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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 92-0307218

Break New Ground Charitable Fund

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 15 grants and $228,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $228,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $3,953,762

  • Tax year 2024

    $123,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $4,102,065

  • Tax year 2023

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $4,086,382

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $4,004,976

Grants paid in 2025

15 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Nature Conservancy IncArlington, VA

    designated to projects and overhead in Maine and to ME Magalloway project

    $34,000
  2. Essex County Greenbelt AssociationEssex, MA

    To provide partial purchase funds for land or buildings thereon, or costs incurred for such purchase, either for acreage in Hamilton or Wenham

    $30,000
  3. Maine Coast Heritage TrustTopsham, ME

    To advance MCHT's project on Old Point, Lamoine and ancillary sites. Included are planning and implementation for trails, beach access, signage, protection of Indian middens and artifacts.

    $30,000
  4. International Rescue Committee IncNew York, NY

    grant is for greatest need and help for displaced families in or from Palestine, Israel and Ukraine

    $25,000
  5. Boston Globe Foundation IncBoston, MA

    This grant is for 2025 Globe Santa's Christmas gift program

    $15,000
  6. American Civil Liberties Union Foundation IncNew York, NY

    grant is for greatest need and for blocking the current US government from illegal or questionably legal actions of the US President or his appointees

    $10,000
  7. Americares Foundation IncStamford, CT

    Grant is for Americare's Resilience Fund to offset termination of US support in third world

    $10,000
  8. Amnesty International of the USA IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  9. Campaign Legal Center IncWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  10. Conservation Law Foundation IncBoston, MA

    Grant is for greatest need and actions to discourage expansion of use of energy from fossil fuels and encourage harvesting wind and solar energy

    $10,000
  11. Conservation Law Foundation IncBoston, MA

    Grant is for greatest need and actions to discourage expansion of use of energy from fossil fuels and encourage harvesting wind and solar energy

    $10,000
  12. Planned Parenthood Federation of America IncNew York, NY

    for support of reproductive care including desired abortion for residents of states that do not allow such care up to time of viability of the fetus

    $10,000
  13. Planned Parenthood Federation of America IncNew York, NY

    for support of reproductive care including desired abortion for residents of states that do not allow such care up to time of viability of the fetus

    $10,000
  14. Sigma XI the Scientific Research Honor Society IncRSRCH Triangle PRK, NC

    to support the GIAR program to fund undergraduate and graduate research

    $10,000
  15. Center for Arms Control and Non-ProliferationWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $4,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment4 grants $80,00043% of the total
  2. International aid4 grants $49,00027% of the total
  3. Health2 grants $20,00011% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $15,0008% of the total
  5. Civil rights1 grant $10,0005% of the total
  6. Crime and legal aid1 grant $10,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts4 grants $65,000
  2. Maine2 grants $64,000
  3. District of Columbia4 grants $34,000
  4. Minnesota1 grant $25,000
  5. New York2 grants $20,000
  6. Connecticut1 grant $10,000
  7. North Carolina1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Peter H HartlineDir, Pres, Treas Hours 1Pay $0
  • Rebecca B KuceraSec, Dir, VP Hours 1Pay $0

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