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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-3799685

Anton E B Schefer Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $238,422 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.

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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

    $238,422

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $8,024,061

  • Tax year 2024

    $234,401

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,427,117

  • Tax year 2023

    $226,683

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,219,997

  • Tax year 2022

    $140,613

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,390,713

  • Tax year 2021

    $491,652

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,412,285

  • Tax year 2020

    $6,255

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,346,689

  • Tax year 2019

    $225,700

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,839,213

  • Tax year 2018

    $320,936

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,285,359

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of Virginia McIntire School of CommerceCharlottesville, VA

    For the Lenox-Conyngham Scholarship Fund

    $128,247
  2. Chapel & York US Foundation IncNew York, NY

    The Parochial Church Council of St. Swithun's Cheswardine

    $43,075
  3. British Schools and Universities Foundation IncNew York, NY

    scholarship fund from the Anton E. B. Schefer Foundation to Trinity College, Cambridge University

    $37,600
  4. Greenwich LibraryGreenwich, CT

    Greenwich Library Trustee's Development Fund

    $12,000
  5. College Foundation of the University of VirginiaCharlottesvle, VA

    University of Virginia Advancement Operations, College Benefactors Society Board

    $10,000
  6. Brearley SchoolNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  7. Buckley School in the City of New YorkNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  8. Greenwich Academy IncGreenwich, CT

    Annual Fund

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $53,07548% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $37,60034% of the total
  3. Education4 grants $19,50018% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia2 grants $138,247
  2. New York4 grants $85,675
  3. Connecticut2 grants $14,500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Winston Dalton MeadeDir, Treas Hours 1Pay $0
  • Elizabeth Alexandra Meade CodraroDir, Sec Hours 1Pay $0
  • Okla Basil Meade JrDir, Pres Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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