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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 85-3929547

Edward B Righter Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Buffalo, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $41,000 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

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

    $41,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $977,621

  • Tax year 2024

    $28,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $940,168

  • Tax year 2023

    $11,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $728,831

  • Tax year 2022

    $11,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $548,111

  • Tax year 2021

    $2,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $409,904

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $202,276

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Girls Education CollaborativeOrchard Park, NY

    Charitable

    $6,000
  2. The Community Foundations of Herkimer & Oneida CountiesUtica, NY

    Charitable

    $5,000
  3. Adirondack ExperienceBlue Mountain Lake, NY

    Charitable

    $5,000
  4. Cardigan Mountain SchoolCanaan, NH

    Charitable

    $4,000
  5. University of DenverDenver, CO

    Charitable

    $4,000
  6. Buffalo City MissionBuffalo, NY

    Charitable

    $3,000
  7. Northwood SchoolLake Placid, NY

    Charitable

    $3,000
  8. SPCA Serving Erie CountyWest Seneca, NY

    Charitable

    $3,000
  9. Canopy of NeighborsBuffalo, NY

    Charitable

    $3,000
  10. Cornell Lab of OrnithologyIthaca, NY

    Charitable

    $2,000
  11. Buffalo Akg Art MuseumBuffalo, NY

    Charitable

    $1,000
  12. Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra SocietyBuffalo, NY

    Charitable

    $1,000
  13. Elmwood Franklin SchoolBuffalo, NY

    Charitable

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $9,00053% of the total
  2. Human services2 grants $6,00035% of the total
  3. Arts and culture2 grants $2,00012% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York11 grants $33,000
  2. New Hampshire1 grant $4,000
  3. Texas1 grant $4,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Edward B RighterTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Pamela G RighterTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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