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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-2861153

The Deluca Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Natick, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 17 grants and $282,346 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Apr 30, 2026), 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 2025

    $282,346

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $4,661,813
  • Tax year 2024

    $522,221

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $4,753,332
  • Tax year 2023

    $881,818

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $4,899,253
  • Tax year 2022

    $6,851

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $6,204,828
  • Tax year 2021

    $161,868

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $8,059,571
  • Tax year 2020

    $53,672

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $8,308,383
  • Tax year 2019

    $44,920

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $7,764,299
  • Tax year 2018

    $149,463

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $7,823,801

Grants paid in 2025

17 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. American Society of BiomechanicsMarietta, GA

    Research grants

    $100,000
  2. Individual

    Research grant & equipment

    $83,000
  3. Dr Oluwarotimi W Samuel University of DerbyDerby, United Kingdom

    Research grant

    $41,703
  4. Isabel Castillo Mech & Aerospace Engineering Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    Research grants

    $17,429
  5. Prof Lorenzo Sabattini Universita Di Modena E ReggioReggio Emilia, Italy

    Research grant

    $13,457
  6. Gabriel Carreno-Zillmann Adolfo Ibanez UniversitySantiago, Chile

    Donation of equipment & emg award for research

    $9,429
  7. Sitikantha Roy Iit Delhi - Applied Mechanics DeptNew Delhi, India

    Research grant

    $8,703
  8. Juan Guerrero-Henriquez University of Antofagasta Neuromechanics LabAntofagasta, Chile

    Grant of equipment for research

    $6,929
  9. Myolearn LTDSale, United Kingdom

    Travel stipends to attend the world congress of biomechanics in vancouver, canada

    $5,600
  10. Dr Neeta Kanekar Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering Indian Inst ofMumbai, India

    Donation of research equipment

    $5,261
  11. Dr Amit Kumar Vimal Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Nat'l Institute for PersonsNew Delhi, India

    Trigno sensor equipment for use at the institute

    $5,170
  12. Gonzalo Varas Pontificia Universidad Catolica de ChileSantiago, Chile

    Emg award for research

    $2,500
  13. Nikhil CM Kalyanamantapa PattegarpalyaBengaluru, India

    Research grant

    $1,165
  14. World Central KitchenWashington, DC

    General contribution toward organization's mission

    $1,000
  15. Abby's HouseWorcester, MA

    Donation designated for education

    $500
  16. Individual

    Stipend for travel to biomechanics conference

    $500
  17. Individual

    SEEDS FOR SCIENCE RESEARCH GRANT - PRIOR YEAR GRANT REFUNDED DUE TO RECIPIENT MOVING OUT OF THE [individual]

    -$20,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid1 grant $1,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania1 grant $100,000
  2. New York1 grant $17,429
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $1,000
  4. Massachusetts1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Devi DelucaPRESIDENT, CLERK, DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $15,000
  • Robert N NardellaDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

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