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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-4141287

The Wright Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Greenwich, CT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $1.5 million 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,535,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $21,387,072

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,475,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $21,015,150

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,500,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $20,911,736

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,485,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $21,206,720

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,425,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $20,204,856

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,390,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $17,433,261

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Hostos Community College FoundationBronx, NY

    New endowed scholarship for students pursuing STEM

    $300,000
  2. The Breast Cancer Research FoundationNew York, NY

    Endowment fund

    $250,000
  3. Adl FoundationNew York, NY

    General donation

    $200,000
  4. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    Peter a. Wright catalyst fund

    $200,000
  5. Pef Israel Endownment FundsNew York, NY

    Alan wagner endowment fund

    $200,000
  6. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    Industrial practitioner program in chemical & biomolecular engineering

    $100,000
  7. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    JGSM ai and data science program enhancement fund

    $100,000
  8. Friends of OfanimGladwyne, PA

    Endowment fund

    $100,000
  9. The Connecticut Invention ConventionHartford, CT

    General donation

    $60,000
  10. National Adrenal Diseases FoundationNonantum, MA

    General donation

    $25,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $400,00049% of the total
  2. Disaster relief and public safety1 grant $250,00031% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $100,00012% of the total
  4. Science and technology1 grant $60,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York7 grants $1,350,000
  2. Pennsylvania1 grant $100,000
  3. Connecticut1 grant $60,000
  4. Massachusetts1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Peter A WrightDIR/PRES Hours 2Pay $0
  • Zachary WrightDIR/VP Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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