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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-6200200

Axe-Houghton Foundation

A private foundation in Fairfield, CT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 50 grants and $425,230 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Feb 28, 2026), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $425,230

    Grants listed
    50
    Assets, end of year
    $8,228,926

  • Tax year 2024

    $410,000

    Grants listed
    50
    Assets, end of year
    $8,026,548

  • Tax year 2023

    $418,000

    Grants listed
    59
    Assets, end of year
    $7,772,950

  • Tax year 2022

    $397,500

    Grants listed
    57
    Assets, end of year
    $6,885,729

  • Tax year 2021

    $402,500

    Grants listed
    61
    Assets, end of year
    $7,066,172

  • Tax year 2020

    $361,000

    Grants listed
    60
    Assets, end of year
    $6,519,279

  • Tax year 2019

    $327,121

    Grants listed
    61
    Assets, end of year
    $6,289,854

  • Tax year 2018

    $328,500

    Grants listed
    63
    Assets, end of year
    $6,175,736

Grants paid in 2025

50 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. De La Salle AcademyNew York, NY

    Axe-Houghton Speech and Debate Program

    $14,000
  2. Justice Resource CenterNew York, NY

    Oral Debate - We The People

    $13,000
  3. Justice Resource CenterNew York, NY

    The Constitution Works

    $13,000
  4. Stuttering Association for the Young IncNew York, NY

    Confident Voices

    $12,000
  5. New York City Urban Debate League IncNew York, NY

    New York City Urban Debate League Tournament #5

    $11,000
  6. CSC Repertory LTDNew York, NY

    The Emporium a play by Thornton Wilder

    $10,000
  7. Red Bull Theater IncNew York, NY

    Red Bull Theater's 2025/26 Revelation Reading Series and Short New Play Festival

    $10,000
  8. Symphony Space IncNew York, NY

    Selected Shorts

    $10,000
  9. Epic Theatre Center IncAstoria, NY

    Epic's Beyond-School REMIX at 5 Sites

    $9,500
  10. Girl Be Heard InstituteBrooklyn, NY

    Girl Empowerment Weekend Workshops

    $9,500
  11. Irish Repertory Theatre Company IncNew York, NY

    2026 North American Premiere of ULSTER AMERICAN

    $9,500
  12. National Asian-American Theatre CompanyNew York, NY

    New Work Reading Series

    $9,500
  13. Mint Theater Company IncNew York, NY

    CROOKED CROSS by Sally Carson

    $9,000
  14. National Black Theatre Workshop IncorporatedNew York, NY

    Soul Series Liberating Artistic Bravery (LAB) Residency Program & Public Presentation of The Festival In Da Back

    $9,000
  15. New York Theatre Workshop IncNew York, NY

    New York Theatre Workshop's 2025/26 Education and Community Engagement Initiatives

    $9,000
  16. Pregones Puerto Rican Traveling Theater IncBronx, NY

    To support the remounting of THE WEDDING MARCH

    $9,000
  17. Urban Word NYC IncNew York, NY

    Poetry and Spoken Word Workshops and Fellowships

    $9,000
  18. Asian American Writers Workshop IncNew York, NY

    AAWW Open Mic Series

    $8,500
  19. Clubbed Thumb IncNew York, NY

    Summerworks 2026

    $8,500
  20. La Mama Experimental Theatre Club IncNew York, NY

    Poetry Electric

    $8,500
  21. Manhattan Class Company IncNew York, NY

    MCC Theater's Classroom Partnerships fund

    $8,500
  22. Movement Theatre Company IncNew York, NY

    TAMAGO Staged Design Workshop

    $8,500
  23. New York Classical Theatre IncNew York, NY

    27th Season Free Shakespeare in the Parks: "Julius Caesar"

    $8,500
  24. Poets House IncNew York, NY

    Poets House Youth Center and youth programs

    $8,500
  25. Rattlestick Productions IncNew York, NY

    Indian Princesses by Eliana Theologides Rodriguez

    $8,500
  26. Theatre for A New Audience IncNew York, NY

    Theatre for a New Audience's 2025-2026 Arts in Education Programs

    $8,500
  27. Foundation for City CollegeNew York, NY

    The Poetry Outreach Center at The City College of New York

    $8,000
  28. Irondale Productions IncBrooklyn, NY

    Collisions Fund

    $8,000
  29. Latinx Playwrights Circle IncMiddletown, NY

    Intensive Mentorship Program

    $8,000
  30. Play Production Company IncNew York, NY

    to support "The Horse of Jenin'Dear Laila'

    $8,000
  31. Soho Repertory Theatre IncNew York, NY

    Production Support and Audience Outreach Efforts for WATCH ME WALK by Anne Gridley

    $8,000
  32. Theater Breaking Through Barriers CorpNew York, NY

    Transcendency Rising: Six Short Plays about Defying Limitations

    $8,000
  33. Waterwell Productions IncNew York, NY

    The Liability production fund

    $8,000
  34. Working Theatre Co IncBrooklyn, NY

    TheaterWorks! Adult Education Program

    $8,000
  35. Bushwick StarrBrooklyn, NY

    2025-26 Artistic Development Activities

    $7,500
  36. Classical Theatre of HarlemNew York, NY

    Classical Theatre of Harlem Literary Series

    $7,500
  37. Hunts Point Alliance for ChildrenBronx, NY

    Shakespeare Children's Ensemble

    $7,500
  38. The Civilians IncBrooklyn, NY

    The Civilians' 2025-26 R&D Groups

    $7,500
  39. Vineyard Theatre and Workshop Center IncNew York, NY

    Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :|| by Eisa Davis

    $7,500
  40. English Speaking Union of the United StatesNew York, NY

    ESU NYDL Summer Institute Program

    $7,000
  41. Ensemble Studio Theatre IncNew York, NY

    EST / Youngblood 2025-2026

    $7,000
  42. Group 1 Acting CompanyNew York, NY

    2026 Learning Through Theater programs

    $7,000
  43. Opening Act IncBrooklyn, NY

    Opening Act Theater Programs

    $7,000
  44. Page Seventy Three Productions IncBrooklyn, NY

    Page 73 Writers Group

    $7,000
  45. Theatre of the Emerging American MomentBrooklyn, NY

    Petri Projects FY26

    $7,000
  46. Brooklyn Debate League IncBrooklyn, NY

    to support debaters at New York State Championship Tournament Event

    $6,230
  47. Community-Word Project IncNew York, NY

    Collaborative Arts Residencies (CAR)

    $6,000
  48. The Tank LTDNew York, NY

    What a World! What a World!

    $6,000
  49. Colt Coeur Theater Company IncBrooklyn, NY

    Colt Coeur's Arts Education Programs

    $5,500
  50. New York Stage and Film Company IncNew York, NY

    NYC developmental programming

    $5,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture31 grants $252,00072% of the total
  2. Education8 grants $80,23023% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $8,0002% of the total
  4. Youth development1 grant $7,5002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York50 grants $425,230

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Lynn F AngelsonDir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Bruce D HaimsDir, Treas, Sec Hours 1Pay $0
  • Katrina E McCannDir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Warner ShookDir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jeffrey SteinmanDir, Pres Hours 1Pay $0

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