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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 01-0782316

The Heritage Fund Inc

A private foundation in Princeton, NJ. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 17 grants and $187,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $187,500

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $3,060,816

  • Tax year 2023

    $192,500

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $3,553,177

  • Tax year 2022

    $209,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $3,609,657

  • Tax year 2021

    $200,500

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $3,642,674

  • Tax year 2020

    $191,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $3,670,562

  • Tax year 2019

    $195,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $3,762,755

  • Tax year 2018

    $108,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $3,855,013

  • Tax year 2017

    $46,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $3,967,886

Grants paid in 2024

17 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Wilberforce SchoolPrinceton Junction, NJ

    Unrestricted charitable grant

    $50,000
  2. Daughters Against AlzheimersAtlanta, GA

    Unrestricted charitable grant

    $15,000
  3. K-LifeAtlanta, GA

    Unrestricted charitable grant

    $15,000
  4. The NavigatorsColorado SPGS, CO

    Unrestricted charitable grant

    $15,000
  5. Atlanta Youth ProjectAtlanta, GA

    Unrestricted charitable grant

    $10,000
  6. Center for Christian StudyCharlottesvle, VA

    Unrestricted charitable grant

    $10,000
  7. Cure AlzWellesley Hills, MA

    Unrestricted charitable grant

    $10,000
  8. Harvest USAPhiladelphia, PA

    Unrestricted charitable grant

    $10,000
  9. Samaritan's PurseBoone, NC

    Unrestricted charitable grant

    $10,000
  10. African Inland MissionPeachtree City, GA

    Unrestricted charitable grant

    $7,500
  11. Atlanta Resource FoundationAtlanta, GA

    Unrestricted charitable grant

    $5,000
  12. Calvary Children's HomePowder SPGS, GA

    Unrestricted charitable grant

    $5,000
  13. City of RefugeAtlanta, GA

    Unrestricted charitable grant

    $5,000
  14. House of CherithAtlanta, GA

    Unrestricted charitable grant

    $5,000
  15. Must MinistriesMarietta, GA

    Unrestricted charitable grant

    $5,000
  16. Tunnel to TowersStaten Island, NY

    Unrestricted charitable grant

    $5,000
  17. X CaresAlbany, GA

    Unrestricted charitable grant

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education2 grants $15,00023% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $15,00023% of the total
  3. Human services3 grants $15,00023% of the total
  4. Religion2 grants $15,00023% of the total
  5. Food and agriculture1 grant $5,0008% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Georgia10 grants $77,500
  2. New Jersey1 grant $50,000
  3. Colorado1 grant $15,000
  4. Massachusetts1 grant $10,000
  5. North Carolina1 grant $10,000
  6. Pennsylvania1 grant $10,000
  7. Virginia1 grant $10,000
  8. New York1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Howe D Whitman JrPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Vincent B MerkleDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Howe D WhitmanVICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Paige W MerkleSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Vicki B WhitmanDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Brenda WhitmanDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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