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Lavoie Foundation

Accepts applications Barnstead, New Hampshire · EIN 020502244

Lavoie Foundation is a private foundation in Barnstead, New Hampshire. In tax year 2024 it gave $79,367 in 20 grants; the typical grant was $2,750 and the largest $21,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $105,879 the year before.

29% of its 2024 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$105,87923$2.0 million
2024$79,36720$2.1 million

How to apply

ContactPatricia Sanborn
PO Box 12, Barnstead, NH 03218
Phone or email(603) 435-7586
What to submitANY

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Lavoie Foundation funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
New Hampshire14$67,037
Connecticut4$9,065
District of Columbia1$3,000
Massachusetts1$265

Grants paid in 2024

All 20 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Live and Let Live Farm
Chichester, NH
Animal welfare$21,000
Individual
NH
$12,830
Barnstead Food Pantry
Barnstead, NH
Provide food for ind. In need$6,000
End 68 Hours of Hunger
Somersworth, NH
Provide food for ind. In need$5,500
Pope Memorial SPCA
Concord, NH
Animal welfare$5,000
Individual
NH
$4,000
Holy Family Academy
Manchester, NH
Christian education$4,000
Ledyard Food Pantry
Ledyard, CT
Provide food for ind. In need$4,000
Individual
CT
Animal welfare$3,666
The Fund for American Studies
Washington, DC
Scholarship fund support$3,000
Pittsfield Fire Department
Pittsfield, NH
Animal welfare$2,500
Raven Gael Blaisdell Foundation
Northfield, NH
Humanitarian$2,500
Aware of NH
Manchester, NH
Animal welfare$1,000
Individual
NH
Animal welfare$1,000
Ledyard Police Union
Ledyard, CT
Animal welfare (k9)$1,000
Individual
NH
Environmental support$1,000
Waypoint
Manchester, NH
Summer camp$500
Individual
CT
Environmental$399
Dana Farber - Pan Mass Challenge
Needham, MA
Cancer research$265
United Way
Nashua, NH
Humanitarian$207

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Lavoie Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Lavoie Foundation give?

$79,367 in tax year 2024, across 20 grants, with a typical grant of $2,750.

Who runs Lavoie Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Patricia Sanborn (Director/Pre), James Sanborn (Trustee/Vp), Joanne Ryan (Trustee) and Judy Race (Trustee) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does Lavoie Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly animals, food and hunger and education.

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