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Break New Ground Charitable Fund: 15 grants to organizations, $228,000 (tax year ended December 2025)
Break New Ground Charitable Fund, a private foundation in Wilmington, DE, paid 15 grants to organizations totaling $228,000 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 1, 2026. The largest was $34,000 to Nature Conservancy Inc in Brunswick, ME for designated to projects and overhead in maine and to me magalloway project.
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- EIN
- 920307218
- Based in
- Wilmington, DE
- Assets
- $6,762,020
- Grants paid
- $228,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 1, 2026, IRS object ID 202641219349100319. It reported $228,000 in grants paid; 15 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nature Conservancy Inc | Brunswick, ME | designated to projects and overhead in Maine and to ME Magalloway project | $34,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Essex County Greenbelt Association | Essex, MA | To provide partial purchase funds for land or buildings thereon, or costs incurred for such purchase, either for acreage in Hamilton or Wenham | Environment | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | Topsham, 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. | Environment | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | Albert Lea, MN | grant is for greatest need and help for displaced families in or from Palestine, Israel and Ukraine | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boston Globe Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | This grant is for 2025 Globe Santa's Christmas gift program | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | New 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 | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Americares Foundation Inc | Stamford, CT | Grant is for Americare's Resilience Fund to offset termination of US support in third world | International, foreign affairs and national security | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Campaign Legal Center Inc | Washington, DC | General & Unrestricted | Crime and legal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Conservation Law Foundation Inc | Boston, 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 | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Conservation Law Foundation Inc | Boston, 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 | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | Washington, DC | 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 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | Washington, DC | 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 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sigma Xi the Scientific Research Honor Society Inc | RSRCH Triangle PRK, NC | to support the GIAR program to fund undergraduate and graduate research | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation | Washington, DC | General & Unrestricted | International, foreign affairs and national security | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed March 21, 2025, IRS object ID 202510809349100801. It reported $123,000 in grants paid; 8 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | Topsham, 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. Other proje | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nature Conservancy Inc | Brunswick, ME | TNC Maine's forest program | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sena Institute of Technology Foundation | Boston, MA | Research and development of molecular biological diagnostics addressing the current mPox infection and subsequent disease, a current world-wide health threat. This basic and applied research is intend | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Reforest the Tropics Inc | Mystic, CT | To fund 2 hectares of former pasture land to be replanted to become tropical forest that will sequester approximately 40 metric tons of atmospheric CO2 per year for 25 years to slow global warming | Environment | $18,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Essex County Greenbelt Association | Essex, MA | To support new conservation efforts or projects to foster enjoyment of conserved primarily natural outdoor spaces including access, trails, upkeep and signage. In the absence of need for such support, | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Partners in Health A Nonprofit Corporation | Frederick, MD | For Haiti projects or where there is greater need | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | Washington, DC | For medical procedures and support needed by residents of the United States including transport and temporary housing | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sigma Xi the Scientific Research Honor Society Inc | RSRCH Triangle PRK, NC | Where most needed, small grants to encourage undergraduate science research projects (including stipends) | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $133,000 |
| Education | $20,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $15,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $14,000 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $10,000 |
| Crime and legal-related | $10,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Maine | $109,000 |
| Massachusetts | $95,000 |
| District of Columbia | $44,000 |
| Connecticut | $28,000 |
| Minnesota | $25,000 |
| New York | $20,000 |
| North Carolina | $20,000 |
| Maryland | $10,000 |
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Updated May 1, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.