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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 52-1933579

The Henry Sears Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Chestertown, MD. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $78,000 paid in grants.

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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

    $78,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,092,321

  • Tax year 2024

    $123,500

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $1,142,888

  • Tax year 2023

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,245,514

  • Tax year 2022

    $89,060

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,306,973

  • Tax year 2021

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,403,888

  • Tax year 2020

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $961,478

  • Tax year 2019

    $68,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $984,165

  • Tax year 2018

    $124,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $987,449

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. National Music FestivalChestertown, MD

    Arts - operations

    $50,000
  2. Radcliffe Creek SchoolChestertown, MD

    Educational

    $10,000
  3. North Haven Conservation PartnersNorth Haven, ME

    Conservation

    $5,000
  4. Good Neighbor FundChestertown, MD

    Charitable

    $5,000
  5. Sultana Education FoundationChestertown, MD

    Educational

    $1,500
  6. WetaWashington, DC

    Educational

    $1,000
  7. Chesapeake Bay FoundationBaltimore, MD

    Educational

    $1,000
  8. North Haven LibraryNorth Haven, ME

    Educational

    $1,000
  9. Animal Care Shelter for Kent CountyChestertown, MD

    Charitable

    $1,000
  10. Michael J Fox Foundation for ParkinHagerstown, MD

    Research health

    $1,000
  11. Alzheimers AssociationChicago, IL

    Research health

    $1,000
  12. North Haven Baptist ChurchNorth Haven, ME

    Religious

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $10,00057% of the total
  2. Environment1 grant $5,00029% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $1,5009% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $1,0006% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maryland7 grants $69,500
  2. Maine3 grants $6,500
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $1,000
  4. Illinois1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Dr Henry F SearsPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • James A JudgeDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Turner B SmithDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sandra SearsDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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