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Waldo & Alice Ayer Trust

Accepts applications Johnston, Rhode Island · EIN 026059690

Waldo & Alice Ayer Trust is a private foundation in Johnston, Rhode Island. In tax year 2024 it gave $27,764 in 6 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $6,000. 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 $35,963 the year before.

83% 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
2022$34,6208$719,255
2023$35,9637$831,367
2024$27,7646$863,104

How to apply

ContactCitizens NA
900 Elm Street, Manchester, NH 03101
Phone or email(603) 634-7772
What to submitLetter or literature describing organization requesting funds.
RestrictionsTo provide scholarships for music students seeking to become professional musicians or music teachers or to provide funds to musical organizations such as choral groups or orchestras.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Waldo & Alice Ayer Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in New Hampshire.

StateGrantsAmount
New Hampshire6$27,764

Grants paid in 2024

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Portsmouth Pro Musica
Portsmouth, NH
Unrestricted gift$6,000
Nashua Chamber Orchestra
Nashua, NH
Unrestricted gift$5,000
Concord Community Music School
Concord, NH
Unrestricted gift$5,000
Manchester Community Music School
Manchester, NH
Unrestricted gift$5,000
The Walden School
Dublin, NH
Unrestricted gift$5,000
Upbeat NH United Way of Greater Nashua
Nashua, NH
Unrestricted gift$1,764

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Waldo & Alice Ayer Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Waldo & Alice Ayer Trust give?

$27,764 in tax year 2024, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Waldo & Alice Ayer Trust?

Its 2024 filing lists Citizens N A (Trustee).

What does Waldo & Alice Ayer Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture and education.

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