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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-8152230

The Ptarmigan Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Washington, DC. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 9 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
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $3,794,664

  • Tax year 2023

    $151,400

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $3,397,606

  • Tax year 2022

    $160,100

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $3,002,822

  • Tax year 2021

    $153,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $3,321,215

  • Tax year 2020

    $153,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $3,268,781

  • Tax year 2019

    $161,250

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $3,203,464

  • Tax year 2018

    $164,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,083,643

Grants paid in 2024

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Stanford University Hoover InstitutionStanford, CA

    Philanthripic purposes

    $100,000
  2. American Council of Trustees and AlumniWashington, DC

    Philanthropic purposes

    $10,000
  3. The Hill Museum and Manuscript LibraryCollegeville, MN

    Philanthropic purposes

    $10,000
  4. George Washington's Mount VernonMount Vernon, VA

    Philanthropic purposes

    $10,000
  5. The General Henry Knox MuseumThomaston, ME

    Philanthropic purposes

    $5,000
  6. Mount Desert Festival of Chamber MusicMount Desert, ME

    Philanthropic purposes

    $5,000
  7. George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law SchoolArlington, VA

    Philanthropic purposes

    $5,000
  8. The Jackson LaboratoryBar Harbor, ME

    Philanthropic purposes

    $3,000
  9. The Parish of St Mary and St JudeNortheast Harbor, ME

    Philanthropic purposes

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture4 grants $30,00070% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $10,00023% of the total
  3. Medical research1 grant $3,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $100,000
  2. Virginia2 grants $15,000
  3. Maine3 grants $12,000
  4. District of Columbia1 grant $10,000
  5. Minnesota1 grant $10,000
  6. Massachusetts1 grant $3,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Margaret P HansonDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Cristy WestDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Frederic KelloggDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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