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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-1962720

Sound Foundation Inc

A private foundation in West Tisbury, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $61,288 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.

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

    $61,288

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $783,291

  • Tax year 2024

    $127,179

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $767,436

  • Tax year 2023

    $100,390

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $907,452

  • Tax year 2022

    $101,797

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $856,904

  • Tax year 2021

    $84,550

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $911,911

  • Tax year 2020

    $82,693

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $847,361

  • Tax year 2019

    $82,390

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $894,478

  • Tax year 2018

    $88,973

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $908,530

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Oak Bluffs Elementary SchoolVineyard Haven, MA

    Education

    $26,137
  2. Martha's Vineyard Regional High SchoolOak Bluffs, MA

    Education

    $21,091
  3. Island Autism GroupWest Tisbury, MA

    Charity

    $9,000
  4. West Tisbury LibraryWest Tisbury, MA

    Charity

    $3,700
  5. Island Children's SchoolWest Tisbury, MA

    Education

    $1,360

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $9,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts5 grants $61,288

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Scarlet S JohnsonPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Julie SaundersTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Dana NachbarCLERK Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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