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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 23-7167663

The John Bickford Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 55 grants and $203,500 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
The John Bickford Foundation
55 Walls Drive STE 302
Fairfield, CT 06824
(800) 839-1754
Form and materials
https://online.foundationsource.com/myfs/forms/view?defId=41143
Deadlines
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Restrictions
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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $203,500

    Grants listed
    55
    Assets, end of year
    $3,864,196

  • Tax year 2024

    $188,000

    Grants listed
    52
    Assets, end of year
    $3,755,967

  • Tax year 2023

    $166,500

    Grants listed
    47
    Assets, end of year
    $3,672,966

  • Tax year 2022

    $209,500

    Grants listed
    57
    Assets, end of year
    $2,976,197

  • Tax year 2021

    $204,000

    Grants listed
    54
    Assets, end of year
    $3,411,123

  • Tax year 2020

    $164,000

    Grants listed
    50
    Assets, end of year
    $3,753,906

  • Tax year 2019

    $189,500

    Grants listed
    58
    Assets, end of year
    $4,006,849

  • Tax year 2018

    $199,190

    Grants listed
    59
    Assets, end of year
    $3,818,854

Grants paid in 2025

55 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Morris Museum IncMorristown, NJ

    For the Bickford Theater

    $15,000
  2. Art in the Atrium IncMorristown, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  3. Feminist Health Center ofGreenland, NH

    General & Unrestricted

    $7,500
  4. St Johns Episcopal ChurchPortsmouth, NH

    general fund and special music fund

    $7,000
  5. Mettawee Theatre Co IncSalem, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $6,000
  6. Alma Backyard FarmLos Angeles, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  7. Chapin SchoolPrinceton, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  8. Children on the Green IncMorristown, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  9. Cornerstone Family ProgramsMorristown, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  10. Court Appointed Special Advocates of Morris and SuCedar Knolls, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  11. Great Works Regional Land TrustSouth Berwick, ME

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  12. Homeless Solutions IncCedar Knolls, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  13. Interfaith Food Pantry IncMorris Plains, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  14. Morristown and Morris Township Library FoundationMorristown, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  15. New Hampshire Humanities Council IncConcord, NH

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  16. Newbridge Services IncPompton Plains, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  17. Princeton Nursery School IncPrinceton, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  18. Reproductive Freedom for All FoundationWashington, DC

    Southern California region fund

    $5,000
  19. Signature Theatre IncArlington, VA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  20. The Center at 353 IncPrinceton, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  21. Two State Young Mens Christian AssociationBecket, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  22. United Board for Christian Higher Education in AsiNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  23. Wilbury Theatre GroupProvidence, RI

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  24. LA County Library FoundationDowney, CA

    Books Unbanned

    $4,000
  25. Arts Council of the Morris AreaCedar Knolls, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  26. Corporation of Haverford CollegeHaverford, PA

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  27. Family Promise IncSummit, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  28. Homefront IncLawrenceville, NJ

    grocery store and diaper drive fund

    $3,000
  29. Jenkintown Food Cupboard IncJenkintown, PA

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  30. Mazzoni CenterPhiladelphia, PA

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  31. Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, NH

    for International Students especially from Southeast Asia Scholarship Fund

    $3,000
  32. Tilton SchoolTilton, NH

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  33. Tookany-Tacony-Frankford Watershed PartnershipPhiladelphia, PA

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  34. Jersey Battered Womens ServiceMorristown, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  35. Planned Parenthood Affiliates of New Jersey IncMorristown, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  36. Players Ring CompanyPortsmouth, NH

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  37. The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey IncFlorham Park, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  38. Franklin & Marshall CollegeLancaster, PA

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  39. Friends of Foundation Academy IncTrenton, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  40. Good Grief IncMorristown, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  41. Peddie SchoolHightstown, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  42. Seacoast Village ProjectPortsmouth, NH

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  43. The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms IncMorris Plains, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  44. Trustees of Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  45. Washington Drama Society IncWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  46. Strawbery Banke MuseumPortsmouth, NH

    The Boatshop at Strawberry Banke

    $1,500
  47. Strawbery Banke MuseumPortsmouth, NH

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,500
  48. City of PortsmouthPortsmouth, NH

    Portsmouth Public Library

    $1,000
  49. Friends of Big Bear ValleyFawnskin, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  50. Friends of Burma IncFort Wayne, IN

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  51. Gundalow CompanyPortsmouth, NH

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  52. Literacy Volunteers of Morris County IncMorristown, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  53. Market Street Mission IncMorristown, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  54. Phillips Exeter AcademyExeter, NH

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  55. Washington UniversitySt Louis, MO

    School of Medicine Class of 1986 Scholarship Fund

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture10 grants $51,00036% of the total
  2. Education15 grants $40,00028% of the total
  3. Human services5 grants $19,50014% of the total
  4. Food and agriculture3 grants $13,0009% of the total
  5. Environment2 grants $8,0006% of the total
  6. Mental health2 grants $7,0005% of the total
  7. 3 other causes3 grants $5,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Jersey24 grants $101,500
  2. New Hampshire12 grants $36,000
  3. Pennsylvania5 grants $14,000
  4. New York2 grants $11,000
  5. California3 grants $10,000
  6. District of Columbia2 grants $7,000
  7. Massachusetts2 grants $7,000
  8. Maine1 grant $5,000
  9. Rhode Island1 grant $5,000
  10. Virginia1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

10 people as filed

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

  • Alexandra L BensonTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Andrew V BickfordTreas, Trustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Benjamin Gray BickfordTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Charles G BickfordDir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Tatyana L BickfordTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Tobias G BickfordTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Wilson M ComptonDir, Sec Hours 1Pay $0
  • Diane KahnTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Annie Howe NovakTrustee, VP Hours 1Pay $0
  • Catherine WalshPres, Dir Hours 1Pay $0

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