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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 06-1483377

Watkins Burnham Fund

A private foundation in Providence, RI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $30,000 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
Helen Burnham
90 Elm Street
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 274-1550
Form and materials
No prescribed form
Deadlines
No prescribed deadlines
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $451,930

  • Tax year 2024

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $439,032

  • Tax year 2023

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $458,358

  • Tax year 2022

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $488,188

  • Tax year 2021

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $177,001

  • Tax year 2020

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $210,242

  • Tax year 2019

    $21,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $205,321

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Newport Historical SocietyNewport, RI

    Program support

    $25,000
  2. Christ Church GeorgetownWashington, DC

    Program support

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $25,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Rhode Island1 grant $25,000
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Helen Metcalf BurnhamPRESIDENT Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • John Savil BurnhamVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Elizabeth EleyTREASURER Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Robert GaumontSECRETARY Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Miranda DouglasDIRECTOR (AS OF 03/25) Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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