Open Foundations · Vermont

Liswhit Foundtaion

Woodstock, Vermont · EIN 273988759. 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 $409K across 21 grants in 2025, a median of $15K each.

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$409K
paid in 2025
21
grants paid
$15K
median grant
17%
to first-time recipients
$2.8M
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
CHARLOTTE D'ARCY DONALDSON
Address
10 COLLEGE HILL ROAD, WOODSTOCK, VT, 05091
Phone
5084598037
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
APPLICATION FORM DEVELOPED BY THE FOUNDATION AND CANDIDATES. MAY BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION FOR A REQUEST OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF TRUST FUNDS.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202621319349103982. 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 filing states only a general purpose, with nothing specific enough to pull out as recurring language.

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 21 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Lesley Ellis SchoolMA$100,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
2Woodstock Recreation CenterVT$57,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
3Woodstock History CenterVT$55,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
4Shady Hill SchoolMA$25,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
5Fighters 4 LifeCA$20,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
6Pennsylvania PhilharmonicPA$20,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
7Covenant House of CaliforniaCA$15,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
8First Congregational Church of AuburnMA$15,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
9Thompson Senior CenterVT$15,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
10Vermont FoodbankVT$15,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
11Wounded Warrior ProjectNY$15,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
12Educational Enrichment for RomanianMA$10,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
13Kilham Bear CenterNH$10,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
14Mclean HospitalMA$10,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
15Shriners Hospital for ChildrenMA$10,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202012$324K
20218$256K
20237$260K
202418$366K
2025 (partial year)21$409K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Massachusetts33%
Vermont24%
California10%
Virginia10%
Pennsylvania5%

Who decides

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

Charlotte D'arcy DonaldsonTRUSTEE · 2025

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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