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Cain Brothers Foundation

Accepts applications Naples, Florida · EIN 133692990

Cain Brothers Foundation is a private foundation in Naples, Florida. In tax year 2025 it gave $162,220 in 10 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $45,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $162,000 the year before.

20% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$109,0009$2.6 million
2024$162,00011$2.6 million
2025$162,22010$2.9 million

How to apply

ContactKathleen Cain
508 Turtle Hatch Road, Naples, FL 34103
Phone or email(917) 690-0801
What to submitWrite to receive information as to what format request must be submitted

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Cain Brothers Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Florida.

StateGrantsAmount
Florida4$124,500
Connecticut3$20,500
District of Columbia2$16,220
New York1$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 10 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Gulfshore Playhouse
Naples, FL
Operating funds$45,000
Naples Botanical Gardens
Naples, FL
Operating funds$42,500
Artis-Naples
Naples, FL
Operating funds$25,000
Naples Womens Club
Naples, FL
Operating funds$12,000
Salisbury School
Salisbury, CT
Operating funds$10,000
Sharon Playhouse
Sharon, CT
Operating funds$10,000
Warner Theatre
Washington, DC
Operating funds$10,000
Ducks Unlimited Inc
Washington, DC
Operating funds$6,220
Cornwall Public Library
Cornwall, NY
Operating funds$1,000
Cornwall Child Center
West Cornwall, CT
Operating funds$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Cain Brothers Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Cain Brothers Foundation give?

$162,220 in tax year 2025, across 10 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs Cain Brothers Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Kathleen F Cain (Treasurer).

What does Cain Brothers Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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