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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 05-6003255

Ashaway Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Westerly, RI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 26 grants and $60,000 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Pamela Crandall
21 Winward Drive
Westerly, RI 02891
(401) 348-1300
Form and materials
Informal letter to Pamela Crandall None None
Deadlines
None None
Restrictions
None None None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $1,150,607

  • Tax year 2024

    $67,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $1,153,906

  • Tax year 2023

    $66,500

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $1,188,178

  • Tax year 2022

    $54,500

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $1,185,980

  • Tax year 2021

    $68,500

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $1,195,463

  • Tax year 2020

    $66,500

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $1,062,415

  • Tax year 2019

    $69,000

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $1,054,718

  • Tax year 2018

    $71,500

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $1,077,402

Grants paid in 2025

26 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Gordon SchoolEast Providence, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $5,000
  2. The Jonnycake Center of WesterlyWesterly, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $5,000
  3. Westerly Land TrustWesterly, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $5,000
  4. WARM IncWesterly, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $5,000
  5. Wood River Health Services IncHope Valley, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $4,000
  6. United Way of Rhode Island IncProvidence, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $3,000
  7. Meals on Wheels of RI IncProvidence, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $3,000
  8. Save the BayProvidence, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $3,000
  9. The Nature ConservancyArlington, VA

    Unrestricted gift

    $3,000
  10. Fall River Deaconess HomeFall River, MA

    Unrestricted gift

    $2,000
  11. Memorial & Library Association of WesterlyWesterly, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $2,000
  12. Ashaway Free LibraryAshaway, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $2,000
  13. Oak Grove Cemetery AssociationAshaway, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $2,000
  14. RicanCharlestown, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $2,000
  15. Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed AssociationHope Valley, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $2,000
  16. Stand Up for AnimalsWesterly, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $2,000
  17. Dana Hall SchoolWellesley, MA

    Unrestricted gift

    $1,000
  18. St Paul's SchoolConcord, NH

    Unrestricted gift

    $1,000
  19. Audubon Society of Rhode IslandSmithfield, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $1,000
  20. Ocean Community YMCAWesterly, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $1,000
  21. Babcock-Smith House MuseumWesterly, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $1,000
  22. Ocean Community Chamber FoundationWesterly, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $1,000
  23. Connecticut College FundNew London, CT

    Unrestricted gift

    $1,000
  24. Trinity CollegeHartford, CT

    Unrestricted gift

    $1,000
  25. Denison Pequotsepos Nature CenterMystic, CT

    Unrestricted gift

    $1,000
  26. Ashaway Volunteer Fire DepartmentAshaway, RI

    Unrestricted gift

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education6 grants $8,00025% of the total
  2. Environment4 grants $7,00022% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $4,00012% of the total
  4. Food and agriculture1 grant $3,0009% of the total
  5. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $3,0009% of the total
  6. Animals1 grant $2,0006% of the total
  7. 3 other causes3 grants $5,00016% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Rhode Island20 grants $53,000
  2. Connecticut3 grants $3,000
  3. Massachusetts2 grants $3,000
  4. New Hampshire1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • The Washington Trust CompanyTrustee Hours 1Pay $11,252
  • Kathryn C CrandallOfficer Hours 1Pay $0
  • Steven CrandallTrustee Hours 1Pay $0

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