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8187770 the Eggleston Foundation

Accepts applications Vestal, New York · EIN 133216256

8187770 the Eggleston Foundation is a private foundation in Vestal, New York. In tax year 2025 it gave $135,000 in 50 grants; the typical grant was $2,000 and the largest $11,000. 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 $125,500 the year before.

12% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$139,50050$1.6 million
2024$125,50049$1.7 million
2025$135,00050$1.7 million

How to apply

ContactThe Eggleston Foundation
450 Plaza Drive, Vestal, NY 13850
Phone or email(607) 763-9200
What to submitApplications should be submitted in writing
RestrictionsPublic charities

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What 8187770 the Eggleston Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 5 states, the most to New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York41$102,250
Florida6$26,500
Minnesota1$2,500
Virginia1$2,500
Massachusetts1$1,250

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 50 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Hartwick College
Oneonta, NY
General charitable purposes$11,000
Individual
NY
Educational$8,000
Congregational Church of the Villag
Summerfield, FL
General charitable purposes$8,000
Dr Martin Luther King Jr Committee
The Villages, FL
General charitable$7,500
Individual
NY
General charitable purposes$6,000
Individual
NY
General charitable purposes$6,000
Glimmerglass Opera Theater
Cooperstown, NY
General charitable purposes$5,000
United Way of Broome County
Binghamton, NY
General charitable purposes$5,000
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY
Educational$5,000
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY
Educational$5,000
Sozo Kids Help Agency
Silver Springs, FL
General charitable purposes$5,000
Food Bank of the Southern Tier Chap
Elmira, NY
General charitable purposes$4,000
Samaritan Counseling Center
Endicott, NY
General charitable purposes$3,000
Pathfinder Village
Edmeston, NY
General charitable purposes$2,500
Broome County Habitat for Humanity
Endicott, NY
General charitable purposes$2,500
Otsego 2000
Cooperstown, NY
General charitable purposes$2,500
Camp Boggy Creek
Eustis, FL
General charitable purposes$2,500
U of Va Stephen Baker Scholarship
Charlottesville, VA
Educational$2,500
Carleton College Jacob Forster-Roth
Northfield, MN
Educational$2,500
Rise
Endicott, NY
General charitable purposes$2,000
Roberson Memorial Inc
Binghamton, NY
General charitable purposes$2,000
Broome Community College Foundation
Binghamton, NY
General charitable purposes$2,000
Mom's House
Johnson City, NY
General charitable purposes$2,000
American Red Cross - Southern Tier
Endicott, NY
General charitable purposes$2,000
Individual
FL
General charitable purposes$2,000
Individual
NY
General charitable purposes$2,000
Individual
NY
General charitable purposes$2,000
Avre
Binghamton, NY
General charitable purposes$2,000
YWCA of Binghamton Broome County
Binghamton, NY
General charitable purposes$1,500
YMCA
Binghamton, NY
General charitable purposes$1,500
Individual
FL
General charitable purposes$1,500
Smith College Jordan Forbes Schol
Northampton, MA
Educational$1,250
Suny Oneonta Tiffany Gardner Schola
Oneonta, NY
Educational$1,250
Catskill Symphony
Oneonta, NY
General charitable purposes$1,000
United Way of Mid Rural New York
Oneonta, NY
General charitable purposes$1,000
Family Planning Assoc of S Central
Oneonta, NY
General charitable purposes$1,000
Opportunities for Otsego
Oneonta, NY
General charitable purposes$1,000
Family Services Association
Oneonta, NY
General charitable purposes$1,000
Otsego County Conservation
Cooperstown, NY
General charitable purposes$1,000
Future for Oneonta Foundation
Oneonta, NY
General charitable purposes$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does 8187770 the Eggleston Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does 8187770 the Eggleston Foundation give?

$135,000 in tax year 2025, across 50 grants, with a typical grant of $2,000.

Who runs 8187770 the Eggleston Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Karen Lewis (Trustee), Britt S Lewis (Trustee) and Mark D Lewis (Trustee).

What does 8187770 the Eggleston Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, human services and youth programs.

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