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Tr UW Martin W Dugan

Accepts applications Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 046193022

Tr UW Martin W Dugan is a private foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $31,500 in 16 grants; the typical grant was $1,750 and the largest $4,000. 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 $38,500 the year before.

40% 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$26,50010$652,095
2024$38,50014$704,608
2025$31,50016$764,428

How to apply

ContactEastern Bank Co Charles Nelson
605 Broadway, Saugus, MA 01906
Phone or email(617) 897-1124
What to submitApplication forms available upon request
RestrictionsMust be needy resident of either newbury, newburyport, or west newbury Massachusetts and studying science, technology, law, medicine, or catholic priesthood.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Tr UW Martin W Dugan funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 11 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts4$7,000
Rhode Island1$4,000
Virginia1$3,000
District of Columbia1$2,500
Michigan1$2,500
North Carolina1$2,500
New Hampshire1$2,500
Vermont1$2,500
Maine2$2,000
New York2$2,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 16 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Lowell, MA
Scholarship$4,000
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI
Scholarship$4,000
Individual
VA
Scholarship$3,000
Wake Forest University
WinstonSalem, NC
Scholarship$2,500
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
Scholarship$2,500
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Scholarship$2,500
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
Scholarship$2,500
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Scholarship$2,500
Tufts University
Medford, MA
Scholarship$1,000
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY
Scholarship$1,000
Bentley University
Waltham, MA
Scholarship$1,000
Bates College
Lewiston, ME
Scholarship$1,000
University of Maine
Orono, ME
Scholarship$1,000
Merrimack College
North Andover, MA
Scholarship$1,000
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Scholarship$1,000
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
Scholarship$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Tr UW Martin W Dugan accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Tr UW Martin W Dugan give?

$31,500 in tax year 2025, across 16 grants, with a typical grant of $1,750.

Who runs Tr UW Martin W Dugan?

Its 2025 filing lists Eastern Bank (Trustee).

What does Tr UW Martin W Dugan fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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