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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-3883296

Grandison Foundation

A private foundation in Kings Park, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 24 grants and $127,850 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
Garretson B Trudeau
277 Indian Head Road
Kings Park, NY 11754
(631) 563-0111
Form and materials
There is no particular form that the application for a grant must take.
Deadlines
December 15
Restrictions
The foundation makes grants to a relatively small number of pre-selected charitable organizations. On rare occasions, the foundation may make grants to other worthwhile charitable organizations that come to the attention of the officers and directors of the foundation. The foundation has no paid staff. The directors meet only once per year, for the annual meeting of directors, usually in december, at which time unsolicited requests for grants are brought to their attention.the foundation does not make grants to individuals and does not accept unsolicited applications for funds from individuals.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $127,850

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $757,788

  • Tax year 2024

    $102,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $816,462

  • Tax year 2023

    $112,600

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $867,044

  • Tax year 2022

    $322,575

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $935,453

  • Tax year 2021

    $302,200

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $1,245,249

  • Tax year 2020

    $865,054

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,351,818

  • Tax year 2019

    $187,200

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $2,245,841

Grants paid in 2025

24 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Childrens Health FundNew York, NY

    General charitable purpose

    $25,000
  2. Comic Relief IncNew York, NY

    General charitable purpose

    $25,000
  3. Historic Saranac LakeSaranac Lake, NY

    General charitable purpose

    $20,000
  4. Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT

    General charitable purpose

    $10,000
  5. Michael J Fox FoundationNew York, NY

    General charitable purpose

    $10,000
  6. Mind TrustIndianapolis, IN

    General charitable purpose

    $5,000
  7. Trudeau InstituteSaranac Lake, NY

    General charitable purpose

    $5,000
  8. Individual

    General charitable purpose

    $5,000
  9. Red Cross Los AngelesWashington, DC

    General charitable purpose

    $5,000
  10. Poynter InstituteSaint Petersburg, FL

    General charitable purpose

    $5,000
  11. Coalition for the HomelessNew York, NY

    General charitable purpose

    $2,500
  12. McGovern InstituteCambridge, MA

    General charitable purpose

    $2,500
  13. NAMIArlington, VA

    General charitable purpose

    $1,000
  14. Trees for the FutureSilver Spring, MD

    General charitable purpose

    $1,000
  15. Yale School of ArtNew Haven, CT

    General charitable purpose

    $1,000
  16. Individual

    General charitable purpose

    $1,000
  17. International Medical CorpLos Angeles, CA

    General charitable purpose

    $1,000
  18. Committee to Protect JournalistsNew York, NY

    General charitable purpose

    $1,000
  19. Brady Center to Prevent Handgun ViolenceWashington, DC

    General charitable purpose

    $500
  20. IavaNew York, NY

    General charitable purpose

    $500
  21. Kingsley Trust AssociationNew Haven, CT

    General charitable purpose

    $250
  22. Wild CenterTupper Lake, NY

    General charitable purpose

    $250
  23. Wikipediawikimedia FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    General charitable purpose

    $250
  24. Saranac Lake LibrarySaranac Lake, NY

    General charitable purpose

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $25,00036% of the total
  2. Arts and culture2 grants $20,25030% of the total
  3. Medical research2 grants $15,00022% of the total
  4. Education2 grants $5,2508% of the total
  5. Civil rights1 grant $1,0001% of the total
  6. Environment1 grant $1,0001% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $1,0001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York10 grants $89,350
  2. Connecticut3 grants $11,250
  3. District of Columbia2 grants $5,500
  4. Florida1 grant $5,000
  5. Indiana1 grant $5,000
  6. Massachusetts1 grant $2,500
  7. California2 grants $1,250
  8. Maryland1 grant $1,000
  9. Virginia1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Jane P TrudeauTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0
  • Garretson TrudeauPresident Hours 1Pay $0

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