
  70. Simmons UniversityNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Julia Yancy

    $3,350
  71. Cape Cod Community CollegeWest Barnstable, MA

    Scholarship for Leticia Duval Camilo

    $3,252
  72. Weber State UniversityNantucket, MA

    Scholarship for Carla Chavez

    $2,735
  73. Simmons UniversityCambridge, MA

    Scholarship for Allison Beard

    $2,210
  74. Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuse, NY

    Scholarship for Brooke Campbell

    $2,036
  75. University of Southern MainePortland, ME

    Scholarship for Shayla Lucier

    $1,903
  76. Cape Cod Community CollegeWest Barnstable, MA

    Scholarship for Nadia Chavez

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education13 grants $121,700100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts61 grants $553,588
  2. Connecticut3 grants $25,000
  3. Rhode Island2 grants $17,000
  4. Kentucky1 grant $16,375
  5. Illinois2 grants $14,421
  6. New York2 grants $10,036
  7. Vermont1 grant $9,000
  8. Florida1 grant $7,975
  9. Maine2 grants $5,998
  10. Utah1 grant $4,006

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Denis H GazailleTrustee Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Georgia A SnellTrustee Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Myles ReisTrustee Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Jennifer CohenTrustee Hours 0.5Pay $0

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