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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 86-3439282

Elden E Bjurling Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Leominster, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $146,925 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
Richard A Cella Esquire
65 Pleasant Street
Leominster, MA 01453
(978) 537-8214
Form and materials
Written request
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
To support community activities, primarily in the communities of gardner, athol, orange, winchendon, templeton, hubbardston and westminster, ma.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $146,925

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,862,949

  • Tax year 2024

    $140,846

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,683,473

  • Tax year 2023

    $116,318

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,457,088

  • Tax year 2022

    $145,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,534,152

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,954,573

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Applewild SchoolFitchburg, MA

    Education

    $25,500
  2. Heywood HospitalGardner, MA

    Health

    $25,000
  3. Gardner Community Action CouncilGardner, MA

    Community

    $20,000
  4. United Way of Northern Worcester CountyFitchburg, MA

    Connumity

    $20,000
  5. Holy Family AcademyGardner, MA

    Education

    $18,500
  6. Wachusett Business InitiativeGardner, MA

    Community

    $15,000
  7. St Vincent DepaulLeominster, MA

    Community

    $10,000
  8. St Paul's Episcopal ChurchGardner, MA

    Community

    $7,925
  9. Voices of Truth CorpGardner, MA

    Community

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $25,50046% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $25,00045% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $5,0009% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts9 grants $146,925

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Richard A CellaTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Barbara E KingTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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