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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-0692188

Cape Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Cockeysville, MD. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $263,000 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.

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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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $263,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $269,405

  • Tax year 2024

    $109,750

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $514,604

  • Tax year 2023

    $347,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $600,855

  • Tax year 2022

    $26,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $956,377

  • Tax year 2021

    $207,130

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $1,227,410

  • Tax year 2020

    $242,005

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,303,325

  • Tax year 2019

    $107,900

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,220,011

  • Tax year 2018

    $16,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,246,614

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Echo Hill CampWorton, MD

    Educational

    $35,000
  2. Irvine Nature CenterOwings Mills, MD

    Educational

    $26,000
  3. Baltimore Classical Guitar SocietyLuthvle Timon, MD

    Educational

    $25,000
  4. Radcliffe Creek SchoolChestertown, MD

    Educational

    $25,000
  5. National Music FestivalChestertown, MD

    Educational

    $25,000
  6. Friends School of Baltimore IncBaltimore, MD

    Educational

    $25,000
  7. Five Smooth Stones FoundationBaltimore, MD

    Educational

    $25,000
  8. Green Street AcademyBaltimore, MD

    Educational

    $25,000
  9. Flint River Council BSAGriffin, GA

    Educational

    $25,000
  10. Abilities NetworkTowson, MD

    Educational

    $25,000
  11. Boy Scouts of AmeriaIrving, TX

    Operational

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education4 grants $100,00057% of the total
  2. Environment1 grant $26,00015% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $25,00014% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $25,00014% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maryland9 grants $236,000
  2. Georgia1 grant $25,000
  3. Texas1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Turner B SmithPRESIDENT/TR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Judith R SmithVP / SECRETA Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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