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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 36-7634806

Aurora Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 1 grant and $53.5 million paid in grants.

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

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $53,500,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $674,340,843
  • Tax year 2023

    $37,750,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $660,663,466
  • Tax year 2022

    $52,393,909

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $621,765,157
  • Tax year 2021

    $37,500,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $762,186,529
  • Tax year 2020

    $20,000,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $673,996,634

Grants paid in 2024

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Fidelity Charitable Gift FundBoston, MA

    Charitable purposes

    $53,500,000

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 $53,500,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $53,500,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • RBC Trust Company (delaware) LTDINSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Goldman Sachs Trust CoADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Richard Knezevich EsqTRUST PROTECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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