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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-6114419

Boquet Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Hockessin, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 49 grants and $310,500 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

    $310,500

    Grants listed
    49
    Assets, end of year
    $3,099,012
  • Tax year 2024

    $295,500

    Grants listed
    51
    Assets, end of year
    $3,161,526
  • Tax year 2023

    $242,500

    Grants listed
    50
    Assets, end of year
    $3,144,434
  • 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
  • Tax year 2020

    $180,500

    Grants listed
    45
    Assets, end of year
    $2,289,254
  • Tax year 2019

    $178,500

    Grants listed
    45
    Assets, end of year
    $2,279,710
  • Tax year 2018

    $161,500

    Grants listed
    47
    Assets, end of year
    $2,135,369

Grants paid in 2025

49 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. St JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHEssex, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $45,000
  2. American Friends of Christ Church IncWillsboro, NY

    The Christopher Lewis Fund for the Christ Church Meadow

    $25,000
  3. American Friends of Christ Church IncWillsboro, NY

    The Edward H. Burn Tutorship Endowment Fund

    $25,000
  4. American Friends of Christ Church IncWillsboro, NY

    The Music Trust in Support of the Choir's Performances in the United States

    $25,000
  5. Nature Conservancy - Adirondack ChapterKeene Valley, NY

    ANC's Work on Lower Boquet River

    $20,000
  6. Nature Conservancy - Adirondack ChapterKeene Valley, NY

    Support of Operations

    $20,000
  7. Paine Memorial Free LibraryWillsboro, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $19,000
  8. Adirondack Land Trust IncKeene, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,500
  9. Church of the Heavenly RestNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  10. New York-Presbyterian Fund IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  11. Open Space Institute IncNew York, NY

    The Lake Placid Trailhead

    $10,000
  12. Chapin School LTDNew York, NY

    Class of 1955 70th Reunion Fund

    $7,000
  13. Adirondack Explorer IncSaranac Lake, NY

    Zach Matson's Deep-Dive Journalism Fund

    $5,000
  14. Adirondack FoundationLake Placid, NY

    Charitable Event

    $5,000
  15. Adirondack Garden Club IncKeene, NY

    Ellen Lea Paine Memorial Fund at the Garden Club

    $5,000
  16. Center for Comprehensive Health Practice IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  17. CVPH Foundation IncPlattsburgh, NY

    To Support of the Residency Program for Family Physicians

    $5,000
  18. Lakeside PreschoolEssex, NY

    Daycare Center Plan Fund

    $5,000
  19. University of VermontBurlington, VT

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  20. Chapin School LTDNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $4,000
  21. American Friends of Christ Church IncWillsboro, NY

    American Friends' Scholarship Fund

    $3,000
  22. Covenant House New YorkNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  23. Wake Forest UniversityWinstonsalem, NC

    Study abroad program

    $3,000
  24. St Pauls SchoolConcord, NH

    The SPS Fund (Alumni)

    $2,500
  25. St Pauls SchoolConcord, NH

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  26. Adirondack Community Action Programs IncElizabethtown, NY

    Program for Willsboro

    $2,000
  27. American Friends of Christ Church IncWillsboro, NY

    In support of Cathedral Music Trust Fund

    $2,000
  28. Princeton University Rowing AssociationPebble Beach, CA

    For Princeton Rowing Association

    $2,000
  29. St Bernards School IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  30. Hope for Depression Research FoundationNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,750
  31. Cfes Brilliant Pathways IncEssex, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,500
  32. 564 Park Avenue Preservation FoundationNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  33. Adirondack Research ConsortiumPaul Smiths, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  34. American Friends of Christ Church IncWillsboro, NY

    the Edward H. Burn Tutorship Endowment FUND

    $1,000
  35. Central Park Conservancy IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  36. Champlain Area Trails IncWestport, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  37. Cornell UniversityWillsboro, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  38. Elizabethtown Community HospitalElizabethtown, NY

    Smith House Health Care Center

    $1,000
  39. Empire State Forestry Foundation IncRensselaer, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  40. Harvard Business SchoolBoston, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  41. Protect Our WintersBoulder, CO

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  42. The Wild CenterTupper Lake, NY

    Support of the Wild Center

    $1,000
  43. Vermont Land Trust IncMontpelier, VT

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  44. Adirondack FoundationLake Placid, NY

    Sudden Urgent Needs Fund

    $500
  45. High Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care IncHudson Falls, NY

    For the General Support of Essex County Office

    $500
  46. Lake Champlain Land Trust IncBurlington, VT

    General & Unrestricted

    $500
  47. Nature Conservancy - Adirondack ChapterKeene Valley, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $500
  48. Trustees of Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $500
  49. 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.

  1. Education15 grants $109,25061% of the total
  2. Environment6 grants $29,00016% of the total
  3. Health3 grants $16,0009% of the total
  4. Arts and culture3 grants $7,0004% of the total
  5. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $5,5003% of the total
  6. Mental health1 grant $5,0003% of the total
  7. 3 other causes6 grants $8,2505% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York39 grants $291,500
  2. Vermont3 grants $6,500
  3. New Hampshire2 grants $5,000
  4. North Carolina1 grant $3,000
  5. California1 grant $2,000
  6. Colorado1 grant $1,000
  7. Massachusetts1 grant $1,000
  8. New Jersey1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

The return

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