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The David S Howe Foundation: 30 grants to organizations, $1.3 million (tax year ended November 2025)
The David S Howe Foundation, a private foundation in Woodbury, NY, paid 30 grants to organizations totaling $1,294,500 in its tax year ended November 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on March 2, 2026. The largest was $225,000 to Art 21 Inc in New York, NY for donee's exempt purpose.
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- EIN
- 134010543
- Based in
- Woodbury, NY
- Assets
- $21,380,758
- Grants paid
- $1,294,500
- Tax year ended
- November 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended November 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed March 2, 2026, IRS object ID 202610619349100901. It reported $1,294,500 in grants paid; 30 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art 21 Inc | New York, NY | Donee's exempt purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $225,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Block Island Housing Initiative | Block Island, RI | Donee's exempt purpose | Housing and shelter | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | Donee's exempt purpose | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Heirs Property Preservation | Charleston, SC | Donee's exempt purpose | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Block Island Health Services | Block Island, RI | Donee's exempt purpose | Health care | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freed Seed Federation | Westport, MA | Donee's exempt purpose | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Increasing Hope | North Charleston, SC | Donee's exempt purpose | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Immigration Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | Donee's exempt purpose | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Protocinema | New York, NY | Donee's exempt purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mending Families | Cheverly, MD | Donee's exempt purpose | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nofamass | Florence, MA | Donee's exempt purpose | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Caf America | Alexandria, VA | Donee's exempt purpose | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Coastal Foodshed | New Bedford, MA | Donee's exempt purpose | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Semap (southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership) | South Dartmouth, MA | Donee's exempt purpose | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United We Dream Network | Washington, DC | Donee's exempt purpose | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Westport Land Conservation Trust Inc | Westport, MA | Donee's exempt purpose | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | San Francisco, CA | Donee's exempt purpose | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Land for Good | Keene, NH | Donee's exempt purpose | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mogfa (maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association) | Unity, ME | Donee's exempt purpose | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Greenwich House Pottery | New York, NY | Donee's exempt purpose | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bloomfield Garfield | Pittsburgh, PA | Donee's exempt purpose | Community improvement and capacity building | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Black Ball Projects | Brooklyn, NY | Donee's exempt purpose | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Blank Forms | Brooklyn, NY | Donee's exempt purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Film Forum Inc | New York, NY | Donee's exempt purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fred Benson Memorial Fund | Block Island, RI | Donee's exempt purpose | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Galapagos Conservancy | Fairfax, VA | Donee's exempt purpose | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Isle at Haut Community | Isle Au Haut, ME | Donee's exempt purpose | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sto Te Nema | New York, NY | Donee's exempt purpose | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Westport Historical Society | Westport, MA | Donee's exempt purpose | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Block Island Historical Society | Block Island, RI | Donee's exempt purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended November 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed March 10, 2025, IRS object ID 202510699349100701. It reported $630,000 in grants paid; 24 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art 21 Inc | New York, NY | Donee's exempt purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freed Seed Federation | Westport, MA | Donee's exempt purpose | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Block Island Housing Initiative | Block Island, RI | Donee's exempt purpose | Housing and shelter | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Heirs Property Preservation | Charleston, SC | Donee's exempt purpose | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | Donee's exempt purpose | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Increasing Hope | North Charleston, SC | Donee's exempt purpose | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | Donee's exempt purpose | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nofamass | Florence, MA | Donee's exempt purpose | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Westport Land Conservation Trust Inc | Westport, MA | Donee's exempt purpose | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Caf America | Alexandria, VA | Donee's exempt purpose | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Land for Good | Keene, NH | Donee's exempt purpose | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Immigration Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | Donee's exempt purpose | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| United We Dream Network | Washington, DC | Donee's exempt purpose | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | San Francisco, CA | Donee's exempt purpose | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Greenwich House Pottery | New York, NY | Donee's exempt purpose | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mending Families | Cheverly, MD | Donee's exempt purpose | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Semap (southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership) | South Dartmouth, MA | Donee's exempt purpose | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mogfa (maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association) | Unity, ME | Donee's exempt purpose | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Black Ball Projects | Brooklyn, NY | Donee's exempt purpose | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Film Forum Inc | New York, NY | Donee's exempt purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Galapagos Conservancy | Fairfax, VA | Donee's exempt purpose | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Surveillance Technology Oversight Project Inc | New York, NY | Donee's exempt purpose | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Westport Historical Society | Westport, MA | Donee's exempt purpose | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Block Island Historical Society | Block Island, RI | Donee's exempt purpose | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $360,000 |
| Housing and shelter | $250,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $145,000 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $120,000 |
| Environment | $90,000 |
| Health care | $65,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $7,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $5,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $555,000 |
| New York | $407,500 |
| Rhode Island | $325,000 |
| South Carolina | $250,000 |
| California | $160,000 |
| Virginia | $55,000 |
| Maryland | $45,000 |
| District of Columbia | $45,000 |
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Updated March 2, 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.