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Krieger Charitable Trust Fka Cecilia L Krieger Trust

Accepts applications Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 226374448

Krieger Charitable Trust Fka Cecilia L Krieger Trust is a private foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $2.1 million in 13 grants; the typical grant was $100,000 and the largest $1.0 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was up from $826,666 the year before.

62% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$1.1 million15$22.2 million
2024$826,66611$24.8 million
2025$2.1 million13$24.9 million

How to apply

ContactRoger Klein
PO Box 610102, Newton Highlands, MA 02461
Phone or email(617) 467-5643
What to submitNo specific application form is necessary. Complete information on the charitable purpose of the request is required.
RestrictionsNo restrictions, except it must be a tax exempt charitable organization.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Krieger Charitable Trust Fka Cecilia L Krieger Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to New Jersey.

StateGrantsAmount
New Jersey1$1.0 million
Massachusetts4$452,000
Illinois1$200,000
West Virginia1$174,166
New York3$139,600
Washington2$101,800
California1$50,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 13 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Jersey City Medical Center Foundation
Jersey City, NJ
Charitable purpose$1.0 million
Mass Audubon
Lincoln, MA
Charitable purposes$300,000
American Friends of Ben-Gurion University
Chicago, IL
Charitable purpose$200,000
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Harpers Ferry, WV
Charitable purposes$174,166
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Seattle, WA
Charitable purpose$100,000
Harvard University
Boston, MA
Charitable purpose$100,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom
New York, NY
Charitable purpose$100,000
Kyiv School of Economics
Oakland, CA
Charitable purposes$50,000
Solomon Schechter Day School
Newton, MA
Charitable purpose$50,000
Jewish Agency for Israel
New York, NY
Charitable purpose$36,000
American Friends of the Rambam
New York, NY
Charitable purposes$3,600
Nantucket Conservation Foundation
Nantucket, MA
Charitable purpose$2,000
Brothers for Life
Seattle, WA
Charitable purpose$1,800

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Krieger Charitable Trust Fka Cecilia L Krieger Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Krieger Charitable Trust Fka Cecilia L Krieger Trust give?

$2.1 million in tax year 2025, across 13 grants, with a typical grant of $100,000.

Who runs Krieger Charitable Trust Fka Cecilia L Krieger Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Herbert Klein (Trustee) and Roger Klein (Trustee).

What does Krieger Charitable Trust Fka Cecilia L Krieger Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health, environment and conservation and education.

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