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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-6390199

The GDL Foundation

A private foundation in Westport, CT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $85,000 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

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 2025

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,231,974

  • Tax year 2024

    $86,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,287,398

  • Tax year 2023

    $104,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,368,359

  • Tax year 2022

    $82,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,629,540

  • Tax year 2021

    $138,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,728,179

  • Tax year 2020

    $76,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,644,937

  • Tax year 2019

    $16,750

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,597,994

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Northfield Mount Herman SchoolGill, MA

    Unrestricted Grant

    $22,500
  2. Trustees of Tufts CollegeMedford, MA

    UnrestrictedGrant

    $20,000
  3. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    UnrestrictedGrant

    $10,000
  4. Grand Teton National Park FdnJackson, WY

    UnrestictedGrant

    $10,000
  5. Jackson Hole Land TrustJackson, WY

    UnrestrictedGrant

    $10,000
  6. Adam J Lewis AcademyBridgeport, CT

    UnrestrictedGrant

    $5,000
  7. Cornell Lab of OrnithologyIthaca, NY

    UnrestictedGrant

    $2,500
  8. Appalachian Mountain ClubCharlestown, MA

    UnrestictedGrant

    $2,500
  9. University of Illinois FdtnUrbana, IL

    UnrestrictedGrant

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $35,00074% of the total
  2. Environment2 grants $12,50026% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts3 grants $45,000
  2. Wyoming2 grants $20,000
  3. New York2 grants $12,500
  4. Connecticut1 grant $5,000
  5. Illinois1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Gerald D LaubachTrustee Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Stephen E LaubachTrustee Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Ann M LaubachTrustee Hours 1.25Pay $24,000
  • Elwood B DavisTrustee Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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