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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 16-1595352

Julia M Cullen Foundation

A private foundation in Buffalo, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $91,550 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
Anne Sullivan Polino
103 Larchmont Road
Buffalo, NY 14214
(716) 860-1937
Form and materials
Letter describing purpose of grant
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
The primary purpose is education

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $91,550

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,112,180

  • Tax year 2024

    $81,250

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,896,480

  • Tax year 2023

    $80,600

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,715,971

  • Tax year 2022

    $78,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,650,930

  • Tax year 2021

    $68,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,688,130

  • Tax year 2020

    $72,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,469,224

  • Tax year 2019

    $74,100

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,536,980

  • Tax year 2018

    $75,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,352,807

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Canisius High SchoolBuffalo, NY

    Scholarship

    $20,300
  2. Mt Mercy AcademyBuffalo, NY

    Scholarship

    $20,000
  3. Bison Childrens Scholarship FundBuffalo, NY

    Scholarship

    $15,000
  4. Our Lady of Victory SchoolLackawanna, NY

    General contribution

    $8,000
  5. St Joseph University Parish SchoolBuffalo, NY

    Educational purposes

    $8,000
  6. Harvest HouseBuffalo, NY

    General contribution

    $5,000
  7. McQauid JesuitRochester, NY

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  8. St Joseph University Parish - Ub Campus MinistryBuffalo, NY

    Campus ministry

    $3,500
  9. BcatBuffalo, NY

    Request for donation/education

    $2,500
  10. St Benedict'sAmherst, NY

    Request for donation/education

    $2,500
  11. SummitGetzville, NY

    Request for donation/education

    $1,750

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 $15,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York11 grants $91,550

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Anne Sullivan PolinoTRUSTEE Hours 1.5Pay $0
  • Jane M O' SullivanTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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