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The Jerome A Schiff Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Wellesley, Massachusetts · EIN 311472444

The Jerome A Schiff Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Wellesley, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $62,000 in 2 grants; the typical grant was $31,000 and the largest $31,000. 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 $61,000 the year before.

0% 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$58,0002$1.2 million
2024$61,0002$1.2 million
2025$62,0002$1.2 million

How to apply

Contactjohn a locke TRUSTEE
8 Grove Street Suite 400, Wellesley, MA 02482-7709
Phone or email(781) 235-7000
What to submitLetterhead form indicating charitable nature of application and a copy of internal revenue service letter stating organization is exempt from federal income tax under section 501(a).

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Jerome A Schiff Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts2$62,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 2 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
To establish undergraduate research fellowships$31,000
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
To establish undergraduate research fellowships$31,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Jerome A Schiff Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Jerome A Schiff Charitable Trust give?

$62,000 in tax year 2025, across 2 grants, with a typical grant of $31,000.

Who runs The Jerome A Schiff Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists John A Locke (Trustee).

What does The Jerome A Schiff Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and science and research.

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