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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 85-2964927

The Philmoney Trust

A private foundation in Providence, RI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 25 grants and $574,000 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

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

    $574,000

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $918,687
  • Tax year 2024

    $622,750

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $941,077
  • Tax year 2023

    $303,500

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $748,080
  • Tax year 2022

    $414,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $519,486
  • Tax year 2021

    $379,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $441,251
  • Tax year 2020

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $176,295

Grants paid in 2025

25 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the UnionMount Vernon, VA

    General support

    $69,500
  2. International Documentary FoundationLos Angeles, CA

    General support

    $65,000
  3. Crossroads Rhode IslandProvidence, RI

    General support

    $60,000
  4. Boys & Girls Club of ProvidenceProvidence, RI

    General support

    $50,000
  5. Society of the Cincinnati IncWashington, DC

    General support

    $47,000
  6. Holt-Elwell Memorial FoundationHebron, NH

    General support

    $40,000
  7. Nature ConservancyArlington, VA

    General support

    $40,000
  8. Rhode Island Historical SocietyProvidence, RI

    General support

    $27,500
  9. Preserve Rhode IslandProvidence, RI

    General support

    $25,000
  10. 1928 FoundationProvidence, RI

    General support

    $20,000
  11. Hope Club Preservation FundProvidence, RI

    General support

    $20,000
  12. Rhode Island Zoological SocietyProvidence, RI

    General support

    $20,000
  13. Fox Point Neighborhood AssocProvidence, RI

    General support

    $10,000
  14. Liberty Baptist ChurchSouth Easton, MA

    General support

    $10,000
  15. Mile of History AssociationProvidence, RI

    General support

    $10,000
  16. Nathaniel Greene HomesteadCoventry, RI

    General support

    $10,000
  17. Newport Historical SocietyNewport, RI

    General support

    $10,000
  18. Providence Public LibraryProvidence, RI

    General support

    $10,000
  19. Clambake Club of NewportMiddletown, RI

    General support

    $5,000
  20. Halcyon FoundationNew York, NY

    General support

    $5,000
  21. Historica CharlestonCharleston, SC

    General support

    $5,000
  22. Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music SchoolE Providence, RI

    General support

    $5,000
  23. Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, RI

    General support

    $5,000
  24. Trinity ChurchYork, ME

    General support

    $2,500
  25. York Harbor Reading Room FoundationYork Harbor, ME

    General support

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture10 grants $276,50066% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $60,00014% of the total
  3. Sports and recreation1 grant $40,0009% of the total
  4. Animals1 grant $20,0005% of the total
  5. Education2 grants $15,0004% of the total
  6. Community development1 grant $10,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Rhode Island16 grants $327,500
  2. Virginia1 grant $69,500
  3. California1 grant $65,000
  4. District of Columbia1 grant $47,000
  5. New Hampshire1 grant $40,000
  6. Massachusetts1 grant $10,000
  7. Maine2 grants $5,000
  8. New York1 grant $5,000
  9. South Carolina1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Frank Mauran IVTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Elizabeth Rollins MauranTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Robert GaumontTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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