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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 99-0787524

The Murray Burnstine Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Stoneham, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 8 grants and $425,725 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

1 return on file

Tax year 2024 is the only return we have read for this foundation so far.

  • Tax year 2024

    $425,725

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $17,133,077

Grants paid in 2024

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Bunker Hill Community College Foundation IncBoston, MA

    Scholarships for music students/music education

    $150,000
  2. UMASS BostonBoston, MA

    Scholarships for music students/music education

    $50,000
  3. UMASS BostonBoston, MA

    Scholarships for music students

    $50,000
  4. UMASS BostonBoston, MA

    Academic scholarship

    $50,000
  5. Zumix IncEast Boston, MA

    Music education/scholarships for music students

    $50,000
  6. Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston, MA

    Scholarships for music students

    $25,725
  7. Everett Public SchoolsEverett, MA

    Scholarships for music students/music education

    $25,000
  8. Revere Fine Arts DepartmentRevere, MA

    Scholarships for music

    $25,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $175,72578% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $50,00022% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts8 grants $425,725

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • James P KeaneTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $35,000
  • Alice J KleinTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $35,000

The return

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