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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 01-6174485

Palmer Walbridge Foundation

A private foundation in Pennington, NJ. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 20 grants and $513,000 paid in grants.

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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $513,000

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $6,011,390
  • Tax year 2024

    $450,000

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $5,453,539
  • Tax year 2023

    $443,440

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $5,389,703
  • Tax year 2022

    $566,760

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $5,665,198
  • Tax year 2021

    $517,500

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $5,617,878
  • Tax year 2020

    $467,734

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $5,361,222
  • Tax year 2019

    $417,450

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $5,174,466

Grants paid in 2025

20 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean SciencesEast Boothbay, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $150,000
  2. Coastal Maine Botanical GardensBoothbay, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $80,000
  3. Boothbay Region Land TrustBoothbay Harbor, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $30,000
  4. Maine College of ArtPortland, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $26,000
  5. Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library AssnBoothbay Harbor, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $20,000
  6. Boothbay Region Ambulance ServiceBoothbay, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $20,000
  7. The Opera House at the Boothbay HarborBoothbay HBR, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $20,000
  8. Midcoast Humane SocietyBrunswick, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $20,000
  9. Island InstituteRockland, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $20,000
  10. Finding Our VoicesCamden, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $20,000
  11. Riding to the Top Therapeutic Riding CtrWindham, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $16,000
  12. Harbor TheaterBoothbay Harbor, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $15,000
  13. Boothbay Region Community Resource CNCLBoothbay Harbor, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $15,000
  14. Boothbay Region Health CareBoothbay HBR, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $12,000
  15. Southern Maine Community College FDNS Portland, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $10,000
  16. Maine Farmland TrustBelfast, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $10,000
  17. Miquon SchoolConshohocken, PA

    Unrestricted general

    $10,000
  18. Monhegan AssociatesCape Eliz, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $8,500
  19. Boothbay Sea and Science CenterEast Boothbay, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $8,000
  20. Commonwealth SchoolBoston, MA

    Unrestricted general

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Science and technology1 grant $150,00038% of the total
  2. Environment3 grants $118,50030% of the total
  3. Education5 grants $66,50017% of the total
  4. Health2 grants $32,0008% of the total
  5. Arts and culture1 grant $20,0005% of the total
  6. Food and agriculture1 grant $10,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maine17 grants $492,000
  2. Pennsylvania1 grant $10,000
  3. California1 grant $8,500
  4. Massachusetts1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Palmer DaviesDONATION COMMITTEE Hours 0Pay $25,000
  • Dr R Hoyt WalbridgeDONATION COMMITTEE Hours 0Pay $25,000
  • Sara WalbridgeDONATION COMMITTEE Hours 0Pay $27,000
  • Bank of America N ATRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $46,644

The return

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