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Thomas S Gunning Scholarship

Accepts applications Braintree, Massachusetts · EIN 043464855

Thomas S Gunning Scholarship is a private foundation in Braintree, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $150,500 in 59 grants; the typical grant was $2,500 and the largest $3,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was down from $173,000 the year before.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$162,00064$658,371
2024$173,00068$812,077
2025$150,50059$910,784

How to apply

ContactThomas S Gunning
86 Belcher Circle, Milton, MA 02186
Phone or email(781) 849-3220
What to submitScholarship application and personal information data.
DeadlinesAugust 1st. Of each year
RestrictionsScholarships available for contractor members of the building trades employers association.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Thomas S Gunning Scholarship funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 6 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts44$113,000
Rhode Island7$17,500
Connecticut3$7,500
New Hampshire3$7,500
Florida1$2,500
Maine1$2,500

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 59 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
MA
Education$3,500
Individual
MA
Education$3,500
Individual
MA
Education$3,500
Individual
RI
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
CT
Education$2,500
Individual
RI
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
NH
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
RI
Education$2,500
Individual
CT
Education$2,500
Individual
RI
Education$2,500
Individual
FL
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
ME
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
RI
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500
Individual
MA
Education$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Thomas S Gunning Scholarship accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: August 1st. Of each year.

How much does Thomas S Gunning Scholarship give?

$150,500 in tax year 2025, across 59 grants, with a typical grant of $2,500.

Who runs Thomas S Gunning Scholarship?

Its 2025 filing lists Thomas S Gunning (President) and Jeffrey Chase (Clerk).

What does Thomas S Gunning Scholarship fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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