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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 01-0539524

Sea Otter Foundation

A private foundation in Yarmouth, ME. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $13,050 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $13,050

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $59,018

  • Tax year 2024

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $69,925

  • Tax year 2023

    $14,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $78,304

  • Tax year 2022

    $8,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $42,450

  • Tax year 2021

    $17,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $42,198

  • Tax year 2020

    $15,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $45,711

  • Tax year 2019

    $46,500

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $19,890

  • Tax year 2018

    $72,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $21,746

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Conway Area Humane SocietyConway, NH

    Promote animal welfare

    $11,050
  2. Good Shepherd Food BankAuburn, ME

    Promote hunger prevention

    $2,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Animals1 grant $11,05085% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture1 grant $2,00015% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Hampshire1 grant $11,050
  2. Maine1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Louise H MurphyPresident Hours 5Pay $0
  • Nora BorusDirector Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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