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William and Nancy Kirk Scholarship Fund Trust

Accepts applications Stoneham, Massachusetts · EIN 387186447

William and Nancy Kirk Scholarship Fund Trust is a private foundation in Stoneham, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $132,000 in 21 grants; the typical grant was $6,000 and the largest $11,000. 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 $142,000 the year before.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$152,00026$2.9 million
2024$142,00028$3.0 million
2025$132,00021$3.2 million

How to apply

ContactDavid Aptaker Trustee
92 Montvale Ave Suite 2800, Stoneham, MA 02180
Phone or email(617) 776-2211, davidaptaker.law@verizon.net
RestrictionsResidentsstudents who are graduating seniors from stoneham high school or private or parochial school located in Massachusetts or New Hampshire and a bona fide resident of stoneham for a period of 2 years prior to their graduation date

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What William and Nancy Kirk Scholarship Fund Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts21$132,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 21 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
MA
Scholarship$11,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$10,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$10,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$10,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$10,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$10,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$10,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$9,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$9,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$9,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$6,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$5,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$4,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$4,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$3,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$2,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$2,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$2,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$2,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$2,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$2,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does William and Nancy Kirk Scholarship Fund Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does William and Nancy Kirk Scholarship Fund Trust give?

$132,000 in tax year 2025, across 21 grants, with a typical grant of $6,000.

Who runs William and Nancy Kirk Scholarship Fund Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists David Aptaker (Trustee).

What does William and Nancy Kirk Scholarship Fund Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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