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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 52-6905278

The High Rock Foundation Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Cockeysville, MD. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $50,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Mar 31, 2026), 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

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

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,004,123
  • Tax year 2024

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,207,740
  • Tax year 2023

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,010,504
  • Tax year 2022

    $110,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,287,058
  • Tax year 2021

    $86,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,125,098
  • Tax year 2020

    $150,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,209,638

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. GBMC FoundationBaltimore, MD

    Children's emergency waiting room

    $20,000
  2. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  3. St Joseph's Indian SchoolChamberlain, SD

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  4. Veteran's Independence ProjectWestminster, MD

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  5. Tourette Association of AmericaBayside, NY

    Unrestricted

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health2 grants $25,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maryland3 grants $35,000
  2. South Dakota1 grant $10,000
  3. New York1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • J Duncan SmithTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Daniel KeithTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Dyson P EhrhardtTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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