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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 06-1108612

Highstead Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Redding, CT. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $213,870 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 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 2024

    $213,870

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $5,310,287

  • Tax year 2023

    $249,252

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,111,065

  • Tax year 2022

    $420,329

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $4,785,074

  • Tax year 2021

    $321,235

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,576,986

  • Tax year 2020

    $295,066

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,999,047

  • Tax year 2019

    $345,337

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,772,980

  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $3,759,158

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University System of New HampshireConcord, NH

    Support policy research

    $114,485
  2. Harvard ForestPetersham, MA

    Research and communications support for wildlands and woodlands.

    $69,455
  3. Pollinator Pathway IncWilton, CT

    Restoration of pollinator pathways

    $20,000
  4. Ecological Health NetworkCambridge, MA

    Website development, participant recruitment and compensation

    $8,890
  5. The Northeast Organic Farming Association of ConnecticutNew Haven, CT

    Article, outreach, and map update

    $1,040

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $114,48585% of the total
  2. Environment1 grant $20,00015% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Hampshire1 grant $114,485
  2. Massachusetts2 grants $78,345
  3. Connecticut2 grants $21,040

Officers, directors and trustees

11 people as filed

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

  • Dorothy AdamsDIRECTOR, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRPERSON OF Hours 1Pay $0
  • Elisabeth C DudleyDIRECTOR, PRES EMERITUS, VICE PRES Hours 1Pay $0
  • Henry C DudleyDIRECTOR, VICE PRES, TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sarah Dudley PlimptonDIRECTOR, VICE PRES Hours 1Pay $0
  • Susan R ClarkDIRECTOR, SECRETERY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Peter Del TrediciDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Scot MedburyDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • George W ElkinsDIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $149,423
  • Frank E ShanleyASSISTANT TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Frederick BlandDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Christina McNamaraASSISTANT TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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