Private foundation · Hockessin, DE

Boquet Foundation Inc

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Typical grant size
$1K $1K $5K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
63
Repeat grantees
45
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Lea Paine Highet
Treas
Cynthia J Monty
Sec
Peter S Paine III
VP
Peter S Paine Jr
Pres, Dir
Teresa Cummings
Sec
Lea Pain Highet
Treas

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
9.3%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
563
Total grants awarded
$2.2M
Total amount
$4K
Average grant
$25K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$296K
51 grants
2023
$243K
50 grants
2022
$173K
47 grants
2021
$149K
46 grants
2020
$181K
45 grants
2019
$179K
45 grants
2018
$162K
47 grants
2017
$171K
43 grants
2016
$169K
40 grants
2015
$160K
48 grants
2014
$141K
52 grants
2013
$171K
49 grants

Top recipients

Nature Conservancy - Adirondack Chapter
26 grants · NY
$323K
26 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$228K
Town of Willsboro
13 grants · NY
$193K
25 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$161K
14 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$159K
11 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$138K
29 grants · NH · ✓ Exact match
$137K
St John's Episcopal Church
11 grants · NY
$100K
19 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$78K
10 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$55K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Town of Willsboro
to support the Acquisition of additional park land on Willsboro Point
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Open Space Institute Inc
Adirondack Project
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Northern Forest Center Inc
Benefit of Millinocket Project
NH · TY 2024
$25K
St John's Episcopal Church
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$23K
Hispanic Society of America
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$20K
Nature Conservancy - Adirondack Chapter
ANC's Work on the Lower Boquet River
NY · TY 2024
$20K
San Francisco Symphony
General Support
CA · TY 2024
$20K
Adirondack Land Trust Inc
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$16K
Paine Memorial Free Library
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$14K
Church of the Heavenly Rest
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Northern Forest Center Inc
to support Affordable Housing Project in Elizabethtown, NY
NH · TY 2024
$10K
American Friends of Christ Church Inc
Law Tutors Endowment fund
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Nature Conservancy - Adirondack Chapter
Support of Operations
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Center for Comprehensive Health Practice Inc
For the Becky & Bob Thomas Playroom Campaign
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Whallonsburg Civic Association Inc
Raising Campaign Fund
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Adirondack Explorer Inc
to support the Lake Champlain Project
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Cvph Foundation Inc
In Support of the Residency Program for Family Physicians
NY · TY 2024
$5K
American Friends of Christ Church Inc
American Friends' Scholarship Fund
NY · TY 2024
$3K
Adirondack Historical Association
General Support of the Adirondack Experience
NY · TY 2024
$3K
St Pauls School
The SPS Fund
NH · TY 2024
$3K
St Bernards School Inc
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$3K
American Friends of Christ Church Inc
In Support of Cathedral Music Trust fund
NY · TY 2024
$2K
Trustees of Princeton University
Princeton University Rowing Association
NJ · TY 2024
$2K
Open Space Institute Inc
Land Conservation Work in the Champlain Valley
NY · TY 2024
$2K
Homefront Inc
HomeFrontNJ Fund
NJ · TY 2024
$2K
Wake Forest University
Study Abroad Program Fund
NC · TY 2024
$2K
Juilliard School
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$2K
College for Every Student Inc
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$2K
St Pauls School
General & Unrestricted
NH · TY 2024
$2K
Empire State Forestry Foundation Inc
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Trustees of Princeton University
5th Reunion Fund
NJ · TY 2024
$1K
Nature Conservancy - Adirondack Chapter
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$1K
The Wild Center
Support of The Wilder Center
NY · TY 2024
$1K
University of Vermont
General & Unrestricted
VT · TY 2024
$1K
Cornell University
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Adirondack Community Action Programs Inc
FOR THE TOWN OF WILLSBORO
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Champlain Area Trails Inc
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Vermont Land Trust Inc
General Support
VT · TY 2024
$1K
Adirondack Research Consortium
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Adirondack Scholarship Foundation Inc
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Shelburne Museum Incorporated
General & Unrestricted
VT · TY 2024
$1K
Elizabethtown Community Hospital
Smith House Health Care Center
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Hope for Depression Research Foundation
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$750
Lake Champlain Land Trust Inc
General & Unrestricted
VT · TY 2024
$500
Central Park Conservancy Inc
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$500
Protect Our Winters
General & Unrestricted
CO · TY 2024
$500
Harvard Business School
General & Unrestricted
MA · TY 2024
$500
Outdoor Alliance
General & Unrestricted
DC · TY 2024
$500
Trustees of Princeton University
Annual Giving fund
NJ · TY 2024
$500
High Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care Inc
General Support of Essex County Office
NY · TY 2024
$500

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.