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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-3370051

Still Point Fund

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 52 grants and $634,500 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

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

    $634,500

    Grants listed
    52
    Assets, end of year
    $5,703,113
  • Tax year 2024

    $595,500

    Grants listed
    57
    Assets, end of year
    $6,078,206
  • Tax year 2023

    $552,000

    Grants listed
    54
    Assets, end of year
    $6,241,559
  • Tax year 2022

    $526,000

    Grants listed
    49
    Assets, end of year
    $6,046,543
  • Tax year 2021

    $598,000

    Grants listed
    68
    Assets, end of year
    $6,860,976
  • Tax year 2020

    $512,000

    Grants listed
    55
    Assets, end of year
    $6,255,590

Grants paid in 2025

52 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Buckminster Fuller InstituteSan Francisco, CA

    Collective leadership institute

    $30,000
  2. City Lore IncNew York, NY

    Barely anywhere project and judah gribetz oral history

    $30,000
  3. Friends of the World Food Program IncWashington, DC

    General support

    $30,000
  4. Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc - New Mexico ChapterAlbuquerque, NM

    Support the PPRM public affairs program, administered by the grantee.

    $30,000
  5. Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc - New Mexico ChapterAlbuquerque, NM

    General support

    $30,000
  6. The Carl Safina Center IncSetauket, NY

    "a third term"

    $26,000
  7. New Mexico AppleseedAlbuquerque, NM

    General support

    $25,000
  8. Wildearth GuardiansSanta Fe, NM

    General support

    $25,000
  9. Americans for Oxford IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $20,000
  10. Lensic Performing Arts Center CorporationSanta Fe, NM

    Lensic 360

    $20,000
  11. Lensic Performing Arts Center CorporationSanta Fe, NM

    General support

    $20,000
  12. Rattlestick Productions IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $20,000
  13. Reading QuestSanta Fe, NM

    General support

    $20,000
  14. Friends of Bermuda Community FoundationHamilton, United Kingdom

    General support

    $15,000
  15. Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health IncStockbridge, MA

    General support

    $15,000
  16. Moving Arts EspanolaVelarde, NM

    General support

    $15,000
  17. Physical Plant ArtsBrookline, MA

    Pack one bag

    $15,000
  18. Round House Theatre IncBethesda, MD

    Staging loss - the 2025 gold humanism summit

    $15,000
  19. Spring Street Climate Fund IncBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $15,000
  20. Center for Arts & Learning IncMontpelier, VT

    Vermont public theater

    $10,000
  21. Food DepotSanta Fe, NM

    Current snap emergency

    $10,000
  22. Food DepotSanta Fe, NM

    General support

    $10,000
  23. Friends of Bermuda Community FoundationHamilton, United Kingdom

    General support

    $10,000
  24. Friends of the World Food Program IncWashington, DC

    General support

    $10,000
  25. From the Heart Productions IncOxnard, CA

    Shakespeare beyond bars film

    $10,000
  26. International Rescue Committee IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  27. Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc - Doctors Without Borders USA IncHagerstown, MD

    General support

    $10,000
  28. Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc - Doctors Without Borders USA IncHagerstown, MD

    General support

    $10,000
  29. National Theatre in America IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  30. Old Santa Fe Association IncSanta Fe, NM

    For going santa fe film

    $10,000
  31. Prison Yoga Project IncBolinas, CA

    General support

    $10,000
  32. Rattlestick Productions IncNew York, NY

    The capital campaign

    $10,000
  33. Remote Theater ProjectBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  34. Santa Fe Art InstituteSanta Fe, NM

    Mada - midtown arts and design alliance

    $10,000
  35. Santa Fe Girls SchoolSanta Fe, NM

    General support

    $10,000
  36. Wateraid America IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  37. Wildearth GuardiansSanta Fe, NM

    General support

    $10,000
  38. World Central Kitchen IncorporatedWashington, DC

    General support

    $10,000
  39. Reading QuestSanta Fe, NM

    General support

    $5,000
  40. Santa Fe International Literary Festival IncSanta Fe, NM

    General support

    $5,000
  41. The Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe IncSanta Fe, NM

    General support

    $5,000
  42. American Friends of the Almeida Theatre IncHarrison, NY

    General support

    $4,000
  43. American Friends of the Donmar Theatre IncHarrison, NY

    General support

    $4,000
  44. Atlantic Theater CompanyNew York, NY

    General support

    $4,000
  45. American Friends of Masterworks IncIrvington, NY

    General support

    $3,000
  46. American Friends of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $3,000
  47. Space on the Farm IncNorth Salem, NY

    General support

    $3,000
  48. Fractured Atlas IncHartsdale, NY

    Show trial

    $2,000
  49. Shelburne FarmsShelburne, VT

    General support

    $2,000
  50. Soho Repertory Theatre IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $2,000
  51. Ocamora Foundation IncOcate, NM

    Support for summer retreats 2025

    $1,500
  52. Friends of Bermuda Community Foundation - ReturnedHamilton, United Kingdom

    General support

    -$15,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture13 grants $123,00028% of the total
  2. Human services5 grants $75,00017% of the total
  3. Education6 grants $66,50015% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking3 grants $44,00010% of the total
  5. Environment3 grants $43,00010% of the total
  6. International aid4 grants $33,0008% of the total
  7. 2 other causes2 grants $55,00013% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Mexico18 grants $261,500
  2. New York17 grants $176,000
  3. California3 grants $50,000
  4. District of Columbia3 grants $50,000
  5. Maryland3 grants $35,000
  6. Massachusetts2 grants $30,000
  7. Vermont2 grants $12,000
  8. Minnesota1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Christa LancasterDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Bettina Jane LancasterDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Timothy LancasterDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Guy N LancasterDIRECTOR/SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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