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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-6983078

Woodshouse Foundation

A private foundation in Greenwich, CT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 27 grants and $2.2 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $2,212,500

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $4,965,610

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,070,650

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $5,442,283

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,145,173

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $5,664,290

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,419,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $6,833,965

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,320,175

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $6,322,534

Grants paid in 2025

27 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Self Realization FellowshipNew York, NY

    To support the organization's mission.

    $1,000,000
  2. MS Gift Fund (morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc)Indianapolis, IN

    To support the organization's mission.

    $300,000
  3. North Branch SchoolAfton, VA

    To support the organization's mission

    $162,000
  4. Milwaukee Montessori Society IncMilwaukee, WI

    To support the organization's mission

    $100,000
  5. RSF Social FinanceSan Francisco, CA

    To support the organizations mission

    $100,000
  6. Periscope FoundationSaint Paul, MN

    To support the organizations mission

    $60,000
  7. GradalisCitrus Heights, CA

    To support the organizations mission

    $50,000
  8. Library Circle of FriendsPhilmont, NY

    To support the organization's mission

    $50,000
  9. Quincy Institute for Responsible StatecraftWashington, DC

    To support the organization's mission

    $50,000
  10. Real Organic Project IncEast Thetford, VT

    To support the organization's mission

    $50,000
  11. Bruce Museum IncGreenwich, CT

    To support the organization's mission

    $40,000
  12. Fairfield UniversityFairfield, CT

    To support the organizations mission

    $40,000
  13. Greenwich HospitalGreenwich, CT

    To support the organizations mission

    $30,000
  14. Impact Society GlobalNew York, NY

    To support the organization's mission

    $25,000
  15. Law Project for Psychiatric RightsAnchorage, AK

    To support the organizations mission

    $22,000
  16. Grunt Style FoundationSan Antonio, TX

    To support the organizations mission

    $17,000
  17. Chorus of WesterleyWesterly, RI

    To support the organization's mission

    $15,000
  18. Lakota Waldorf SocietyKyle, SD

    To support the organization's mission

    $15,000
  19. Meadowbrook Waldorf SchoolWest Kingston, RI

    To support the organization's mission

    $15,000
  20. Assoc Aavic TeamYzeure, France

    To support the organization's mission

    $12,000
  21. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    To support the organizations mission

    $10,000
  22. Horse of CTWashington, CT

    To support the organizations mission

    $10,000
  23. Restore ChildhoodNew York, NY

    To support the organizations mission

    $10,000
  24. Scientific Alliance for EducationSheffield, MA

    To support the organization's mission.

    $10,000
  25. Anthroposophic Press Inc DBA Steiner BooksHudson, NY

    To support the organization's mission

    $7,500
  26. Christian CommunityNew York, NY

    To support the organization's mission

    $6,000
  27. Threefold Educational FoundationSpring Valley, NY

    To support the organization's mission

    $6,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education5 grants $233,00036% of the total
  2. Social science1 grant $100,00015% of the total
  3. Mental health1 grant $60,0009% of the total
  4. Community development1 grant $50,0008% of the total
  5. Environment1 grant $50,0008% of the total
  6. Arts and culture1 grant $40,0006% of the total
  7. 5 other causes6 grants $114,00018% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York8 grants $1,114,500
  2. Indiana1 grant $300,000
  3. Virginia1 grant $162,000
  4. California2 grants $150,000
  5. Connecticut4 grants $120,000
  6. Wisconsin1 grant $100,000
  7. Minnesota1 grant $60,000
  8. District of Columbia1 grant $50,000
  9. Vermont1 grant $50,000
  10. Rhode Island2 grants $30,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Wende RactliffeTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Gretchen BiggsTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Barton W BiggsTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Thomas FrameINVESTMENT MANAGER Hours 10Pay $0

The return

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