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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-5236735

The Penobscot Fund

A private foundation in Brooklyn, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 3 grants and $150,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $150,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,407,275

  • Tax year 2023

    $150,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,413,416

  • Tax year 2022

    $150,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,513,837

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,576,441

  • Tax year 2020

    $192,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,495,435

  • Tax year 2019

    $146,000

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $1,613,212

  • Tax year 2018

    $110,500

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $1,600,362

Grants paid in 2024

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Center for Reproductive RightsNew York, NY

    General support

    $50,000
  2. Good FoundationNew York, NY

    General support

    $50,000
  3. Share Our Strengthno Kid HungryPhiadelphia, PA

    General support

    $50,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Civil rights1 grant $50,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York2 grants $100,000
  2. Pennsylvania1 grant $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Eugene Bradley MeyerTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Nicholas D MeyerTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jacob B MeyerTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Nathaniel S MeyerTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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