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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
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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
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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
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Tax year 2020
$512,000
- Grants listed
- 55
- Assets, end of year
- $6,255,590
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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Buckminster Fuller InstituteSan Francisco, CA
Collective leadership institute
$30,000 -
City Lore IncNew York, NY
Barely anywhere project and judah gribetz oral history
$30,000 -
Friends of the World Food Program IncWashington, DC
General support
$30,000 -
Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc - New Mexico ChapterAlbuquerque, NM
Support the PPRM public affairs program, administered by the grantee.
$30,000 -
Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc - New Mexico ChapterAlbuquerque, NM
General support
$30,000 -
The Carl Safina Center IncSetauket, NY
"a third term"
$26,000 -
New Mexico AppleseedAlbuquerque, NM
General support
$25,000 -
Wildearth GuardiansSanta Fe, NM
General support
$25,000 -
Americans for Oxford IncNew York, NY
General support
$20,000 -
Lensic Performing Arts Center CorporationSanta Fe, NM
Lensic 360
$20,000 -
Lensic Performing Arts Center CorporationSanta Fe, NM
General support
$20,000 -
Rattlestick Productions IncNew York, NY
General support
$20,000 -
Reading QuestSanta Fe, NM
General support
$20,000 -
Friends of Bermuda Community FoundationHamilton, United Kingdom
General support
$15,000 -
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health IncStockbridge, MA
General support
$15,000 -
Moving Arts EspanolaVelarde, NM
General support
$15,000 -
Physical Plant ArtsBrookline, MA
Pack one bag
$15,000 -
Round House Theatre IncBethesda, MD
Staging loss - the 2025 gold humanism summit
$15,000 -
Spring Street Climate Fund IncBrooklyn, NY
General support
$15,000 -
Center for Arts & Learning IncMontpelier, VT
Vermont public theater
$10,000 -
Food DepotSanta Fe, NM
Current snap emergency
$10,000 -
Food DepotSanta Fe, NM
General support
$10,000 -
Friends of Bermuda Community FoundationHamilton, United Kingdom
General support
$10,000 -
Friends of the World Food Program IncWashington, DC
General support
$10,000 -
From the Heart Productions IncOxnard, CA
Shakespeare beyond bars film
$10,000 -
International Rescue Committee IncNew York, NY
General support
$10,000 -
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc - Doctors Without Borders USA IncHagerstown, MD
General support
$10,000 -
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc - Doctors Without Borders USA IncHagerstown, MD
General support
$10,000 -
National Theatre in America IncNew York, NY
General support
$10,000 -
Old Santa Fe Association IncSanta Fe, NM
For going santa fe film
$10,000 -
Prison Yoga Project IncBolinas, CA
General support
$10,000 -
Rattlestick Productions IncNew York, NY
The capital campaign
$10,000 -
Remote Theater ProjectBrooklyn, NY
General support
$10,000 -
Santa Fe Art InstituteSanta Fe, NM
Mada - midtown arts and design alliance
$10,000 -
Santa Fe Girls SchoolSanta Fe, NM
General support
$10,000 -
Wateraid America IncNew York, NY
General support
$10,000 -
Wildearth GuardiansSanta Fe, NM
General support
$10,000 -
World Central Kitchen IncorporatedWashington, DC
General support
$10,000 -
Reading QuestSanta Fe, NM
General support
$5,000 -
Santa Fe International Literary Festival IncSanta Fe, NM
General support
$5,000 -
The Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe IncSanta Fe, NM
General support
$5,000 -
American Friends of the Almeida Theatre IncHarrison, NY
General support
$4,000 -
American Friends of the Donmar Theatre IncHarrison, NY
General support
$4,000 -
Atlantic Theater CompanyNew York, NY
General support
$4,000 -
American Friends of Masterworks IncIrvington, NY
General support
$3,000 -
American Friends of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra IncNew York, NY
General support
$3,000 -
Space on the Farm IncNorth Salem, NY
General support
$3,000 -
Fractured Atlas IncHartsdale, NY
Show trial
$2,000 -
Shelburne FarmsShelburne, VT
General support
$2,000 -
Soho Repertory Theatre IncNew York, NY
General support
$2,000 -
Ocamora Foundation IncOcate, NM
Support for summer retreats 2025
$1,500 -
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.
- Arts and culture13 grants $123,00028% of the total
- Human services5 grants $75,00017% of the total
- Education6 grants $66,50015% of the total
- Philanthropy and grantmaking3 grants $44,00010% of the total
- Environment3 grants $43,00010% of the total
- International aid4 grants $33,0008% of the total
- 2 other causes2 grants $55,00013% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- New Mexico18 grants $261,500
- New York17 grants $176,000
- California3 grants $50,000
- District of Columbia3 grants $50,000
- Maryland3 grants $35,000
- Massachusetts2 grants $30,000
- Vermont2 grants $12,000
- Minnesota1 grant $10,000
Officers, directors and trustees
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
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