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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 11-3522682

The Thorofare Foundation

A private foundation in Bluffton, SC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 15 grants and $12,400 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
George Cole
200 Stalling Island Street
Bluffton, SC 29910
(631) 297-8350
Form and materials
Written requests with description of charity required
Deadlines
No submission deadlines
Restrictions
No award restrictions or limitations

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $12,400

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $375,925

  • Tax year 2024

    $6,450

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $376,978

  • Tax year 2023

    $16,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $376,282

  • Tax year 2022

    $18,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $374,093

  • Tax year 2021

    $18,500

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $377,027

  • Tax year 2020

    $16,300

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $378,554

  • Tax year 2019

    $16,400

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $380,807

  • Tax year 2018

    $6,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $384,736

Grants paid in 2025

15 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. ACLU FoundationBeaverton, OR

    Unrestricted

    $2,000
  2. Planned Parenthood FoundationNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $2,000
  3. Isle Au Haut Community Dev CorpIsle Au Haut, ME

    Unrestricted

    $1,500
  4. Coastal Conservation LeagueCharleston, SC

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  5. IcdcWest Sacramento, CA

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  6. Island InstituteRockland, ME

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  7. ACLU of South CarolinaCharleston, SC

    Unrestricted

    $500
  8. Bate College Parents FundLewiston, ME

    Unrestricted

    $500
  9. Hopeful HorizonsBeaufort, SC

    Unrestricted

    $500
  10. Planned Parenthood of New EnglandBurlington, VT

    Unrestricted

    $500
  11. The Island StoreIsle Au Haut, ME

    Unrestricted

    $500
  12. Trustees of Phillips AcademyAndover, MA

    Unrestricted

    $500
  13. United Way of the LCColumbia, SC

    Unrestricted

    $500
  14. Friends of Isle Au Haut LighthouseIsle Au Haut, ME

    Unrestricted

    $200
  15. Union Congregational ChurchCharleston, SC

    Unrestricted

    $200

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $1,50068% of the total
  2. Religion1 grant $50023% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $2009% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maine5 grants $3,700
  2. South Carolina5 grants $2,700
  3. New York1 grant $2,000
  4. Oregon1 grant $2,000
  5. California1 grant $1,000
  6. Massachusetts1 grant $500
  7. Vermont1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • George W ColeDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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