The Anne L Slusser Memorial Scholarship Fund concentrates its giving on local, education-focused scholarship support, demonstrated by a single six-figure grant to a nearby public library foundation for scholarship funding. Its philanthropy appears memorial and community-centered, aimed at enabling educational opportunities in the Concord/Hopkinton, NH area through a partner trusted to administer scholarships. The foundation is small and highly targeted rather than broadly distributed across causes or geographies.
Concentrated, single large grant to one local grantee; appears one-off or seed/endowment-style scholarship funding rather than many small or diversified grants.
A single $57,000 scholarship-funding grant to the Hopkinton Public Library Foundation sets the tone for the Anne L Slusser Memorial Scholarship Fund’s recent activity. The fund’s giving is centered on scholarships, with awards flowing through a local library foundation and directly to individual students rather than to broad program portfolios. Recent recipients include Kasey Czarnec for Southern Nh University and Abigail Simpson for Keene State College, showing a pattern of tuition support tied to postsecondary attendance. The fund also supported Aliya Kaynak at the University of Vermont and Tora Thornley, indicating that its scholarship support reaches beyond one institution while staying tightly focused on student aid. Because the fund funds individuals and uses scholarship awards as its main vehicle, it functions more like a targeted memorial scholarship source than a general-purpose grantmaker. Its scale is modest but active, with annual grants totaling $121,960 on assets of $611,227 in the latest filing year.
Scholarship support is the dominant theme. In 2024, the fund gave $57,000 to Hopkinton Public Library Foundation for scholarship funding, using a library-based vehicle to distribute aid. Individual student awards are another clear pattern: it granted $8,960 to Kasey Czarnec for Southern Nh University in 2024 and $8,000 to Abigail Simpson for Keene State College in both 2023 and 2024. The fund also backed Aliya Kaynak at the University of Vermont and Tora Thornley, both through $8,000 scholarship awards in 2024, showing support for undergraduate access across multiple institutions. Across these grants, the common thread is direct educational assistance rather than operating support or broad institutional funding.
Grant size is tightly clustered: the p25, median, and p75 are all $8,000, indicating that most awards land at the same level. One larger 2024 grant of $57,000 stands apart from the smaller scholarship awards. The pattern also shows repeat support for individual recipients across years, including Abigail Simpson and Tora Thornley, which points to continuing scholarship relationships rather than one-time-only gifts. The fund is a scholarship fund that funds individuals, and its recent grants are restricted to scholarship purposes.
$90K
$611K
$76K
$94K
Most grants fall between $8K and $8K, with a median of $8K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$8K
75th Percentile
$8K
About 22% of grants go to recipients in MA.
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Notable grantees: Hopkinton Public Library Foundation
Giving is regional and concentrated in the Northeast. Massachusetts is the top state by grant count, with Woodsville and Boston appearing among recipient locations. New Hampshire also receives a substantial share, including Keene, and 22% of grants go to recipients in the foundation’s HQ state. Vermont and Connecticut also appear in the recent record, with Burlington and Hamden representing additional recipient locations. All recent grants in the file were awarded within the United States.
Its recent grantmaking is centered on scholarships and educational assistance. The largest grant in the file was $57,000 to Hopkinton Public Library Foundation for scholarship funding, and the rest of the recent record consists of scholarship awards to individual students.
Yes. The fund is marked as funding individuals, and recent awards include scholarship support to Kasey Czarnec, Abigail Simpson, Aliya Kaynak, and Tora Thornley for postsecondary study.
The typical award is $8,000. The p25, median, and p75 are all $8,000, which means most grants in the recent file are at the same level.
Yes. Abigail Simpson received $8,000 for Keene State College in both 2023 and 2024, and Tora Thornley received $8,000 in both 2023 and 2024 as well.
Massachusetts is the top state by grant count. Recent recipient locations in the state include Woodsville and Boston, while New Hampshire, Vermont, and Connecticut also appear in the grant list.
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOPKINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION | WOODSVILLE, MA | $57,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING |
| KASEY CZARNEC SOUTHERN NH UNIVERSITY | BOSTON, MA | $8,960 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| TORA THORNLEY | HAMDEN, CT | $8,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ABIGAIL SIMPSON KEENE STATE COLLEGE | KEENE, NH | $8,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ALIYA KAYNAK UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT | BURLINGTON, VT | $8,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| TORA THORNLEY | HAMDEN, CT | $8,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| LILY TOBIN WHEATON COLLEGE | NORTON, MA | $8,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| KASEY CZARNEC SOUTHERN NH UNIVERSITY | BOSTON, MA | $8,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ABIGAIL SIMPSON KEENE STATE COLLEGE | KEENE, NH | $8,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
HOPKINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
$57,000SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING
KASEY CZARNEC SOUTHERN NH UNIVERSITY
$8,960SCHOLARSHIP
TORA THORNLEY
$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
ABIGAIL SIMPSON KEENE STATE COLLEGE
$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
ALIYA KAYNAK UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
TORA THORNLEY
$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
LILY TOBIN WHEATON COLLEGE
SCHOLARSHIP
KASEY CZARNEC SOUTHERN NH UNIVERSITY
$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
ABIGAIL SIMPSON KEENE STATE COLLEGE
$8,000SCHOLARSHIP