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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 26-0239404

Sand Dollar W Foundation

A private foundation in Newport, RI. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 12 grants and $2.1 million 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

    $2,075,428

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2023

    $135,103

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $304,786

  • Tax year 2022

    $134,315

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $428,484

  • Tax year 2021

    $106,225

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $568,498

  • Tax year 2020

    $98,500

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $692,496

  • Tax year 2019

    $72,465

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $14,208

  • Tax year 2018

    $73,819

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $87,379

Grants paid in 2024

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Schwab Charitable FundLone Tree, CO

    Unrestricted

    $1,105,652
  2. Schwab Charitable FundLone Tree, CO

    Unrestricted

    $933,651
  3. The Fessenden SchoolWest Newton, MA

    Unrestricted

    $20,000
  4. Alexander Twilight AcademyBoston, MA

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  5. Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $3,000
  6. Millbrook SchoolMillbrook, NY

    Unrestricted

    $3,000
  7. Homes for Our TroopsTaunton, MA

    Unrestricted

    $2,500
  8. Roca Kidz ClubManchester, NH

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  9. Skidmore CollegeSaratoga SPGS, NY

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  10. The Island InstituteRockland, ME

    Unrestricted

    $375
  11. Country Club Employee Education FundChestnut Hill, MA

    Unrestricted

    $150
  12. The Lee Albright Scholarship FundBrookline, MA

    Unrestricted

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $2,039,30398% of the total
  2. Education6 grants $29,5251% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $3,000<1% of the total
  4. Housing and shelter1 grant $2,500<1% of the total
  5. Youth development1 grant $1,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado2 grants $2,039,303
  2. Massachusetts5 grants $27,750
  3. New York3 grants $7,000
  4. New Hampshire1 grant $1,000
  5. Maine1 grant $375

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Jeremy WintersteenOFFICER, SECRETARY, DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Laurence WintersteenTREASURER, DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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