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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-1936322

The Tapping Solution Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Brookfield, CT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $42,575 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

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

    $42,575

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $27,592
  • Tax year 2024

    $36,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $50,049
  • Tax year 2023

    $42,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $74,521

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Soul Medicine InstituteFulton, CA

    General fund

    $20,000
  2. Guatemalan Relief Assistance for Childrens Educational ServicesSalisbury, NC

    General fund

    $10,000
  3. Choose Love MovementNewtown, CT

    General fund

    $10,000
  4. Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation IncNewtown, CT

    General fund

    $2,575

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $2,575100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $20,000
  2. Connecticut2 grants $12,575
  3. North Carolina1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Nicholas OrtnerPRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
  • Kevin GianniDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Nick PolizziDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Martin OrtnerCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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