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Arleen and Arthur H Dunham Educational Trust

Accepts applications Hingham, Massachusetts · EIN 046252943

Arleen and Arthur H Dunham Educational Trust is a private foundation in Hingham, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $12,500 in 4 grants; the typical grant was $2,500 and the largest $5,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was the same as $12,500 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$37,0006$169,535
2024$12,5005$182,957
2025$12,5004$183,072

How to apply

ContactPatrick T Maddigan
22 Partridge Drive, Hingham, MA 02043
Phone or email(508) 451-9282
What to submitForm is furnished to students by principal of middleborough high school, to include needs and grades.
DeadlinesPrior to awards night - usually end of april
RestrictionsStudent must have graduated or is graduating from middleborough high school and have sufficient grades and needs to attend college.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Arleen and Arthur H Dunham Educational Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts4$12,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 4 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Wheaton College
Norton, MA
Scholarship$5,000
University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
Dartmouth, MA
Education$2,500
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA
Scholarship$2,500
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Amherst, MA
Scholarship$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Arleen and Arthur H Dunham Educational Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Prior to awards night - usually end of april.

How much does Arleen and Arthur H Dunham Educational Trust give?

$12,500 in tax year 2025, across 4 grants, with a typical grant of $2,500.

Who runs Arleen and Arthur H Dunham Educational Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Patrick T Maddigan (Trustee).

What does Arleen and Arthur H Dunham Educational Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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