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Form 990-PFTax year 2022EIN 14-2008091

SVF Foundation

A private foundation in Newport, RI. Its return for tax year 2022 lists 4 grants and $13.5 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2022 (period ending Dec 31, 2022), 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 2022

    $13,452,911

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $14,147,364

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $8,600,524

  • Tax year 2019

    $2,500

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $9,905,340

  • Tax year 2018

    $2,500

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $9,917,237

Grants paid in 2022

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Hamilton Family Charitable TrustWayne, PA

    The foundation was started by dorrance hamilton. The balance in the reserve account was donated back to the hamilton family organization with certain restrictions.

    $8,952,911
  2. Cummings School Veterinary Medicine at Tufts UniversityGrafton, MA

    SVF worked with tufts for the majority of the foundation life. Donation will be used to establish the dorrance h. Hamilton professorship in applied animal reproductive medicine.

    $3,500,000
  3. Newport-Fall River Star Kids Scholarship ProgramMiddletown, RI

    The donation will be used for scholarships to students participatining the star kids program, the mission of which is to provide educational opportunities in the form of tuition assistance to non-public schools, along with a range of educational supports for local high-risk, low-income children who have a parent with a history of incarceration and/or substance abuse.

    $500,000
  4. Smithsonian Conservation Biology InstituteFront Royal, VA

    Will be used to support the position of a program manager for the dorrance hamilton cryo-conservation laboratory at the smithsonian conservation biology institute and its collection of frozen samples from heritage breeds. In addition to growing and leveraging the collection, the program manager will participate in outreach activities that explain the purpose of the biorepository, MRS. Hamilton's legacy, and the value of heritage breeds towards the greater good of supporting sustainable food systems.

    $500,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $8,952,911100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania1 grant $8,952,911
  2. Massachusetts1 grant $3,500,000
  3. Rhode Island1 grant $500,000
  4. Virginia1 grant $500,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Peter M BordenEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $88,203
  • George Saperstein DVMTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $12,000
  • Stephen J Macgillivray EsqTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $6,000
  • Turner C ScottTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $6,000

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