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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 52-2164538

The Carson-Etheridge Foundationinc

A private foundation in Towson, MD. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $53,750 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Hartley Etheridge
1055 W Joppa Rd Unit 402
Towson, MD 21204
(410) 889-0986
Form and materials
In writing with information describing the organization and its charitable operation.
Deadlines
September 30th
Restrictions
Schools, museums, and general charitable purposes

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $53,750

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $875,517

  • Tax year 2024

    $51,250

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $741,743

  • Tax year 2023

    $52,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $734,534

  • Tax year 2022

    $47,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $740,697

  • Tax year 2021

    $50,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $819,226

  • Tax year 2020

    $31,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $771,991

  • Tax year 2019

    $31,750

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $754,105

  • Tax year 2018

    $30,200

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $750,979

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    Elisabeth reamer carson scholarship enhancement

    $20,000
  2. Lynn HouseAlexandria, VA

    General purposes

    $10,000
  3. Walters Art MuseumBaltimore, MD

    Annual giving campaign

    $7,000
  4. Chesapeake Bay FoundationAnnapolis, MD

    General fund

    $3,000
  5. Bryn Mawr SchoolBaltimore, MD

    Annual fund

    $2,500
  6. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (whoi)Woods Hole, MA

    General fund

    $2,500
  7. National Audubon SocietyBaltimore, MD

    General purposes

    $2,250
  8. Irvine Nature CenterOwings Mills, MD

    General fund

    $2,000
  9. Maryland SPCABaltimore, MD

    General purposes

    $1,500
  10. Blakehurst Residents ScholarshipTowson, MD

    General fund

    $1,000
  11. Ocean ConservancyWashington, DC

    General fund

    $1,000
  12. Save Our SoundHyannis, MA

    General fund

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $21,00074% of the total
  2. Environment3 grants $6,00021% of the total
  3. Animals1 grant $1,5005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $20,000
  2. Maryland7 grants $19,250
  3. Virginia1 grant $10,000
  4. Massachusetts2 grants $3,500
  5. District of Columbia1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Hartley C EtheridgePRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Hartley E O'BrienVICE-PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • George O'Brien IIISECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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