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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 86-2108564

Lift As We Climb Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Annapolis, MD. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $200,853 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $200,853

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $165,638

  • Tax year 2024

    $41,476

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $225,867

  • Tax year 2023

    $23,962

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $249,310

  • Tax year 2022

    $74,373

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $8,190

  • Tax year 2021

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,000

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Civic WorksBaltimore, MD

    Contribution provided. This was a Future Payment on 2024 990-PF.

    $94,500
  2. Lets Share the Sun FoundationTroy, NY

    Contribution provided

    $83,500
  3. Footprint ProjectNew Orleans, LA

    Contribution provided

    $14,603
  4. Anne Arundel County Food BankCrownsville, MD

    Contribution provided

    $5,000
  5. The Nature ConservancyArlington, VA

    Contribution provided

    $2,000
  6. ALLETE Yellow RibbonDuluth, MN

    Contribution provided

    $750
  7. The Greater New Orleans FoundationNew Orleans, LA

    Contribution provided

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $94,50048% of the total
  2. Environment1 grant $83,50042% of the total
  3. Disaster relief and public safety1 grant $14,6037% of the total
  4. Food and agriculture1 grant $5,0003% of the total
  5. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $500<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maryland2 grants $99,500
  2. New York1 grant $83,500
  3. Louisiana2 grants $15,103
  4. Virginia1 grant $2,000
  5. Minnesota1 grant $750

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

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

  • Matthew HankeyDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jim WrathallPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kevin NguyenTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0
  • Deborah TaylorSecratary Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kevin CorcoranDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Megan ShakeDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Josh KunkelCEO & Chairman Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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