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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 34-1500135

Elisha-Bolton Foundation

A private foundation in Cleveland, OH. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 22 grants and $296,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Accepts applications

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Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Email
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
No grants to individuals

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $296,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $4,068,827

  • Tax year 2023

    $292,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $4,188,800

  • Tax year 2022

    $260,000

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $4,410,311

  • Tax year 2021

    $294,000

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $4,486,024

  • Tax year 2020

    $235,000

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $4,199,053

  • Tax year 2019

    $241,500

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $4,217,935

  • Tax year 2018

    $268,500

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $4,236,354

Grants paid in 2024

22 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Millbrook SchoolMillbrook, NY

    Annual FD & pulling house project

    $65,000
  2. North Bennet Street SchoolBoston, MA

    Carpentry department

    $25,000
  3. Thomas Jefferson FoundationCharlottesvle, VA

    Current operations

    $25,000
  4. Amargosa ConservancyShoshone, CA

    Current projects

    $15,000
  5. Ash Meadows National Wildlife RefugeAmargosa Valley, NV

    Current projects

    $15,000
  6. Death Valley ConservancyPasadena, CA

    Current projects

    $15,000
  7. Death Valley Natural History AssociationDeath Valley, CA

    Current projects

    $15,000
  8. Friends of Red Rock CanyonLas Vegas, NV

    Current operations

    $15,000
  9. Habitat for HumanityAmericus, GA

    Current operations

    $15,000
  10. Las Vegas Rescue MissionLas Vegas, NV

    Current operations

    $15,000
  11. Save Red RockBlue Diamond, NV

    Current projects

    $15,000
  12. Institute of Classical Architecture & ArtsNew York, NY

    Docu-film projects

    $10,000
  13. Yale School of ArchitectureNew Haven, CT

    Scholarship support

    $10,000
  14. American Friends of AttinghamNew York, NY

    Scholarship support for annual summer school

    $5,000
  15. Bishop GadsdenCharleston, SC

    In memory of gilbert p. Schafer JR.

    $5,000
  16. Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, PA

    Various program initiative endowments

    $5,000
  17. Cleveland Clinic-Cole Eye InstituteCleveland, OH

    Macular degeneration research

    $5,000
  18. Dutchess Land ConservancyMillbrook, NY

    Current operations

    $5,000
  19. Lakeview Cemetery FoundationCleveland, OH

    In memory of betsy b schafer & gilbert p. Schafer JR.

    $5,000
  20. University of VirginiaCharlottesvle, VA

    Parents fund

    $5,000
  21. Thomas County Historical SocietyThomasville, GA

    Archives department

    $3,500
  22. Garden ConservancyGreenwich, CT

    Current operations

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $95,00043% of the total
  2. Environment4 grants $37,50017% of the total
  3. Arts and culture3 grants $33,50015% of the total
  4. Animals1 grant $15,0007% of the total
  5. Human services1 grant $15,0007% of the total
  6. Sports and recreation1 grant $15,0007% of the total
  7. 2 other causes2 grants $10,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York5 grants $87,500
  2. Nevada4 grants $60,000
  3. California3 grants $45,000
  4. Virginia2 grants $30,000
  5. Massachusetts1 grant $25,000
  6. Georgia2 grants $18,500
  7. Connecticut1 grant $10,000
  8. Ohio2 grants $10,000
  9. Pennsylvania1 grant $5,000
  10. South Carolina1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Gilbert P Schafer IIICO-PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Julian B SchaferCO-PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kenneth G HochmanTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Steven W FosterSECRETARY/TREASURER Hours 3Pay $0

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