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Newsboys Reading Room Association

Accepts applications Duxbury, Massachusetts · EIN 046056949

Newsboys Reading Room Association is a private foundation in Duxbury, Massachusetts. In tax year 2024 it gave $72,150 in 11 grants; the typical grant was $2,700 and the largest $32,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was the same as $72,150 the year before.

0% of its 2024 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
2022$72,15011$1.6 million
2023$72,15011$1.9 million
2024$72,15011$2.0 million

How to apply

ContactCallum J F Maclean
One Federal Street, Boston, MA 02109
Phone or email(617) 314-0301
What to submitLetter format, stating organizations goals, whom served.
RestrictionsOrganizations in the greater boston area dedicated to the education and moral improvement of youths, and kindred purposes.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Newsboys Reading Room Association funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts10$71,900
Nebraska1$250

Grants paid in 2024

All 11 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
United SE Settlement - Camp Hale
Boston, MA
Work among underpriviledged youth$32,500
NE Home for Little Wanderers
Jamaica Plain, MA
Work among underpriviledged youth$15,900
Salvation Army
Boston, MA
Unrestricted$6,700
Globe Santa Fund
Boston, MA
Unrestricted$4,000
Friendship Home Inc
Hingham, MA
Unrestricted$3,800
Brantwood Camp
Wellesley, MA
Work among underpriviledged youth$2,700
Dana Farber - Jimmy Fund
Brookline, MA
Childrens hospital$1,800
Phillips Brook House
Cambridge, MA
Work among underpriviledged youth$1,800
West End House
Alston, MA
Work among underpriviledged youth$1,800
Walker Inc
Needham, MA
Work among underpriviledged youth$900
Boystown
Boystown, NE
Work among underpriviledged youth$250

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Newsboys Reading Room Association accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Newsboys Reading Room Association give?

$72,150 in tax year 2024, across 11 grants, with a typical grant of $2,700.

Who runs Newsboys Reading Room Association?

Its 2024 filing lists Robert A Stevens (Treas. Director), Callum JF Maclean (Secy Director), Melissa McKinnon (Asst. Treas.) and James Cesarz (President Director).

What does Newsboys Reading Room Association fund?

Based on its grants, mainly youth programs.

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