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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-3907541

Bread Loaf Rock Foundation

A private foundation in Rye, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $170,000 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

    $170,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $3,547,386
  • Tax year 2024

    $170,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $3,560,470
  • Tax year 2023

    $142,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $3,543,125
  • 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
  • Tax year 2020

    $265,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,953,803
  • Tax year 2019

    $229,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $3,189,759
  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $3,344,266

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. 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
  2. New York Botanical GardenBronx, NY

    To improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the relationships between plants and people.

    $35,000
  3. Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT

    To improve the world through research, scholarship, education, preservation, and practice.

    $20,000
  4. Rye County Day SchoolRye, NY

    Education.

    $20,000
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Adirondack FoundationLake Placid, NY

    Enhancing the lives of people in the adirondacks through philanthropy.

    $5,000
  8. 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.

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $70,00061% of the total
  2. Environment1 grant $35,00030% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $5,0004% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York7 grants $150,000
  2. Connecticut1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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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