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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 23-2612150

James C Gentle Foundation

A private foundation in Radnor, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 1 grant and $225,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Joseph A O'Connor Jr - Co-Trustee
150 N Radnor-Chester Road - Suite A
Radnor, PA 19087
(610) 247-6361
Form and materials
No Special Form
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
The Trustees are requested but not required to consider funding on an annual basis course(s) at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) based on the study of political parties existing in the United States at the times the courses are givin, their structure, aims, teaching and practices, their current significance and their possible future effect on the political structure and goverment of the United States. The Trustees may make distributions or expenditures exclusively for charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes as they deem proper but they are requested that any such distributions, including any such distribution to fund a course at Penn, be made for the purpose of forstering education in conservative political philosophy and thought.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $225,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,125,815

  • Tax year 2023

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,228,545

  • Tax year 2022

    $240,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,338,707

  • Tax year 2021

    $195,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,280,488

  • Tax year 2020

    $185,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,206,065

Grants paid in 2024

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA

    Defray cost of Penn-in-Washingtonprogram & support the coursesin Penn Arts & Sciences.

    $225,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $225,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania1 grant $225,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Joseph A O'Connor JrCo-Trustee Hours 1Pay $8,520
  • Frederick M LaValleyCo-Trustee Hours 1Pay $8,520

The return

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