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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 88-2760072

The Peg Ames Memorial Foundation in

A private foundation in Westport, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $11,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $11,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,669,262

  • Tax year 2024

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,668,429

  • Tax year 2023

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $53,860

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Westport-Wadhamscommunity AllianceWestport, NY

    Community improvement

    $4,000
  2. Wadhams Free LibraryWadhams, NY

    Lend books

    $1,000
  3. The Depot TheatreWestport, NY

    Theatre performances

    $1,000
  4. Ballard Park FoundationWestport, NY

    Community park

    $1,000
  5. Westport Emergency SquadWestport, NY

    Emergency services

    $1,000
  6. Cornell Cooperative Extension AssocLewis, NY

    Harvest festival

    $1,000
  7. Westport Library AssociationWestport, NY

    Lend books

    $1,000
  8. Essex Food Hub IncWestport, NY

    Food distribution

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $1,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York8 grants $11,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Alan HippsTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jane PrestonPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Joan SimonSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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