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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
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Tax year 2025
$310,500
- Grants listed
- 49
- Assets, end of year
- $3,099,012
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Tax year 2024
$295,500
- Grants listed
- 51
- Assets, end of year
- $3,161,526
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Tax year 2023
$242,500
- Grants listed
- 50
- Assets, end of year
- $3,144,434
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Tax year 2022
$172,500
- Grants listed
- 47
- Assets, end of year
- $3,134,935
-
Tax year 2021
$148,750
- Grants listed
- 46
- Assets, end of year
- $2,981,980
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Tax year 2020
$180,500
- Grants listed
- 45
- Assets, end of year
- $2,289,254
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Tax year 2019
$178,500
- Grants listed
- 45
- Assets, end of year
- $2,279,710
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Tax year 2018
$161,500
- Grants listed
- 47
- Assets, end of year
- $2,135,369
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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St JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHEssex, NY
General & Unrestricted
$45,000 -
American Friends of Christ Church IncWillsboro, NY
The Christopher Lewis Fund for the Christ Church Meadow
$25,000 -
American Friends of Christ Church IncWillsboro, NY
The Edward H. Burn Tutorship Endowment Fund
$25,000 -
American Friends of Christ Church IncWillsboro, NY
The Music Trust in Support of the Choir's Performances in the United States
$25,000 -
Nature Conservancy - Adirondack ChapterKeene Valley, NY
ANC's Work on Lower Boquet River
$20,000 -
Nature Conservancy - Adirondack ChapterKeene Valley, NY
Support of Operations
$20,000 -
Paine Memorial Free LibraryWillsboro, NY
General & Unrestricted
$19,000 -
Adirondack Land Trust IncKeene, NY
General & Unrestricted
$15,500 -
Church of the Heavenly RestNew York, NY
General & Unrestricted
$10,000 -
New York-Presbyterian Fund IncNew York, NY
General & Unrestricted
$10,000 -
Open Space Institute IncNew York, NY
The Lake Placid Trailhead
$10,000 -
Chapin School LTDNew York, NY
Class of 1955 70th Reunion Fund
$7,000 -
Adirondack Explorer IncSaranac Lake, NY
Zach Matson's Deep-Dive Journalism Fund
$5,000 -
Adirondack FoundationLake Placid, NY
Charitable Event
$5,000 -
Adirondack Garden Club IncKeene, NY
Ellen Lea Paine Memorial Fund at the Garden Club
$5,000 -
Center for Comprehensive Health Practice IncNew York, NY
General & Unrestricted
$5,000 -
CVPH Foundation IncPlattsburgh, NY
To Support of the Residency Program for Family Physicians
$5,000 -
Lakeside PreschoolEssex, NY
Daycare Center Plan Fund
$5,000 -
University of VermontBurlington, VT
General & Unrestricted
$5,000 -
Chapin School LTDNew York, NY
General & Unrestricted
$4,000 -
American Friends of Christ Church IncWillsboro, NY
American Friends' Scholarship Fund
$3,000 -
Covenant House New YorkNew York, NY
General & Unrestricted
$3,000 -
Wake Forest UniversityWinstonsalem, NC
Study abroad program
$3,000 -
St Pauls SchoolConcord, NH
The SPS Fund (Alumni)
$2,500 -
St Pauls SchoolConcord, NH
General & Unrestricted
$2,500 -
Adirondack Community Action Programs IncElizabethtown, NY
Program for Willsboro
$2,000 -
American Friends of Christ Church IncWillsboro, NY
In support of Cathedral Music Trust Fund
$2,000 -
Princeton University Rowing AssociationPebble Beach, CA
For Princeton Rowing Association
$2,000 -
St Bernards School IncNew York, NY
General & Unrestricted
$2,000 -
Hope for Depression Research FoundationNew York, NY
General & Unrestricted
$1,750 -
Cfes Brilliant Pathways IncEssex, NY
General & Unrestricted
$1,500 -
564 Park Avenue Preservation FoundationNew York, NY
General & Unrestricted
$1,000 -
Adirondack Research ConsortiumPaul Smiths, NY
General & Unrestricted
$1,000 -
American Friends of Christ Church IncWillsboro, NY
the Edward H. Burn Tutorship Endowment FUND
$1,000 -
Central Park Conservancy IncNew York, NY
General & Unrestricted
$1,000 -
Champlain Area Trails IncWestport, NY
General & Unrestricted
$1,000 -
Cornell UniversityWillsboro, NY
General & Unrestricted
$1,000 -
Elizabethtown Community HospitalElizabethtown, NY
Smith House Health Care Center
$1,000 -
Empire State Forestry Foundation IncRensselaer, NY
General & Unrestricted
$1,000 -
Harvard Business SchoolBoston, MA
General & Unrestricted
$1,000 -
Protect Our WintersBoulder, CO
General & Unrestricted
$1,000 -
The Wild CenterTupper Lake, NY
Support of the Wild Center
$1,000 -
Vermont Land Trust IncMontpelier, VT
General & Unrestricted
$1,000 -
Adirondack FoundationLake Placid, NY
Sudden Urgent Needs Fund
$500 -
High Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care IncHudson Falls, NY
For the General Support of Essex County Office
$500 -
Lake Champlain Land Trust IncBurlington, VT
General & Unrestricted
$500 -
Nature Conservancy - Adirondack ChapterKeene Valley, NY
General & Unrestricted
$500 -
Trustees of Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ
General & Unrestricted
$500 -
Buckley School in the City of New YorkNew York, NY
General & Unrestricted
$250
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Education15 grants $109,25061% of the total
- Environment6 grants $29,00016% of the total
- Health3 grants $16,0009% of the total
- Arts and culture3 grants $7,0004% of the total
- Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $5,5003% of the total
- Mental health1 grant $5,0003% of the total
- 3 other causes6 grants $8,2505% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- New York39 grants $291,500
- Vermont3 grants $6,500
- New Hampshire2 grants $5,000
- North Carolina1 grant $3,000
- California1 grant $2,000
- Colorado1 grant $1,000
- Massachusetts1 grant $1,000
- New Jersey1 grant $500
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Teresa CummingsSec Hours 1Pay $0
- Lea Paine HighetTreas Hours 1Pay $0
- Peter S Paine IIIVP Hours 1Pay $0
- Peter S Paine JrPres, Dir Hours 1Pay $0
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