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Lillian M Bassett Private Foundation

Accepts applications Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 046606391

Lillian M Bassett Private Foundation is a private foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $14,500 in 2 grants; the typical grant was $7,250 and the largest $7,250. 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 $14,000 the year before.

100% 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$13,4002$294,735
2024$14,0002$323,642
2025$14,5002$344,265

How to apply

ContactEastern Bank
125 High St Ste 901, Boston, MA 02110
Phone or email(781) 581-4222
What to submitApplication forms available on request
RestrictionsLimited to senior students of swampscott (Massachusetts) high school.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Lillian M Bassett Private Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts2$14,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 2 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Tufts University
Medford, MA
Scholarship$7,250
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Scholarship$7,250

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Lillian M Bassett Private Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Lillian M Bassett Private Foundation give?

$14,500 in tax year 2025, across 2 grants, with a typical grant of $7,250.

Who runs Lillian M Bassett Private Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Eastern Bank Trustee (Trustee).

What does Lillian M Bassett Private Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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