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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 82-0713334

Thistlewood Foundation

A private foundation in Lafayette, LA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $357,000 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
Mariusz Smolij
412 Travis Street
Lafayette, LA 70503
[email protected]
Form and materials
A formal process is being established.
Deadlines
There is no pre-determined deadline for submissions.
Restrictions
A formal process is being established.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $357,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $3,713,958

  • Tax year 2024

    $8,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $4,075,757

  • Tax year 2023

    $460,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $3,501,051

  • Tax year 2022

    $150,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,642,311

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $4,124,684

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $3,793,580

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Musical Arts Society of New OrleansNew Orleans, LA

    Gen funding, equipment upgrades

    $150,000
  2. Ul at Lafayette College of the ArtsLafayette, LA

    Funding

    $150,000
  3. Moncus ParkLafayette, LA

    General funding

    $32,000
  4. Society for Louisiana IrisesHouston, TX

    Iris preservation, study

    $15,000
  5. Master Gardeners of LafayetteLafayette, LA

    General funding

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $150,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Louisiana4 grants $342,000
  2. Texas1 grant $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

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

  • Oren SmithDIRECTOR Hours 0.2Pay $0
  • Jim LeonardTREASURER-FO Hours 0.2Pay $0
  • Mariusz SmolijPRESIDENT Hours 0.2Pay $0
  • Ashley MooreTREASURER-CU Hours 0.2Pay $0
  • Dr Gordon H BrooksDIRECTOR Hours 0.2Pay $0
  • Daniel Weilbaecher JrDIRECTOR Hours 0.2Pay $0
  • Virginia A StullerSECRETARY Hours 0.2Pay $0

The return

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