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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 83-1970113

The Robert Black Foundation Trust dated September 212018

A private foundation in Hartford, CT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $24,000 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 person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $24,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $27,963

  • Tax year 2024

    $57,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $51,221

  • Tax year 2023

    $24,010

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $107,931

  • Tax year 2022

    $21,400

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,062

  • Tax year 2021

    $17,485

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,527

  • Tax year 2020

    $24,119

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $3,779

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    Document the musical careers of James Sellars and Robert Black

    $10,000
  2. Bang on a CanBrooklyn, NY

    Summer institute scholarship/Loud Weekend

    $3,000
  3. New Music on the PointLeicester, VT

    Bass scholarship/General support

    $3,000
  4. Millay Arts FoundationAusterlitz, NY

    Support art residencies for composers

    $2,500
  5. Moab Music FestivalMoab, UT

    Commissioning club for new music

    $2,500
  6. Network for New MusicPhiladelphia, PA

    Commissioning composers to write art music oieces

    $1,000
  7. Cuatro PuntosWinsted, CT

    Support musicians in developing countries

    $1,000
  8. Estate of Phil NiblockBrooklyn, NY

    Commission of music composition

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture3 grants $8,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York3 grants $6,500
  2. Vermont1 grant $3,000
  3. Utah1 grant $2,500
  4. Connecticut1 grant $1,000
  5. Pennsylvania1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Gary KnobleTRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $0
  • Elliott FredouelleTRUSTEE Hours 3Pay $0

The return

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