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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 16-6454226

The Grey Blanket Foundation

A private foundation in Buffalo, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $65,000 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
Thomas R Beecher Jr
120 W Tupper St Suite 200
Buffalo, NY 14201
(716) 853-8671
Form and materials
No specific form. Only a brief letter describing the project and the amount requested.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $65,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,039,599

  • Tax year 2024

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $537,443

  • Tax year 2023

    $58,600

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $505,793

  • Tax year 2022

    $48,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $517,044

  • Tax year 2021

    $43,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $539,243

  • Tax year 2020

    $43,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $479,912

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Nardin AcademyBuffalo, NY

    General

    $18,000
  2. The Bison FundBuffalo, NY

    General

    $18,000
  3. Mental Health AdvocatesBuffalo, NY

    General

    $6,000
  4. Roswell Park Alliance FoundationBuffalo, NY

    General

    $6,000
  5. Sisters of St JosephClarence, NY

    General

    $6,000
  6. The Bison FundBuffalo, NY

    Catholic academy of west buffalo

    $6,000
  7. The Salvation ArmyBuffalo, NY

    General

    $5,000

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 $6,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York7 grants $65,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Thomas R Beecher JrTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Luke T JacobsTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lee C WorthamTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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