Open Foundations · Delaware

Wsfs Foundation

Wilmington, Delaware · EIN 134229063. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $2.6M across 315 grants in 2024, a median of $5K each.

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$2.6M
paid in 2024
315
grants paid
$5K
median grant
34%
to first-time recipients
$12.3M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
VERNITA DORSEY
Address
500 DELAWARE AVENUE, WILMINGTON, DE, 19801
Phone
3025715277
Form the request should take
NONE
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
DELAWARE / PENNSYLVANIA / NEW JERSEY ONLY

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523189349102522. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

education leadershipleadership developmentthose healthstrengthening thosehealth humanaffordable housingcenters greenart community

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 315 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Be Ready Community Development CorporationDE$100,000AFFORDABLE HOUSING
2Teensharp - Wilmington DeDE$100,000EDUCATION & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
3Pathways to Success IncDE$80,000STRENGTHENING THOSE IN NEED (HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES)
4Distance Learning Center IncPA$55,000EDUCATION & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
5Delaware Prosperity Partnership IncDE$50,000REVITALIZATION AND BUSINESS ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
6Philadelphia AcademiesPA$50,000EDUCATION & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
7United Way of DelawareDE$40,000AFFORDABLE HOUSING
8United Way of Greater Philadelphia & Southern NjPA$40,000STRENGTHENING THOSE IN NEED (HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES)
9Cristo Rey Philadelphia High SchoolPA$38,000EDUCATION & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
10Chester County Economic Development CouncilPA$33,334REVITALIZATION AND BUSINESS ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
11Delaware Business Roundtable Education CommitteeDE$33,333EDUCATION & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
12Freire Charter School WilmingtonDE$33,333EDUCATION & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
13Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land BankDE$33,333COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS (ART, COMMUNITY CENTERS, GREEN SPACES)
14Proximate NetworkDE$30,000EDUCATION & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
15Ronald Mcdonald House of DelawareDE$30,000STRENGTHENING THOSE IN NEED (HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES)

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20209$475K
2021308$1.8M
2022341$2.4M
20231$2.7M
2024315$2.6M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Pennsylvania61%
Delaware29%
New Jersey9%
Maryland0%
New York0%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Candice CarusoDIRECTOR · 2024
Elizabeth WagnerDIRECTOR · 2024
Jennifer DavisDIRECTOR · 2024
John OlsenDIRECTOR · 2024
Justin DunnDIRECTOR · 2024
Karen BucholzDIRECTOR · 2024
Malina RobbinsDIRECTOR · 2024
Michael GriffeTREASURER · 2024
Patrick WardPRESIDENT · 2024
Rebecca AcevadoDIRECTOR (THRU 03/24) · 2024
Robert JulianoSECRETARY · 2024
Robert SchneiderDIRECTOR · 2024
Ron DuttonDIRECTOR · 2024
Terence YoungDIRECTOR · 2024
Vernita DorseyVICE PRESIDENT · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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