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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 65-6266949

Klingenstein Charitable Foundation Trust

A private foundation in Newton, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $88,644 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

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

    $88,644

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $828,550
  • Tax year 2024

    $88,049

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $873,419
  • Tax year 2023

    $90,731

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $689,438
  • Tax year 2022

    $96,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $757,239
  • Tax year 2021

    $84,100

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $795,630
  • Tax year 2020

    $87,741

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $843,775
  • Tax year 2019

    $69,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $894,006
  • Tax year 2018

    $105,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $916,985

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    To further donee's exempt purpose

    $50,000
  2. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    To further donee's exempt purpose

    $25,000
  3. In GevebAmherst, MA

    To further donee's exempt purpose

    $5,000
  4. Yiddish Book CenterAmhert, MA

    To further donee's exempt purpose

    $5,000
  5. Tulane ChabadNew Orleans, LA

    To further donee's exempt purpose

    $2,000
  6. Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater BostonNewton, MA

    To further donee's exempt purpose

    $1,644

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $50,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $50,000
  2. Massachusetts4 grants $36,644
  3. Louisiana1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Dr R James KlingensteinTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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