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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-2468781

Williamson Foundation for Music

A private foundation in Pebble Beach, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 48 grants and $136,479 paid in grants.

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

    $136,479

    Grants listed
    48
    Assets, end of year
    $2,057,974
  • Tax year 2024

    $132,213

    Grants listed
    51
    Assets, end of year
    $2,048,278
  • Tax year 2023

    $125,165

    Grants listed
    44
    Assets, end of year
    $2,097,618
  • Tax year 2022

    $116,824

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $2,199,639
  • Tax year 2021

    $112,158

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $2,255,861
  • Tax year 2020

    $68,753

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $2,285,236
  • Tax year 2019

    $127,990

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $2,319,267
  • Tax year 2018

    $118,476

    Grants listed
    37
    Assets, end of year
    $2,230,757

Grants paid in 2025

48 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    To further music education

    $11,556
  2. Festival Cordes Et PicsParis, France

    To further music education

    $7,000
  3. Scottish Fiddlers of CaliforniaCorvallis, OR

    To further music education

    $7,000
  4. Bang on A CanBrooklyn, NY

    To further music education

    $4,500
  5. At the Worlds Edge Music Foundation IncAlbany, NY

    To further music education

    $3,500
  6. Centrum FoundationPort Townsend, WA

    To further music education

    $3,500
  7. Chamber Music EuropeBrussels, Belgium

    To further music education

    $3,500
  8. Domaine ForgetSaint Irene, Canada

    To further music education

    $3,500
  9. EnoneLubljana, France

    To further music education

    $3,500
  10. Festival Des ArcsParis, France

    To further music education

    $3,500
  11. Fontainebleau AssociationsFort Lee, NJ

    To further music education

    $3,500
  12. Generations in Jazz FoundationLafayette, CA

    To further music education

    $3,500
  13. Iceberg New MusicMassapequa, NY

    To further music education

    $3,500
  14. Kinhaven Music School IncMaplewood, NJ

    To further music education

    $3,500
  15. Moon & Stars FoundationBoulder, CO

    To further music education

    $3,500
  16. MusicaltaSaint Mande, France

    To further music education

    $3,500
  17. New Music on the PointLeicester, VT

    To further music education

    $3,500
  18. Next Festival of Emerging Artists IncRaleigh, NC

    To further music education

    $3,500
  19. Palenke ArtsSeaside, CA

    To further music education

    $3,500
  20. Peaks to Plains SuzukiBroomfield, CO

    To further music education

    $3,500
  21. Point CounterpointLeicester, VT

    To further music education

    $3,500
  22. Seattle Youth Symphony OrchestrasSeattle, WA

    To further music education

    $3,500
  23. Youth Music MontereyMonterey, CA

    To further music education

    $3,500
  24. Individual

    To further music education

    $2,248
  25. Individual

    To further music education

    $2,072
  26. Individual

    To further music education

    $2,000
  27. Individual

    To further music education

    $2,000
  28. Individual

    To further music education

    $2,000
  29. Individual

    To further music education

    $2,000
  30. Individual

    To further music education

    $2,000
  31. Individual

    To further music education

    $2,000
  32. Individual

    To further music education

    $2,000
  33. Individual

    To further music education

    $2,000
  34. Individual

    To further music education

    $2,000
  35. Individual

    To further music education

    $2,000
  36. Individual

    To further music education

    $2,000
  37. Individual

    To further music education

    $2,000
  38. Individual

    To further music education

    $1,984
  39. Individual

    To further music education

    $1,965
  40. Individual

    To further music education

    $1,525
  41. Individual

    To further music education

    $1,470
  42. Individual

    To further music education

    $1,100
  43. Individual

    To further music education

    $1,044
  44. Individual

    To further music education

    $720
  45. Individual

    To further music education

    $560
  46. Individual

    To further music education

    $529
  47. Individual

    To further music education

    $466
  48. Individual

    To further music education

    $240

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture12 grants $46,50093% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $3,5007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California4 grants $17,500
  2. New York3 grants $11,500
  3. Colorado2 grants $7,000
  4. New Jersey2 grants $7,000
  5. Vermont2 grants $7,000
  6. Washington2 grants $7,000
  7. North Carolina1 grant $3,500

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Julie HansenPRESIDENT Hours 3Pay $0
  • Wendy BurnhamSECRETARY Hours 3Pay $0
  • Maeve Du ToitTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jeffrey HortonEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $32,500
  • Karen RaizenDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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