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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 45-2280518

Will Barnet Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Sebasco Estates, ME. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 3 grants and $35,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,048,426

  • Tax year 2023

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,075,888

  • Tax year 2022

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,106,118

  • Tax year 2021

    $32,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,158,799

  • Tax year 2020

    $32,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,170,822

  • Tax year 2019

    $39,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,158,673

  • Tax year 2018

    $32,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,208,101

  • Tax year 2017

    $17,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,224,904

Grants paid in 2024

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Smithsonian American Art MuseumWashington, DC

    General operation

    $25,000
  2. Portland Museum of ArtPortland, ME

    General operation

    $5,000
  3. Farnsworth Art MuseumRockland, ME

    General operation

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $5,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. District of Columbia1 grant $25,000
  2. Maine2 grants $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Ona BarnetPRESDIENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Bennet H GrutmanTreasurer Hours 0Pay $0
  • Elysse A PortaVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Will PortaTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Chris CrosmanTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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