Open Foundations · Rhode Island

Bafflin Foundation

Providence, Rhode Island · EIN 050454795. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $1.1M across 28 grants in 2024, a median of $25K each.

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$1.1M
paid in 2024
28
grants paid
$25K
median grant
43%
to first-time recipients
$13.9M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
PAUL A SILVER ESQ SECRETARY
Address
100 WESTMINSTER ST STE 1500, PROVIDENCE, RI, 02903
Phone
4012742000
Form the request should take
NO SPECIAL FORM.
Submission deadline
NONE.
Restrictions on awards
CURRENT PRIMARY CHARITABLE FIELDS INCLUDE ART MUSEUMS AND THE PRESERVATION OF LAND AND WILDLIFE.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202541359349101219. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

land conservation

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 28 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1The Nature Conservancy in Rhode IslandRI$100,000LAND CONSERVATION
2Wyndham Land TrustCT$100,000LAND CONSERVATION
3Forest Society of MaineME$75,000LAND CONSERVATION
4Mass AudubonMA$75,000LAND CONSERVATION
5Museum of Fine Arts BostonMA$75,000LAND CONSERVATION
6The Nature Conservancy in MassachusettsMA$75,000LAND CONSERVATION
7Westerly Land TrustRI$70,000LAND CONSERVATION
8Mount Grace Land Conservation TrustMA$50,000LAND CONSERVATION
9New England Wildlife CentersMA$50,000LAND CONSERVATION
10Sudbury Valley TrusteesMA$50,000LAND CONSERVATION
11Trust for Public LandCT$50,000LAND CONSERVATION
12The Andover Village Improvement SocietyMA$30,000LAND CONSERVATION
13Bartlett Aboretum & GardensCT$25,000LAND CONSERVATION
14Blue Hill Heritage TrustME$25,000LAND CONSERVATION
15Center for WildlifeME$25,000LAND CONSERVATION

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202030$1.1M
202127$925K
202223$1.2M
202327$1.1M
202428$1.1M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Massachusetts39%
Rhode Island21%
Connecticut21%
Maine11%
New Hampshire4%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Michael M EdwardsDIRECTOR/TREASURER · 2024
Paul a SilverDIRECTOR/SECRETARY · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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