Dolphine Lafleur Tuw

Private foundation · Grantmaker Buffalo, NY EIN: 03-6045279

Dolphine Lafleur Tuw is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Buffalo, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $53K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $4K. Net investment income was $4K.

Dolphine Lafleur Tuw at a glance

In short: Dolphine Lafleur Tuw gave $4K across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $1K), top state Vermont. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$4,125
+211.3% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
3
+200.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$1,375
+3.8% vs 2024
Median grant
$1,400
Total assets
$52,654
-2.2% vs 2024
Primary geography
Vermont (34% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026.

Who Dolphine Lafleur Tuw funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

11 grants across all recorded years

11<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 11 grants of 11 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

3states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.

Cities

MiddleburyWeybridgeBryn MawrCornwallHaverfordCambridge

How Dolphine Lafleur Tuw gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−10%). Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 183% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2K$4K$6K1 grant2020 2 grants2021 2 grants2022 3 grants2023 1 grant2024 3 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $963 (2020) to $6K (2023). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $4K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
3 individual scholarships Recipients not named —$4,125
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$52,654$4,870$6,021$4,1253$5,118$3,974$2,800
2024$53,846$4,274$3,259$1,3251$2,316$3,387$2,755
2023$52,913$5,961$7,555$5,7243$6,710$5,139$2,570
2022$54,521$3,253$6,675$4,5802$5,540$2,073$4,029
2021$56,904$7,560$5,227$3,1762$3,290$6,506$3,500
2020$55,636$2,531$2,918$9631—$1,618$3,013

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Dolphine Lafleur Tuw reported a distributable amount of $3K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Dolphine Lafleur Tuw's only listed officer is M & T Trust Company, Trustee on every filing since 2023 (compensated).

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • M & T Trust Company

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    $858 (2023) → $926 (2025)

Former officers (2)
  • Former: MT Bank Trust Corporation (2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Peoples United Bank N A (2020–2021) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

M & T Trust Company — Trustee: $926M & T Trust CompanyTrustee$926

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $926, to M & T Trust Company (Trustee).

Frequently asked questions about Dolphine Lafleur Tuw

How much does Dolphine Lafleur Tuw give each year?

Dolphine Lafleur Tuw gave $4K across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $1K across 1 grant.

What is Dolphine Lafleur Tuw's typical grant size?

Dolphine Lafleur Tuw's median grant in 2025 was $1,400, and its average grant was $1,375, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Where does Dolphine Lafleur Tuw give grants?

Dolphine Lafleur Tuw's top state is Vermont, with 34% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. The next largest states were Maine (34%) and Pennsylvania (32%).

Does Dolphine Lafleur Tuw give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on Dolphine Lafleur Tuw's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Scholarship" (3 grants).

How large is Dolphine Lafleur Tuw?

Dolphine Lafleur Tuw reported $53K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $5K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $3K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).

What is Dolphine Lafleur Tuw?

Dolphine Lafleur Tuw is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Buffalo, NY. It holds $53K in total assets as of 2025.

What is Dolphine Lafleur Tuw's EIN?

Dolphine Lafleur Tuw's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 03-6045279. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 30, 2021)
  2. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 11, 2026)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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