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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
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Tax year 2025
$170,000
- Grants listed
- 8
- Assets, end of year
- $3,547,386
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Tax year 2024
$170,500
- Grants listed
- 10
- Assets, end of year
- $3,560,470
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Tax year 2023
$142,500
- Grants listed
- 7
- Assets, end of year
- $3,543,125
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Tax year 2022
$197,000
- Grants listed
- 10
- Assets, end of year
- $3,541,765
-
Tax year 2021
$237,500
- Grants listed
- 12
- Assets, end of year
- $2,717,718
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Tax year 2020
$265,500
- Grants listed
- 9
- Assets, end of year
- $2,953,803
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Tax year 2019
$229,500
- Grants listed
- 6
- Assets, end of year
- $3,189,759
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Tax year 2018
$0
- Grants listed
- 0
- Assets, end of year
- $3,344,266
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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The Wild CenterTupper Lake, NY
To help ignite passion in the adirondacks so that people and nature can thrive together and set an example for the world.
$65,000 -
New York Botanical GardenBronx, NY
To improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the relationships between plants and people.
$35,000 -
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT
To improve the world through research, scholarship, education, preservation, and practice.
$20,000 -
Rye County Day SchoolRye, NY
Education.
$20,000 -
Inner City ScholarshipNew York, NY
To provide financial support for families to give their children a quality, values-based k-12 catholic education within the archdiocese of NY.
$15,000 -
Tupper Arts IncTupper Lake, NY
To promote the efforts and achievements of artists of all ages in tupper lake and the surrounding adirondack park.
$5,000 -
Adirondack FoundationLake Placid, NY
Enhancing the lives of people in the adirondacks through philanthropy.
$5,000 -
Port Chester Carver CenterPort Chester, NY
Port chester carver center helps our community thrive through programs that nourish, educate, and empower
$5,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Arts and culture2 grants $70,00061% of the total
- Environment1 grant $35,00030% of the total
- Human services1 grant $5,0004% of the total
- Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5,0004% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- New York7 grants $150,000
- Connecticut1 grant $20,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- David F ThomasPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
- Karen K ThomasTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
- James N BenedictSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
The return
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