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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 16-1612933

The Linton Foundation

A private foundation in Buffalo, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 10 grants and $96,625 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 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

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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $96,625

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $556,627
  • Tax year 2023

    $118,925

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $584,434
  • Tax year 2022

    $88,810

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $660,767
  • Tax year 2021

    $88,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $692,804
  • Tax year 2020

    $76,375

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $744,913
  • Tax year 2019

    $76,600

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $792,129

Grants paid in 2024

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Buffalo & Erie County Historical SocietyBuffalo, NY

    Cultural

    $15,000
  2. Buffalo Olmstead Parks ConservancyBuffalo, NY

    Cultural

    $15,000
  3. Roycroft Campus CorpEast Aurora, NY

    Cultural

    $15,000
  4. Baker Memorial Methodist ChurchEast Aurora, NY

    Religious

    $11,000
  5. Boys & Girls Club of East AuroraEast Aurora, NY

    Youth

    $10,000
  6. Buffalo & Erie County Botanical GardensBuffalo, NY

    Cultural

    $10,000
  7. University at Buffalo Foundation IncBuffalo, NY

    Educational

    $10,000
  8. Buffalo Philharmonic OrchestraBuffalo, NY

    Cultural

    $5,000
  9. Town of AuroraEast Aurora, NY

    Cultural

    $4,625
  10. East Aurora Kiwanis FoundationEast Aurora, NY

    Cultural

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Community development1 grant $1,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York10 grants $96,625

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Philip C KadetTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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