Open Foundations · Delaware

Robert and Dana Emery Family Foundation

Wilmington, Delaware · EIN 376537105. 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 $7.2M across 89 grants in 2025, a median of $25K each.

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$7.2M
paid in 2025
89
grants paid
$25K
median grant
9%
to first-time recipients
$185.5M
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
ROBERT DANA EMERY FAMILY FOUNDATION
Address
3711 KENNETT PIKE SUITE 220, WILMINGTON, DE, 19807
Phone
3024986008
Form the request should take
NO REQUIRED FORMAT. WRITTEN REQUEST ONLY.
Submission deadline
JUNE 30TH
Restrictions on awards
IRC SECTION 501 (C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202631269349101913. 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 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

related youthrelated educationalyouth academicsacademics enrichmentrelated scholarshipsrelated povertystudentsskills

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 89 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Summer SearchMA$1,300,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT RELATED TO SCHOLARSHIPS
2Imagine WorldwideCA$1,000,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT RELATED TO SUPPORT THE LITERACY & NUMERACY SKILLS OF CHILDREN
3Stanford UniversityCA$1,000,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT RELATED TO SCHOLARSHIPS
4St Ignatius College PrepCA$400,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT RELATED TO SCHOLARSHIPS
5Ucsf FoundationCA$350,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT RELATED TO BREAST CANCER RESEARCH
6Deer Hill FoundationCO$300,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT RELATED TO EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
7Boys Girls Club of San FranciscoCA$250,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT RELATED TO YOUTH ACADEMICS AND ENRICHMENT
8Bay ScholarsCA$100,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT RELATED TO SUPPORT HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS OF NEED
9Breakthrough CollaborativeCA$100,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT RELATED TO SCHOLARSHIPS
10Champion CharitiesCA$100,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT RELATED TO SUPPORT TO HELP FIGHT BRAIN CANCER AND BRAIN DISEASE
11Mission Dolores AcademyCA$100,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT RELATED TO EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
12One Love FoundationCA$100,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT RELATED TO EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
13Ace ScholarshipsCO$50,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT RELATED TO CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
14California Academy of SciencesCA$50,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT RELATED TO YOUTH ACADEMICS AND ENRICHMENT
15Harlem Lacrosse LeadershipNY$50,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT RELATED TO YOUTH ACADEMICS/ENRICHMENT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202019$3.1M
202124$3.2M
202255$5.1M
202380$5.2M
202481$5.7M
2025 (partial year)89$7.2M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
California78%
New York7%
Virginia5%
Massachusetts3%
Montana3%

Who decides

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

Dana M Emery Co RockefellerTrustee · 2025
Robert L Emery Co RockefllerTrustee · 2025
The Rockefeller Trust CompanyTrustee · 2025

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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