Open Foundations · Delaware

Chichester Dupont Foundation Inc

Wilmington, Delaware · EIN 516011641. 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 $2.1M across 64 grants in 2024, a median of $20K each.

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$2.1M
paid in 2024
64
grants paid
$20K
median grant
29%
to first-time recipients
$47.9M
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
GREGORY F FIELDS SECRETARY
Address
5720 KENNETT PIKE, WILMINGTON, DE, 19807
Phone
3026585244
Form the request should take
SEE WEBSITE @ chichesterdupont.org
Submission deadline
SEPTEMBER 1
Restrictions on awards
SEE WEBSITE @ chichesterdupont.org

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202542969349101164. 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.

schoolhomelesschildrencommunitycampfamilieshealthaimed

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 64 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Children's Beach HouseDE$626,000FUNDING OPERATION OF THE CHILDREN'S BEACH HOUSE
2Children's Beach HouseDE$250,000MATCHING OF CHALLENGE GRANT FROM THE MA-RAN ENDOWMENT
3First State EducateDE$50,000FUNDING PROGRAM TO INCREASE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN SCHOOL GOVERNANCE
4Central Delaware HousingDE$30,000FUNDING EMERGENCEY SHELTER FOR HOMELESS SINGLE WOMEN
5Claymont Community CenterDE$30,000FUNDING COMMUNITY MARKET AND GARDEN
6Delaware College ScholarsDE$30,000FUNDING SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM
7Food BankDE$30,000FUNDING BACKPACK PROGRAM
8Idaho Rivers UnitedID$30,000FUNDING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC REGARDING PROPOSED MINING
9Leading Youth Through EmpowermentDE$30,000FUNDING PROGRAMS IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES
10Planned Parenthood of DelawareDE$30,000FUNDING YOUTH PROGRAMS FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION
11Prevent Child Abuse DelawareDE$30,000FUNDING A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR EXPANSION OF EXISTING PROGRAMS
12Project New StartDE$30,000FUNDING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
13Redemption CityDE$30,000FUNDING PROGRAMS AIMED AT HOMELESS MEN
14SoarDE$30,000FUNDING OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL ASSAULT
15Supporting KidsDE$30,000FFUNDING TO SUPPORT BEREAVEMENT GROUPS AND INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202042$1.6M
202159$2.0M
202258$2.0M
202373$2.3M
202464$2.1M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Delaware80%
Maryland8%
Idaho6%
Pennsylvania3%
Connecticut2%

Who decides

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

Alexis GahaganPRESIDENT · 2024
Allaire HummelVICE-PRESIDENT · 2024
Caroline PrickettTRUSTEE · 2024
Christopher T DupontTRUSTEE · 2024
Elise GahaganTRUSTEE · 2024
Emilie D CristTRUSTEE · 2024
Gregory F FieldsCORPORATE SECRETARY · 2024
Holley DupontTRUSTEE · 2024
Katharine GahaganVICE-PRESIDENT · 2024
Kathy C GahaganTRUSTEE · 2024
Lynne L DorseyTREASURER · 2024
Mary Mills Abel-smithTRUSTEE · 2024
Sophie M DerricksonTRUSTEE · 2024
William PrickettTRUSTEE · 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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