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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 82-0888274

GKV Charitable Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Lenox, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $231,480 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
GKV Charitable Foundation
399 Under Mountain Road
Lenox, MA 01240
(518) 218-0187
Form and materials
See information on website gfvfdn.org
Deadlines
See information on website gkvfdn.org
Restrictions
See information on website gkvfdn.org

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $231,480

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $688,106

  • Tax year 2024

    $224,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $862,304

  • Tax year 2023

    $567,239

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,120,970

  • Tax year 2022

    $350,600

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,818,791

  • Tax year 2021

    $189,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,078,038

  • Tax year 2020

    $324,500

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $2,127,443

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Homefarm at Undermountain IncLenox, MA

    General charitable needs

    $189,165
  2. Shakespeare & Company IncLenox, MA

    General charitable needs

    $15,565
  3. Sterling & Francine Clark Art InstituteWilliamstown, MA

    General charitable needs

    $5,000
  4. Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge IncStockbridge, MA

    General charitable needs

    $5,000
  5. Community Acess to the ArtsGreat Barrington, MA

    General charitable needs

    $5,000
  6. Edith Wharton Restoration-The MountLenox, MA

    Spring 2024 gala

    $5,000
  7. Volunteers in Medicine BerkshiresGT Barrington, MA

    General charitable needs

    $5,000
  8. Authors Guild Foundation IncNew York, NY

    General charitable needs

    $1,750

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals1 grant $189,16588% of the total
  2. Arts and culture2 grants $20,56510% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $5,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts7 grants $229,730
  2. New York1 grant $1,750

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Gary KniselyPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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