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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-1459358

Washakie Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 39 grants and $457,500 paid in grants.

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

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

    $457,500

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $6,944,338
  • Tax year 2024

    $367,000

    Grants listed
    58
    Assets, end of year
    $6,215,005
  • Tax year 2023

    $354,150

    Grants listed
    49
    Assets, end of year
    $6,278,107
  • Tax year 2022

    $434,000

    Grants listed
    51
    Assets, end of year
    $5,740,916
  • Tax year 2021

    $339,500

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $5,954,759
  • Tax year 2020

    $338,000

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $6,173,362
  • Tax year 2019

    $322,500

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $6,212,893
  • Tax year 2018

    $306,500

    Grants listed
    43
    Assets, end of year
    $6,292,781

Grants paid in 2025

39 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Community Roots School Food Services AgencyGrass Valley, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $100,000
  2. Nevada City Community Broadcast GroupNevada City, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $50,000
  3. Sierra Streams InstituteNevada City, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $39,000
  4. Point Blue Conservation SciencePetaluma, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $36,000
  5. Nevada City Community Broadcast GroupNevada City, CA

    Bridge Street Project debt fund

    $25,000
  6. Nevada Theatre CommissionNevada City, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  7. Boys & Girls Clubs of Central WyomingCasper, WY

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  8. Boys and Girls Club of Cheyenne Wyoming IncCheyenne, WY

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  9. Casper Family YMCACasper, WY

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  10. Committee to Protect Journalists IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  11. Electronic Frontier Foundation IncSan Francisco, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  12. Individual

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  13. National Outdoor Leadership SchoolLander, WY

    To help students needing financial assistance to join in the NOLS Program

    $10,000
  14. Natural Resources Defense Council IncNew York, NY

    For projects in the Intercontinental United States and West of the Mississippi

    $10,000
  15. Angel Flight West IncSanta Monica, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  16. California Planned Parenthood Education Fund IncorSacramento, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  17. EarthjusticeSan Francisco, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  18. Freedom of the Press FoundationBrooklyn, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  19. Indiana University FoundationIndianapolis, IN

    Rare Book and Manuscript department of the Lilly Library, especially letters, diaries or other items from the Old West

    $5,000
  20. Innocence Project IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  21. League to Save Lake TahoeS Lake Tahoe, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  22. National Public Radio IncWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  23. Quivira Coalition IncSanta Fe, NM

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  24. Work to Ride IncPhiladelphia, PA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  25. American Battlefield TRWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  26. Bowery Residents Committee IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  27. Capitol Hill Community ServicesEnglewood, CO

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  28. Democracy Now Productions IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  29. Denver Rescue MissionDenver, CO

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  30. Folds of Honor FoundationTulsa, OK

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  31. High Country NewsPaonia, CO

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  32. Human Rights Watch IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  33. Land Preservation Trust IncCockeysville, MD

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  34. Nature BridgeSausalito, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  35. Riverton MuseumRiverton, WY

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  36. Soul Fire Farm Institute IncPetersburg, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  37. The Museum of the American WestLander, WY

    Lander Museum

    $2,500
  38. Woodside-Portola Valley Fire FoundationPortola Valley, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  39. WWP Inc - Wounded Warrior Project IncTopeka, KS

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture6 grants $110,00039% of the total
  2. Environment7 grants $74,00026% of the total
  3. Animals1 grant $36,00013% of the total
  4. Human services5 grants $30,00011% of the total
  5. Civil rights1 grant $10,0004% of the total
  6. Food and agriculture2 grants $5,0002% of the total
  7. 4 other causes4 grants $15,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California13 grants $310,000
  2. Wyoming6 grants $60,000
  3. New York8 grants $40,000
  4. Colorado3 grants $7,500
  5. Maryland2 grants $7,500
  6. Indiana1 grant $5,000
  7. New Mexico1 grant $5,000
  8. Pennsylvania1 grant $5,000
  9. Kansas1 grant $2,500
  10. Oklahoma1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Stephen WeeksCo- Pres, Dir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Tacy Weeks HahnDir, Sec, Co- Pres Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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