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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 16-6515844

Elf Foundation

A private foundation in Buffalo, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $187,000 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
Elf Foundation
PO Box 365
Buffalo, NY 14051
(585) 721-3353
Form and materials
Written request
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $187,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,563,564

  • Tax year 2024

    $157,100

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,356,893

  • Tax year 2023

    $153,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,166,994

  • Tax year 2022

    $150,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,129,554

  • Tax year 2021

    $166,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,025,071

  • Tax year 2020

    $112,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,965,940

  • Tax year 2019

    $123,800

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,743,603

  • Tax year 2018

    $95,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,713,676

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Sisters Hospital FoundationBuffalo, NY

    Central monitoring project for mothers baby unit

    $70,000
  2. Roswell Park Alliance FoundationBuffalo, NY

    Pancreatic cancer research

    $55,000
  3. Hospice Foundation BuffaloBuffalo, NY

    Capital campaign

    $50,000
  4. FF Thompson Foundation IncRochester, NY

    Radiology and oncology department support

    $10,000
  5. Feedmore Wny FoundationBuffalo, NY

    General support

    $1,000
  6. American Heart AssociationDallas, TX

    General purposes

    $1,000

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 $55,00096% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $1,0002% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $1,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York5 grants $186,000
  2. Pennsylvania1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Thomas H FrauenhoferTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Erika L MaritimeTrustee Hours 4Pay $39,890

The return

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