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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-2199528

The Future Hope Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $27,000 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

    $27,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $833,774

  • Tax year 2024

    $22,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $807,430

  • Tax year 2023

    $22,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $806,806

  • Tax year 2022

    $29,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $611,677

  • Tax year 2021

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $630,992

  • Tax year 2020

    $93,000

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $639,041

  • Tax year 2019

    $33,350

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $632,654

  • Tax year 2018

    $31,700

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $652,379

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. V-DaySan Francisco, CA

    City of Joy

    $7,000
  2. International Fund for Animal Welfare IncYarmouth Port, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  3. Wild Bird Fund IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  4. Massachusetts Audubon Society IncLincoln, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  5. World Central Kitchen IncorporatedWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  6. Friends of Falmouth DogsFalmouth, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  7. Pasadena Humane SocietyPasadena, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  8. People for CatsWest Falmouth, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  9. World Central Kitchen IncorporatedWashington, DC

    Charitable Event

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals5 grants $13,00048% of the total
  2. Crime and legal aid1 grant $7,00026% of the total
  3. International aid2 grants $4,00015% of the total
  4. Environment1 grant $3,00011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts4 grants $10,000
  2. California2 grants $8,000
  3. New York1 grant $5,000
  4. District of Columbia2 grants $4,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • H Russel LemckeDir, VP Hours 1Pay $0
  • Katherine LemckeDir, Pres, Sec Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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