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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-1963929

Utopia Fund

A private foundation in Plainview, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $560,000 paid in grants.

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

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

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $560,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $3,837,272
  • Tax year 2024

    $266,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $3,944,620
  • Tax year 2023

    $338,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $3,086,921
  • Tax year 2022

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,918,594
  • Tax year 2021

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,083,924
  • Tax year 2020

    $265,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,344,708
  • Tax year 2019

    $150,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,474,706
  • Tax year 2018

    $235,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,482,940

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. American Friends of Eton CollegeMcLean, VA

    General

    $280,000
  2. American Friends of the Royal FoundationWhite Plains, NY

    General

    $135,000
  3. 101 East 69th Street ConservancyNew York, NY

    General

    $25,000
  4. The Aldrich Contemporary Art MuseumRidgefield, CT

    General

    $25,000
  5. The Hotchkiss SchoolLakeville, CT

    General

    $20,000
  6. Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, NY

    General

    $20,000
  7. Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT

    General

    $20,000
  8. Stanford GSBStanford, CA

    General

    $15,000
  9. Harvard Law SchoolCambridge, MA

    General

    $10,000
  10. 122 East 66th Street FoundationNew York, NY

    General

    $5,000
  11. Atlantic Salmon FederationBrunswick, ME

    General

    $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 culture3 grants $55,00073% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $20,00027% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia1 grant $280,000
  2. New York4 grants $185,000
  3. Connecticut3 grants $65,000
  4. California1 grant $15,000
  5. Massachusetts1 grant $10,000
  6. Maine1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Leslie Dickey PatelTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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