Open Foundations · Delaware

Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc

Selbyville, Delaware · EIN 526047536. 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 $3.6M across 43 grants in 2024, a median of $6K each.

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$3.6M
paid in 2024
43
grants paid
$6K
median grant
2%
to first-time recipients
$114.1M
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
PATTI GRIMES
Address
31255 AMERICANA PARKWAY, SELBYVILLE, DE, 19975
Phone
3026548500
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
THE APPLICATION PROCESS REQUIRES ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS TO SUBMIT ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION ON-LINE THROUGH THE CARL M. FREEMAN FOUNDATION WEBSITE.
Submission deadline
DEADLINES FOR THE TWO ANNUAL FACES GRANT CYCLES ARE PUBLISHED ON THE FOUNDATION WEBSITE.
Restrictions on awards
THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS APPLY TO APPLICANTS: APPLICANTS MUST BE AN IRS-RECOGNIZED 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN GOOD STANDING, OR A PUBLIC AGENCY SPECIFICALLY SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF THE FUNDING AREA. APPLICANTS APPLYING IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD, MUST HAVE AN ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET OF $750,000 OR LESS AND BE BASED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD. APPLICANTS APPLYING IN SUSSEX COUNTY, DE, MUST HAVE AN ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET OF $500,000 OR LESS AND BE BASED IN SUSSEX COUNTY, DE. AWARDS ARE NOT MADE TO: INDIVIDUALS, POLITICAL ASSOCIATIONS ORCANDIDATES. AWARDS ARE NOT MADE TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD DISBURSE FUNDING TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS THAT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, CREED, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE RELIGION, DISABILITY OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202511989349100606. 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.

socialartseducationhealthenvironment

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 43 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Joshua M Freeman FoundationDE$3,000,000ARTS - JMFF
2Beebe Medical FoundationDE$125,000HEALTH
3Jewish Federation of Greater Washington (bender Jcc)MD$50,000SOCIAL SERVICES
4Athletes for HopeMD$35,000SOCIAL SERVICES
5James Beard FoundationNY$35,000EDUCATION
6Montgomery Co Beef 4-h ClubMD$34,560SOCIAL SERVICES
7Anti-defamation LeagueNY$25,000SOCIAL SERVICES
8Bz MediaNY$25,000ARTS
9Crohn's & Colitis FoundationDC$25,000SOCIAL SERVICES
10Georgetown UniversityDC$25,000EDUCATION
11Kennedy Center (the)DC$25,000ARTS
12World Central Kitchen IncDC$25,000ARTS
13The Viva SchoolDC$20,000EDUCATION
14University System of Maryland FoundationMD$20,000ARTS
15Bender Jcc of Greater WashingtonMD$15,000EDUCATION

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2019144$1.4M
2020122$4.9M
2021153$2.6M
2022173$2.9M
2023156$5.5M
202443$3.6M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Delaware51%
District of Columbia21%
Maryland16%
New York7%
Pennsylvania2%

Who decides

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

Christine a ShreveTREASURER/VICE CHAIRMAN/DIRECTOR · 2024
Michelle L FreemanCHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT · 2024
Nicholas FreemanSECRETARY/DIRECTOR · 2024
Patti GrimesEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · 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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