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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 33-1079045

The Cattail Fund

A private foundation in Philadelphia, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $22,500 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

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

    $22,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $254,065
  • Tax year 2024

    $23,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $245,096
  • Tax year 2023

    $22,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $240,952
  • Tax year 2022

    $20,607

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $248,227
  • Tax year 2021

    $16,863

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $253,076
  • Tax year 2020

    $16,704

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $240,067

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. PantheraNew York, NY

    Conserve costa rica's oncillas

    $20,000
  2. Clarke Schools for Hearing and SpeechPhiladelphia, PA

    Education for the deaf

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals1 grant $20,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $20,000
  2. Pennsylvania1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Charles A Fritz IIITrustee Hours 3Pay $0

The return

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