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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-4076038

BSNB Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Ballston Spa, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $21,000 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
James Dodd
PO Box 70
Ballston Spa, NY 12020
(518) 885-6781
Form and materials
No specific form is required to be submitted nor is any specific information is required to be included.
Deadlines
No submission deadlines.
Restrictions
No restrictions or limitations on awards.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $21,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $221,045
  • Tax year 2024

    $18,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $217,367
  • Tax year 2023

    $16,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $221,142
  • Tax year 2022

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $230,428
  • Tax year 2021

    $16,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $245,116
  • Tax year 2020

    $17,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $232,455

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Ballston Spa Central School DistrictBallston Spa, NY

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  2. Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region IncAlbany, NY

    Community support

    $5,000
  3. Ballston Spa Central School DistrictBallston Spa, NY

    Robotics

    $1,000
  4. Burnt Hills - Ballston Lake Central School DistrictBurnt Hills, NY

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  5. Galway Central School DistrictGalway, NY

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  6. Stillwater Central School DistrictStillwater, NY

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  7. Voorheesville Central School DistrictVoorheesville, NY

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  8. Voorheesville Community Foundation IncVoorheesville, NY

    Scholarship

    $500
  9. Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Educational Foundation IncBurnt Hills, NY

    Scholarship

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Housing and shelter1 grant $5,00091% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5009% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York9 grants $21,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Richard SleasmanCHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Hours 1Pay $0
  • Christopher DowdPRESIDENT AND CEO Hours 1Pay $0
  • James DoddEVP AND CFO Hours 1Pay $0
  • James ConroyEVP AND CBO Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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