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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-1388136

South Meadow Foundation

A private foundation in Bennington, VT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $169,000 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.

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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

    $169,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,660,000

  • Tax year 2024

    $170,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,734,495

  • Tax year 2023

    $152,000

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $2,806,377

  • Tax year 2022

    $178,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $2,886,197

  • Tax year 2021

    $175,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $3,026,288

  • Tax year 2020

    $187,200

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $2,891,471

  • Tax year 2019

    $184,200

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $3,037,940

  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $3,138,944

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Germantown Friends SchoolPhiladelphia, PA

    General fund

    $25,000
  2. Rosenwald Park CampaignNew York, NY

    General fund

    $25,000
  3. Southern Vermont Art CenterManchester, VT

    General fund

    $25,000
  4. The Biker HubBennington, VT

    General fund

    $25,000
  5. VyccRichmond, VT

    General fund

    $20,000
  6. CenturionAtlanta, GA

    General fund

    $15,000
  7. Solomon Wright Public LibraryPownal, VT

    General fund

    $10,000
  8. Bennington AcesBennigton, VT

    General fund

    $5,000
  9. RVC Friends of MLKRockville Centre, NY

    General fund

    $5,000
  10. St Jerome InstituteWashington, DC

    General fund

    $5,000
  11. Trustees of Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    General fund

    $5,000
  12. Fund for N BenningtonBennington, VT

    General fund

    $2,000
  13. Park-Mccullough HouseBennington, VT

    General fund

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $40,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Vermont7 grants $89,000
  2. New York3 grants $35,000
  3. Pennsylvania1 grant $25,000
  4. Georgia1 grant $15,000
  5. District of Columbia1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Margaret CardnerTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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