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Oliver Killam Private Foundation

Accepts applications Salem, Massachusetts · EIN 050566794

Oliver Killam Private Foundation is a private foundation in Salem, Massachusetts. In tax year 2024 it gave $211,378 in 28 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $79,797. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2024 was down from $288,848 the year before.

61% of its 2024 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$288,84843$17.2 million
2024$211,37828$19.0 million

How to apply

ContactFrank Muzio
27 Congress Street, Salem, MA 01970
Phone or email(978) 744-0637
What to submitForm application from the high school
DeadlinesApril 15
RestrictionsMust be graduates of marblehead high school

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Oliver Killam Private Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts28$211,378

Grants paid in 2024

All 28 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Marblehead Abbot Library
Marblehead, MA
Grant$79,797
Wesleyan University FBO Wyatt Foley
Salem, MA
Scholarship$12,081
Merrimack College FBO Katrina Greene
Salem, MA
Scholarship$12,000
University of Wisconsin FBO Hayden Tirilok
Salem, MA
Scholarship$8,000
East Carolina University FBO Blaze Homan
Salem, MA
Scholarship$7,500
Florida State University FBO Olivia Hoover
Salem, MA
Scholarship$7,500
Umass FBO Alexander Shub
Salem, MA
Scholarship$7,500
Vassar College FBO Alexis Earp
Salem, MA
Scholarship$7,500
University of Hartford FBO Elizabeth Worrick
Salem, MA
Scholarship$7,500
Uvm FBO Sophia Bathurst
Salem, MA
Scholarship$7,500
ST LAWRENCE FBO BROGAN McGORRAY
Salem, MA
Scholarship$5,000
Stonehill College
Salem, MA
Scholarship$5,000
Uri FBO Christtian Francoeur
Salem, MA
Scholarship$5,000
University of Wisconsin FBO Yuyang Chen
Salem, MA
Scholarship$5,000
USC FBO Thuy Nguyen
Salem, MA
Scholarship$5,000
Dartmouth College FBO Katherine Twomey
Salem, MA
Scholarship scholarship$3,500
Endicott College FBO Laura Garcia Tiburcio
Salem, MA
Scholarship$3,500
University of South Carolina FBO Alyssa Gentile
Salem, MA
Scholarship$3,500
Umass Lowell FBO Shakayla Baxter
Salem, MA
Scholarship$3,500
Ithaca College FBO Griffin Homan
Salem, MA
Scholarship$3,000
Franklin Perce College FBO Madeline Reddy
Salem, MA
Scholarship$2,500
University of Tampa FBO Braide Kilroy
Salem, MA
Scholarship$2,500
Uvm FBO Leah Veprek
Salem, MA
Scholarship$2,500
College of Charleston FBO Meryl Hollister
Salem, MA
Scholarship$1,000
Mass Amherst FBO Alexander Shub
Salem, MA
Scholarship$1,000
University of North Carolina FBO Clara Donovan
Salem, MA
Scholarship$1,000
Union College FBO Bardy Lavender
Salem, MA
Scholarship$1,000
Uvm FBO Max Arbo
Salem, MA
Scholarship$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Oliver Killam Private Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: April 15.

How much does Oliver Killam Private Foundation give?

$211,378 in tax year 2024, across 28 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Oliver Killam Private Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Frank Muzio (Trustee), Scott A Macallister (Trustee), Cheryl Saltzman (Trustee) and Scott James Macallister (Trustee) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does Oliver Killam Private Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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