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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 87-3116377

The Keyser Foundation

A private foundation in Albany, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $250,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $250,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $6,267,729

  • Tax year 2024

    $205,009

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $4,549,803

  • Tax year 2023

    $177,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $4,569,135

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $4,345,409

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $4,164,340

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Goldman Sachs Philanthropy FundAlbany, NY

    General

    $100,000
  2. Art With A Heart in Healthcare IncJacksonville, FL

    General

    $75,000
  3. The Conservation FundArlington, VA

    General

    $50,000
  4. Soil Health InstituteDurham, NC

    General

    $15,000
  5. Liftup Routt CountySteamboat Springs, CO

    General

    $5,000
  6. Strings Music FestivalSteamboat SPR, CO

    General

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $80,00055% of the total
  2. Environment2 grants $65,00045% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $100,000
  2. Florida1 grant $75,000
  3. Virginia1 grant $50,000
  4. North Carolina1 grant $15,000
  5. Colorado2 grants $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Richard L KeyserDirector, President Hours 1Pay $0
  • Mary Ellen KeyserDirector, VP, Secretary Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jeffrey KeyserDirector Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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