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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 16-6042842

Otto A Shults Foundation

A private foundation in Buffalo, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $46,781 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $46,781

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $892,662

  • Tax year 2024

    $43,814

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $853,989

  • Tax year 2023

    $46,894

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $850,762

  • Tax year 2022

    $53,883

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $885,147

  • Tax year 2021

    $48,656

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $918,805

  • Tax year 2020

    $47,754

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $886,377

  • Tax year 2019

    $49,797

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $924,986

  • Tax year 2018

    $49,797

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $961,657

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Nazareth UniversityRochester, NY

    General support

    $11,696
  2. St Bernards Sch Theology & MinistryRochester, NY

    General support

    $9,356
  3. St John Fisher CollegeRochester, NY

    General support

    $9,356
  4. The University of RochesterRochester, NY

    General support

    $2,339
  5. Aquinas Institute of RochesterRochester, NY

    General support

    $2,339
  6. Office of Social MinistryRochester, NY

    General support

    $2,339
  7. St Josephs ChurchWayland, NY

    General support

    $2,339
  8. McQuaid Jesuit High SchoolRochester, NY

    General support

    $2,339
  9. St Thomas More ChurchRochester, NY

    General support

    $2,339
  10. United Way of Greater RochesterRochester, NY

    General support

    $2,339

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education4 grants $25,730100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York10 grants $46,781

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • M T Trust CompanyTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $16,717

The return

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