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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 22-2989388

The Rme Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Buffalo, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 12 grants and $787,733 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Aug 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 2024

    $787,733

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $0
  • Tax year 2023

    $150,250

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $788,776
  • Tax year 2022

    $149,000

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $780,953
  • Tax year 2021

    $85,125

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $824,689
  • Tax year 2020

    $125,525

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,068,807
  • Tax year 2019

    $52,100

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,042,915
  • Tax year 2017

    $9,090

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,032,672

Grants paid in 2024

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc DBA DAFGIVING360San Francisco, CA

    Charitable

    $768,883
  2. Center for Strategic and International StudiesWashington, DC

    Charitable

    $5,000
  3. Westminster Foundation DBA Buffalo Promise NeighborhoodBuffalo, NY

    Charitable

    $5,000
  4. The Martin HouseBuffalo, NY

    Charitable

    $2,500
  5. Hospice Foundation of Wny IncCheektowaga, NY

    Charitable

    $1,500
  6. Nichols SchoolBuffalo, NY

    Charitable

    $1,000
  7. Roswell Park Alliance FoundationBuffalo, NY

    Charitable

    $1,000
  8. Teton Youth and Family ServicesJackson, WY

    Charitable

    $1,000
  9. The Children's Hospital of Buffalo FoundationBuffalo, NY

    Charitable

    $1,000
  10. Feedmore Western New York IncBuffalo, NY

    Charitable

    $500
  11. Maria M Love Convalescent FundBuffalo, NY

    Charitable

    $250
  12. Zoological Society of BuffaloBuffalo, NY

    Charitable

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid1 grant $5,00049% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $2,50024% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $1,00010% of the total
  4. Mental health1 grant $1,00010% of the total
  5. Food and agriculture1 grant $5005% of the total
  6. Human services1 grant $2502% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $768,883
  2. New York9 grants $12,850
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $5,000
  4. Wyoming1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Ann Adam HopkinsPRESIDENT, TREASURER Hours 2Pay $0
  • Lawrence V WhistlerDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Margaret Hopkins WhistlerDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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