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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-3900238

Doctorbird Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 22 grants and $1.6 million 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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $1,622,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $26,626,398
  • Tax year 2024

    $1,499,200

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $26,988,100
  • Tax year 2023

    $1,540,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $27,165,828
  • Tax year 2022

    $1,665,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $28,193,525
  • Tax year 2021

    $1,493,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $29,580,958
  • Tax year 2020

    $1,540,000

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $30,485,658
  • Tax year 2019

    $1,565,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $31,030,468

Grants paid in 2025

22 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Vital Communities IncWhite Riv JCT, VT

    General & Unrestricted

    $300,000
  2. Planned Parenthood of Northern New EnglandColchester, VT

    General & Unrestricted

    $200,000
  3. Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the TreasuWest Palm BCH, FL

    General & Unrestricted

    $175,000
  4. Santa Fe CollegeGainesville, FL

    deserving students who cannot otherwise afford to attend SFC Scholarship Fund

    $100,000
  5. Tryall Fund JamaicaWhite Plains, NY

    disaster relief fund from Hurricane Melissa

    $100,000
  6. Tryall Fund JamaicaWhite Plains, NY

    disaster aid fund from Hurricane Melissa

    $100,000
  7. Oak Hammock at the University of Florida IncGainesville, FL

    extensive landscaping project

    $60,000
  8. Bread of the Mighty Food Bank IncGainesville, FL

    General & Unrestricted

    $50,000
  9. Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, PA

    Student Mental Health Services Fund

    $50,000
  10. Mountain Valley Treatment CenterPlainfield, NH

    General & Unrestricted

    $50,000
  11. Oak Hammock at the University of Florida IncGainesville, FL

    Oak Hammock Benevolent Fund

    $50,000
  12. Peaceful Paths IncGainesville, FL

    General & Unrestricted

    $50,000
  13. St Francis House IncGainesville, FL

    General & Unrestricted

    $50,000
  14. United Way of North Central Florida IncGainesville, FL

    General & Unrestricted

    $50,000
  15. Vermont Institute of Natural Science IncQuechee, VT

    General & Unrestricted

    $50,000
  16. Gainesville Chamber Orchestra IncGainesville, FL

    General & Unrestricted

    $40,000
  17. The Education Foundation of Alachua County IncGainesville, FL

    Take Stock in Children Scholarship Fund

    $30,000
  18. Community Hospice of Northeast Florida IncJacksonville, FL

    Community Hospice & Palliative Care of Alachua County

    $25,000
  19. Helping Hands Clinic IncGainesville, FL

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  20. North Central Florida YMCA Young Mens Christian asGainesville, FL

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  21. Remote Area MedicalRockford, TN

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  22. University of Florida Foundation IncGainesville, FL

    Wuft-tv PBS

    $17,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Community development1 grant $300,00027% of the total
  2. Health2 grants $225,00021% of the total
  3. Education4 grants $197,00018% of the total
  4. Human services3 grants $160,00015% of the total
  5. Environment1 grant $50,0005% of the total
  6. Housing and shelter1 grant $50,0005% of the total
  7. 3 other causes3 grants $115,00010% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida14 grants $747,000
  2. Vermont3 grants $550,000
  3. New York2 grants $200,000
  4. New Hampshire1 grant $50,000
  5. Pennsylvania1 grant $50,000
  6. Tennessee1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • E PorterPres, Dir, Sec Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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