The Olcott Family Foundation Inc
The Olcott Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation, based in Wolfeboro, NH. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $503K in total assets. In 2025, it made $1K in qualifying distributions.
The Olcott Family Foundation Inc at a glance
- Total assets
- $502,869
- +11508.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $500,007
- +943309.4% vs 2024
- Qualifying distributions (2025)
- $1,117
- -36.6% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $1,470
- -30.0% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who The Olcott Family Foundation Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
36 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 34 grants of 36 (94%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Cities
How The Olcott Family Foundation Inc gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2020 to 2023 (−10%). Method
- In 2025 it paid out 94% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. 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
From 2019 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $63K (2019) to $158K (2021). In 2023 it made 9 grants totaling $89K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Dramatists Guild Fund New York, NY | Charitable | $25,000 |
| Great Waters Music Festival Wolfeboro, NH | Charitable | $20,000 |
| Glaucoma Research Foundation San Francisco, CA | Charitable | $15,000 |
| Loomis Chaffee Annual Fund Windsor, CT | Charitable | $10,000 |
| Future in Sight Concord, NH | Charitable | $7,000 |
| Con Vivo Music Jersey City, NJ | Charitable | $5,000 |
| Castle Preservation Society Moultonborough, NH | Charitable | $2,850 |
| Chanticleer San Francisco, CA | Charitable | $2,500 |
| Granite State Adaptive Mirror Lake, NH | Charitable | $2,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $502,869 | $500,007 | $1,470 | — | — | $1,117 | — | $1,188 |
| 2024 | $4,332 | $53 | $2,099 | — | — | $1,763 | — | $263 |
| 2023 | $6,104 | $95,492 | $94,392 | $89,350 | 9 | $93,200 | — | $2,100 |
| 2022 | $5,004 | $22,628 | $107,693 | $102,824 | 10 | $106,912 | $21,777 | $2,331 |
| 2021 | $94,683 | $146,300 | $164,207 | $158,400 | 17 | $162,850 | $31,453 | $6,589 |
| 2020 | $112,565 | $112,151 | $104,732 | $99,300 | 12 | — | $13,034 | $7,427 |
| 2019 | $105,146 | $5,493 | $70,006 | $63,000 | 9 | — | $3,882 | $9,445 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, The Olcott Family Foundation Inc reported a distributable amount of $1K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The Olcott Family Foundation Inc is led by Emery G. Olcott, President on every filing since 2019; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Emery G. Olcott
President
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Barbara P. Olcott
1st Vice President & Secretary
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Charles W. Olcott
2nd Vice President
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about The Olcott Family Foundation Inc
How large is The Olcott Family Foundation Inc?
The Olcott Family Foundation Inc reported $503K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $1K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $1K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
Where does The Olcott Family Foundation Inc operate?
The Olcott Family Foundation Inc has awarded grants in California, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Vermont.
What is The Olcott Family Foundation Inc's EIN?
The Olcott Family Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 06-1468476. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 24, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 7, 2026)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 29, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 21, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 18, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 11, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 8, 2024)
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