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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-8246406

The Van Horn Foundation

A private foundation in Honesdale, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 19 grants and $33,960 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

    $33,960

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $347,804
  • Tax year 2024

    $34,460

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $357,767
  • Tax year 2023

    $29,839

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $359,448
  • Tax year 2022

    $34,189

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $386,300
  • Tax year 2021

    $34,245

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $398,782
  • Tax year 2020

    $31,186

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $406,843
  • Tax year 2019

    $27,386

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $426,537
  • Tax year 2018

    $28,728

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $442,051

Grants paid in 2025

19 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. McDaniel CollegeWestminster, MD

    Further mission of organizaiton

    $11,560
  2. St Vincent AcademyNewark, NJ

    Scholarship funds

    $3,000
  3. Point Pleasant Presbyterian ChurchPT Pleas BCH, NJ

    Further mission of organization

    $2,400
  4. Deep Well ProjectHilton Head Island, SC

    Further mission of organization

    $2,000
  5. First Union African Baptist ChurchDaufuskie Island, SC

    Further mission of organization

    $2,000
  6. Wayne County Public LibraryHonesdale, PA

    Further mission of organization

    $2,000
  7. Common Ground on the HillWestminster, MD

    Scholarship funds

    $1,000
  8. Friends of East Broadtop RRState College, PA

    Restoration

    $1,000
  9. Honesdale Communities That Care IncHonesdale, PA

    Futher mission of organization

    $1,000
  10. Honesdale Emergency PantryHonesdale, PA

    Further mission of organization

    $1,000
  11. South Carolina Coastal Conservation LeagueCharleston, SC

    Further mission of organization

    $1,000
  12. South Carolina Environmental Law ProjectGeorgetown, SC

    Further mission of organization

    $1,000
  13. St Gregory's PantryPoint Pleasant Beach, NJ

    Further mission of organization

    $1,000
  14. The Wayne County Community FoundatiHonesdale, PA

    Further mission of organization

    $1,000
  15. Victims Intervention ProgramHonesdale, PA

    Further mission of organization

    $1,000
  16. Monmouth UniversityW Long Branch, NJ

    Further mission of organization

    $500
  17. Olga & Dorothea Dessin SPCAHonesdale, PA

    Further mission of organization

    $500
  18. Sandalwood Community Food PantryHilton Head, SC

    Further mission of organization

    $500
  19. St John's Evangelical Lutheran ChurchHonesdale, PA

    Further mission of organization

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $13,06074% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $1,0006% of the total
  3. Environment1 grant $1,0006% of the total
  4. Human services1 grant $1,0006% of the total
  5. Mental health1 grant $1,0006% of the total
  6. Food and agriculture1 grant $5003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maryland2 grants $12,560
  2. Pennsylvania8 grants $8,000
  3. New Jersey4 grants $6,900
  4. South Carolina5 grants $6,500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Wayne BankTrustee Hours 1Pay $8,093
  • John Van HornTrustee Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Mary Ellen LuthyTrustee Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Mellissa WertmanTrustee Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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