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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-1060852

The Woods Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Philadelphia, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $483,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 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 2025

    $483,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $4,742,733
  • Tax year 2024

    $190,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $4,821,868
  • Tax year 2023

    $520,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $4,763,064
  • Tax year 2022

    $250,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $5,148,381
  • Tax year 2021

    $261,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $5,289,892
  • Tax year 2020

    $253,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $5,100,519
  • Tax year 2019

    $210,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $5,463,045
  • Tax year 2018

    $902,100

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $5,523,091

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Blue Oak SchoolNapa, CA

    General support

    $400,000
  2. Best Buddies InternationalMiami, FL

    General support

    $50,000
  3. King Ridge FoundationSanta Rosa, CA

    General support

    $20,000
  4. MentisNapa, CA

    General support

    $3,000
  5. Young People in RecoveryLoveland, CO

    Napa chapter support

    $2,500
  6. AldeaNapa, CA

    General support

    $2,500
  7. Alzeheimers AssociationNapa, CA

    General support

    $2,000
  8. News Domestic Violence and Sexual AbuseNapa, CA

    Sponsor for event

    $2,000
  9. Napa County Bicycle CoalitionNapa, CA

    General support

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $400,00084% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $50,00010% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $20,0004% of the total
  4. Human services3 grants $8,0002% of the total
  5. Health1 grant $1,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California7 grants $430,500
  2. Florida1 grant $50,000
  3. Colorado1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Mark A StrodePRESIDENT/SECRETARY/TREASURER Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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