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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 05-0512998

Borders Farm Preservation Inc

A private foundation in Foster, RI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 1 grant and $185,900 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Jun 30, 2026), 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

    $185,900

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,811,408
  • Tax year 2024

    $224,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,381,690
  • Tax year 2023

    $233,400

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,079,137
  • Tax year 2022

    $143,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,272,241
  • Tax year 2021

    $97,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,167,648
  • Tax year 2020

    $100,065

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,286,391

Grants paid in 2025

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Borders Farm IncFoster, RI

    Finance Farm Operations. Maintain Property on the National Historic Registry

    $185,900

Where the money goes

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

  1. Food and agriculture1 grant $185,900100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Rhode Island1 grant $185,900

Officers, directors and trustees

9 people as filed

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

  • Thomas BazelakDirector Hours 4Pay $0
  • Susan JoyceTreasurer Hours 5Pay $0
  • Charles Thomas Goucher JrDirector Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Phil KeefeDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Helen HardySecretary Hours 4Pay $0
  • Linda TibbettsPresident Hours 4Pay $0
  • Cherisse BandyVice President Hours 3Pay $0
  • Allyson WojtaszekDirector Hours 6Pay $0
  • Betty SimmonsDirector Hours 3Pay $0

The return

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