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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 86-2589971

Lawrence M Hilton Foundation

A private foundation in Trenton, NJ. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $37,965 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

    $37,965

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $761,530

  • Tax year 2024

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $457,314

  • Tax year 2023

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $198,661

  • Tax year 2022

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $195,988

  • Tax year 2021

    $16,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Capital PhilharmonicTrenton, NJ

    To support the organizations mission

    $14,885
  2. Trenton Community A-TeamTrenton, NJ

    To support the organizations mission of promoting the art of home-challenged artists

    $5,000
  3. Capital HealthTrenton, NJ

    To support capital healths mission in exchange for a memorial bench

    $4,230
  4. Passage Theatre CompanyTrenton, NJ

    To provide cash and other support to the theatre

    $3,000
  5. Woodekin TheatreNew York, NY

    New federal theatre

    $3,000
  6. AfarBurlington, NJ

    To support afars mission as a sober living umbrella organization

    $2,500
  7. WbgoNewark, NJ

    To support public radio station jazz 88.3 FM

    $1,700
  8. New Brunswick Jazz ProjectNew Brunswick, NJ

    To support the organizations mission

    $1,500
  9. Shiloh Community Development CorporationTrenton, NJ

    To support shilohs mission of improving the quality of life for residents of greater trenton

    $1,000
  10. The TankNew York, NY

    To support the theatre and plays

    $500
  11. WrtiPhiladelphia, PA

    To support jazz radio

    $450
  12. Jazz on the TubeTivoli, NY

    To support the organizations mission

    $200

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 $8,50077% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $1,50014% of the total
  3. Community development1 grant $1,0009% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Jersey8 grants $33,815
  2. New York3 grants $3,700
  3. Pennsylvania1 grant $450

Officers, directors and trustees

10 people as filed

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

  • John D KellyPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Bryan PappVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Dwayne MartinTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Bryan PappACTING SECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0
  • Karl T HowellMEMBER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Karla HowellMEMBER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Karen HiltonMEMBER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Willard Stanback EsqMEMBER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Sylvester Bo GoreMEMBER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jim GordonMEMBER Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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