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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 52-7323778

The Niblack Foundation

A private foundation in Westport, CT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $31,000 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

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

    $31,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $37,125
  • Tax year 2024

    $28,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $67,585
  • Tax year 2023

    $28,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $93,101
  • Tax year 2022

    $39,388

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $115,733
  • Tax year 2021

    $77,900

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $158,033
  • Tax year 2020

    $106,300

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $47,466
  • Tax year 2019

    $333,370

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $155,678

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. United Way of Palm BeachPalm Beach, FL

    unrestrictedgrant

    $10,000
  2. Colby Sawyer CollegeNew London, NH

    unrestrictedgrant

    $5,000
  3. First Congregational ChurchOld Lyme, CT

    unrestrictedgrant

    $5,000
  4. High Hopes Therapeutic RidingOld Lyme, CT

    unrestrictedgrant

    $5,000
  5. Crosby Fund For Haitian EdOld Lyme, CT

    unrestrictedgrant

    $3,500
  6. Habitat For HumanityNew London, CT

    unrestrictedgrant

    $2,500
  7. Fund For Park Avenue TreesNew York, NY

    unrestrictedgrant

    $0
  8. National Sept 11 MuseumNew York, NY

    unrestrictedgrant

    $0
  9. Norton Museum of ArtWest Palm BCH, FL

    unrestrictedgrant

    $0
  10. The Salvation ArmyNew London, CT

    unrestrictedgrant

    $0
  11. Covenant HouseNew York, NY

    unrestrictedgrant

    $0
  12. Florence Griswold MuseumOld Lyme, CT

    unrestricted grant

    $0
  13. China InstituteNew York, NY

    unrestrictedgrant

    $0

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $5,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Connecticut7 grants $21,000
  2. Florida2 grants $10,000
  3. New York4 grants $0

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • John F NiblackTrustee Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Heidi G NiblackTrustee Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Elwood B DavisTrustee Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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