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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-3446716

The Joan Capps Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $43,500 paid in grants.

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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

    $43,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $741,143

  • Tax year 2024

    $36,750

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $710,653

  • Tax year 2023

    $56,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $690,091

  • Tax year 2022

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $718,457

  • Tax year 2021

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $732,652

  • Tax year 2020

    $44,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $696,512

  • Tax year 2019

    $59,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $707,771

  • Tax year 2018

    $44,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $727,266

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Admiral Music PatronsHighlands, NJ

    AMP SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND FUNDING FOR MUSIC DEPARTMENT INSTRUMENTS, UNIFORMS, NEEDS, PROGRAMS, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT and for special events

    $15,000
  2. Sleep in Heavenly Peace IncPhoenix, AZ

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  3. Joyful Journey IncW Lafayette, IN

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  4. Lowcountry Foundation for Wounded Military HerosBluffton, SC

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  5. Manna Food BankMills River, NC

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  6. Haitian American Lawyers Association of New York IBrooklyn, NY

    To fund two scholarships

    $3,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $5,00033% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture1 grant $5,00033% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $5,00033% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Jersey1 grant $15,000
  2. Arizona1 grant $10,000
  3. Indiana1 grant $5,000
  4. North Carolina1 grant $5,000
  5. South Carolina1 grant $5,000
  6. New York1 grant $3,500

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Judith A LepadatuFounding Dir Hours 1Pay $500
  • Jodi PhillipsDir, Sec Hours 2Pay $1,500
  • Kimberly SwetlandDir, Pres Hours 2Pay $2,000
  • Cindy TilsonDir Hours 1Pay $500
  • Robert TilsonDir, VP Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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