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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 31-1730429

The Ware Bluegrass Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Naples, FL. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 7 grants and $162,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 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

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $162,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,406,526

  • Tax year 2023

    $155,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,312,689

  • Tax year 2022

    $155,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,125,630

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,247,414

  • Tax year 2020

    $110,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,043,882

Grants paid in 2024

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Florida Lions Eye ClinicBonita SPGS, FL

    Project/program support

    $40,000
  2. Lee Memorial Health System Golisano Children's Hospital of SW FLFort Myers, FL

    Project/program support

    $37,000
  3. Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, NC

    Project/program support

    $25,000
  4. Um Bascom Palmer Eye InstituteMiami, FL

    Project/program support

    $20,000
  5. University of Pikeville for Kentucky College of OptometryPikeville, KY

    Project/program support

    $20,000
  6. Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually ImpairedCincinnati, OH

    Project/program support

    $10,000
  7. Lighthouse of Collier IncNaples, FL

    General operating support

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $40,00067% of the total
  2. Human services2 grants $20,00033% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida4 grants $107,000
  2. North Carolina1 grant $25,000
  3. Kentucky1 grant $20,000
  4. Ohio1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

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

  • Carl E WestmanCHAIRMAN Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Amy LaneDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Amy RohdeDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Stephanie L CarmanDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Howard FriedmanDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Jessica Kovarik MDDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Dr John G ClarksonDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Paul E PattonDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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