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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 27-3785123

Night Heron Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $912,000 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $912,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $15,285,349

  • Tax year 2023

    $757,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $14,664,171

  • Tax year 2022

    $785,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $14,883,278

  • Tax year 2021

    $598,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $15,435,013

  • Tax year 2020

    $597,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $10,524,615

  • Tax year 2019

    $105,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $10,605,847

  • Tax year 2018

    $663,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $9,957,648

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Gallery North IncSetauket, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $500,000
  2. Union of Concerned Scientists IncCambridge, MA

    Science Network

    $150,000
  3. Children and Screens-Institute of Digital Media anJericho, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $100,000
  4. Island Harvest LTDMelville, NY

    Capital Campaign

    $90,000
  5. Ronald McDonald House Charities New York Metro IncNew Hyde Park, NY

    Capital Campaign to build a Ronald McDonald House at Stony Brook Hospital

    $54,000
  6. Gallery North IncSetauket, NY

    Annual Appeal Matching Fund

    $18,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $518,00068% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $150,00020% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $90,00012% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York5 grants $762,000
  2. Massachusetts1 grant $150,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Nancy Sarah GoroffPres, Dir, Sec Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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