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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-3603979

The Ted Muhs Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 22 grants and $223,060 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

    $223,060

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $681,300
  • Tax year 2024

    $145,810

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $716,421
  • Tax year 2023

    $123,310

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $760,991
  • Tax year 2022

    $107,310

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $858,469
  • Tax year 2021

    $83,910

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $901,456
  • Tax year 2020

    $65,310

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $944,648
  • Tax year 2019

    $64,300

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $980,714
  • Tax year 2018

    $61,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $920,524

Grants paid in 2025

22 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    the Football Student Athletic Endowment fund

    $150,000
  2. Fisher House Foundation IncRockville, MD

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  3. Heritage FoundationWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  4. The Dawn Redwoods Charitable TrustTiburon, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  5. Turning Point USA IncIndianapolis, IN

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  6. Young America's FoundationReston, VA

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  7. Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  8. St Rose Dominican Health FoundationPhoenix, AZ

    St. Rose Dominican Hospital at 3001 St. Rose Parkway, Henderson, NV

    $5,000
  9. Rampant Lion FoundationAnn Arbor, MI

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  10. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  11. Glaucoma Foundation IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  12. Henderson Community FoundationHenderson, NV

    to support Henderson Libraries

    $1,000
  13. Intercollegiate Studies Institute IncWilmington, DE

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  14. Judicial Watch IncWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  15. K9S for Warriors IncPonte Vedra, FL

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  16. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  17. The Actors Fund of AmericaNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  18. WWP IncTopeka, KS

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  19. National Right to Work Legal Defense & Education FSpringfield, VA

    General & Unrestricted

    $250
  20. Trustees of Phillips AcademyAndover, MA

    For the Phillips Academy Andover

    $200
  21. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $100
  22. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $10

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education6 grants $152,31086% of the total
  2. Health3 grants $11,0006% of the total
  3. Public affairs2 grants $11,0006% of the total
  4. Animals1 grant $1,000<1% of the total
  5. Community development1 grant $1,000<1% of the total
  6. Mutual benefit1 grant $1,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California6 grants $166,110
  2. District of Columbia2 grants $11,000
  3. Virginia2 grants $10,250
  4. Arizona1 grant $10,000
  5. Maryland1 grant $10,000
  6. Nevada2 grants $6,000
  7. New York3 grants $4,000
  8. Michigan1 grant $2,500
  9. Delaware1 grant $1,000
  10. Florida1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Fred H MuhsPres, Dir, Sec Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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