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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 81-6177315

M&C Somewhere Foundation

A private foundation in Ripton, VT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $1.4 million 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

    $1,417,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,051,070

  • Tax year 2024

    $870,680

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,715,893

  • Tax year 2023

    $719,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,149,705

  • Tax year 2022

    $655,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,796,602

  • Tax year 2021

    $195,200

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,416,933

  • Tax year 2020

    $106,875

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,560,095

  • Tax year 2019

    $356,600

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,655,837

  • Tax year 2018

    $475,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $2,975,814

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Vermont Community FoundationMiddlebury, VT

    General fund

    $800,000
  2. Middlebury Studio SchoolMiddlebury, VT

    General fund

    $500,000
  3. Fractured AtlasHartsdale, NY

    General fund

    $72,000
  4. The B TeamNew York, NY

    General fund

    $25,000
  5. Karl Stirner Arts TrailEaston, PA

    General fund

    $20,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $800,00061% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $500,00038% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $20,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Vermont2 grants $1,300,000
  2. New York2 grants $97,000
  3. Pennsylvania1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Michael H SeligmannTRUSTEE Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Cynthia W SeligmannTRUSTEE Hours 0.1Pay $0

The return

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