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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 14-6048653

Gouverneur Foundation

A private foundation in Gouverneur, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 33 grants and $94,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Lauren French
133 East Barney Street
Gouverneur, NY 13642
(315) 287-4836
Form and materials
Four page application form prescribed by the foundation attaching transcripts
Deadlines
July 1st for the following fall
Restrictions
Preference given to graduates of gouverneur schools

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $94,500

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $1,965,373

  • Tax year 2023

    $106,765

    Grants listed
    63
    Assets, end of year
    $1,938,972

  • Tax year 2022

    $142,544

    Grants listed
    86
    Assets, end of year
    $1,652,208

  • Tax year 2021

    $141,344

    Grants listed
    86
    Assets, end of year
    $1,716,876

  • Tax year 2020

    $127,532

    Grants listed
    70
    Assets, end of year
    $1,928,288

  • Tax year 2019

    $145,919

    Grants listed
    86
    Assets, end of year
    $1,741,298

  • Tax year 2018

    $110,133

    Grants listed
    64
    Assets, end of year
    $1,898,234

  • Tax year 2017

    $106,150

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $1,931,002

Grants paid in 2024

33 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY

    Education

    $6,000
  2. Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY

    Education

    $6,000
  3. Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY

    Education

    $5,500
  4. Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY

    Education

    $5,000
  5. SUNY PotsdamPotsdam, NY

    Education

    $5,000
  6. SUNY PotsdamPotsdam, NY

    Education

    $5,000
  7. SUNY DelhiDelhi, NY

    Education

    $5,000
  8. SUNY PlattsburghPlattsburgh Ny, NY

    Education

    $5,000
  9. Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY

    Education

    $5,000
  10. Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY

    Education

    $3,000
  11. SUNY CantonCanton, NY

    Education

    $3,000
  12. Elmira CollegeElmira, NY

    Education

    $3,000
  13. Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY

    Education

    $2,500
  14. University of RochesterRochester, NY

    Education

    $2,500
  15. SUNY CortlandCortland, NY

    Education

    $2,500
  16. Franciscan UniversitySteubenville, OH

    Education

    $2,500
  17. SUNY OswegoOswego, NY

    Education

    $2,200
  18. Nazareth UniversityRochester, NY

    Education

    $2,000
  19. Ithaca College (online)Ithaca, NY

    Education

    $2,000
  20. SUNY PotsdamPotsdam, NY

    Education

    $2,000
  21. Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY

    Education

    $2,000
  22. Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY

    Education

    $2,000
  23. Nazareth UniversityRochester, NY

    Education

    $2,000
  24. SUNY BrockportBrockport, NY

    Education

    $2,000
  25. SUNY PlattsburghPlattsburgh Ny, NY

    Education

    $2,000
  26. SUNY CantonCanton, NY

    Education

    $2,000
  27. SUNY CantonCanton, NY

    Education

    $1,600
  28. SUNY CantonCanton, NY

    Education

    $1,500
  29. Daemen UniversityAmherst, NY

    Education

    $1,000
  30. SUNY CortlandCortland, NY

    Education

    $1,000
  31. SUNY BrockportBrockport, NY

    Education

    $1,000
  32. Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA

    Education

    $1,000
  33. SUNY CortlandCortland, NY

    Education

    $700

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education15 grants $48,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York31 grants $91,000
  2. Ohio1 grant $2,500
  3. Massachusetts1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

15 people as filed

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

  • Lauren FrenchPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Martin HassettVICE PRESIDE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Michelle HassettSECRETARY Hours 5Pay $4,000
  • Melissa Besaw WheatonTREASURER Hours 5Pay $8,000
  • Dr Donald SchuesslerDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ted TottenDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jeremy BartholomewMEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jayne CarboneMEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Victoria DayMEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Diane EastonMEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Henry J LeaderMEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Brielle Farley MeryerMEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kimberly PistolesiMEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Clark PorterMEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Gretchen TessmerMEMBER Hours 1Pay $0

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