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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-2545470

Brooks Point Foundation

A private foundation in Pennington, NJ. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 16 grants and $104,100 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

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

    $104,100

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $1,988,595
  • Tax year 2024

    $79,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,948,217
  • Tax year 2023

    $104,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,937,489
  • Tax year 2022

    $154,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,994,793
  • Tax year 2021

    $133,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,123,567
  • Tax year 2020

    $155,750

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,063,403
  • Tax year 2019

    $200,250

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $2,123,688
  • Tax year 2018

    $46,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,239,343

Grants paid in 2025

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. National Conservatory of Dramatic ArtsWashington, DC

    Unrestricted general

    $23,000
  2. Fishers Island Community CenterFishers Isle, NY

    Unrestricted general

    $15,000
  3. Michael J Fox FDN Parkinson's ResearchNew York, NY

    Unrestricted general

    $10,000
  4. Island Health Project IncFishers Isle, NY

    Unrestricted general

    $7,100
  5. Island People's ProjectFishers Isle, NY

    Unrestricted general

    $5,000
  6. Fishers Island Recreational PATH FDNFishers Island, NY

    Unrestricted general

    $5,000
  7. Fishers Island Library AssociationFishers Isle, NY

    Unrestricted general

    $5,000
  8. MacdowellPeterborough, NH

    Unrestricted general

    $5,000
  9. Teens to TrailsBrunswick, ME

    Unrestricted general

    $5,000
  10. Community Shares of WisconsinMadison, WI

    Unrestricted general

    $4,000
  11. Reap Food GroupMadison, WI

    Unrestricted general

    $4,000
  12. Lawrence Arts Center IncLawrence, KS

    Unrestricted general

    $4,000
  13. Literacy Network IncMadison, WI

    Unrestricted general

    $4,000
  14. B&C Equine RescueCarbondale, KS

    Unrestricted general

    $3,500
  15. KS Assn for Conservation & Envir'l EducManhattan, KS

    Unrestricted general

    $3,500
  16. Historical Society of NewburghNewburgh, NY

    Unrestricted general

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $27,00038% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $15,00021% of the total
  3. Education2 grants $9,00013% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $7,10010% of the total
  5. Youth development1 grant $5,0007% of the total
  6. Food and agriculture1 grant $4,0006% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $3,5005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York7 grants $48,100
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $23,000
  3. Wisconsin3 grants $12,000
  4. Kansas3 grants $11,000
  5. Maine1 grant $5,000
  6. New Hampshire1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Andrew M BenkardCO-TRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Margaret M B ChavesCO-TRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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