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Curry & Downey Scholarship Trust Charitable T

Accepts applications Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 456837157

Curry & Downey Scholarship Trust Charitable T is a private foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $71,500 in 9 grants; the typical grant was $6,500 and the largest $13,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was down from $78,000 the year before.

11% 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$78,00010$1.7 million
2024$78,00010$1.9 million
2025$71,5009$2.1 million

How to apply

ContactChristine Drew Eastern Wealth Mgmt
125 High St Ste 901, Boston, MA 02110
Phone or email(781) 581-4292
What to submitLetter
DeadlinesMay 1st
RestrictionsHigh school graduates of lynn english hs, lynn ma

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Curry & Downey Scholarship Trust Charitable T funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts6$52,000
California1$6,500
North Carolina1$6,500
New Hampshire1$6,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 9 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Scholarship$13,000
Emmanuel College
Boston, MA
Scholarship$13,000
Bentley University
Waltham, MA
Scholarship$6,500
St Anselm College
Goffstown, NH
Scholarship$6,500
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
Scholarship$6,500
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
Scholarship$6,500
Merrimack College
North Andover, MA
Scholarship$6,500
North Carolina Central University
Durham, NC
Scholarship$6,500
Pomona College
Claremont, CA
Scholarship$6,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Curry & Downey Scholarship Trust Charitable T accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: May 1st.

How much does Curry & Downey Scholarship Trust Charitable T give?

$71,500 in tax year 2025, across 9 grants, with a typical grant of $6,500.

Who runs Curry & Downey Scholarship Trust Charitable T?

Its 2025 filing lists Eastern Bank (Trustee).

What does Curry & Downey Scholarship Trust Charitable T fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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