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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 45-4507813

The Vandermark Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $710,000 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.

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

    $710,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $11,402,348

  • Tax year 2024

    $564,500

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $11,679,918

  • Tax year 2023

    $726,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $12,183,895

  • Tax year 2022

    $695,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $12,909,611

  • Tax year 2021

    $580,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $9,945,150

  • Tax year 2020

    $552,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $9,391,186

  • Tax year 2019

    $565,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $9,674,453

  • Tax year 2018

    $359,100

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $9,828,712

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Blue Dragon Childrens Foundation USALittleton, CO

    Complete renovations to the offices in HCMC and support activities at that site

    $200,000
  2. Catholic Charities of Central Colorado IncColorado SPGS, CO

    Two year grant in support of legal assistance to immigrant families

    $100,000
  3. Womens Education ProjectNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $75,000
  4. At Home and AfarWayland, MA

    Rebuilding cistern and installing solar power

    $55,000
  5. Blue Dragon Childrens Foundation USALittleton, CO

    Myanmar Rescue Fund

    $50,000
  6. Hope Walks IncYork Springs, PA

    General & Unrestricted

    $50,000
  7. Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, CT

    Global Engagement Fund

    $50,000
  8. Worcester Natural History SocietyWorcester, MA

    Building project and naming of Sun Dial Rose

    $50,000
  9. Partners for Guatemala Education IncPlymouth, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $30,000
  10. Father Bills & Mainspring IncBrockton, MA

    In support of the Brockton Housing Resource Center

    $20,000
  11. State Democracy Defenders FundWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $20,000
  12. My Brothers Keeper IncNorth Easton, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid4 grants $330,00059% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $125,00023% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $50,0009% of the total
  4. Housing and shelter1 grant $20,0004% of the total
  5. Public affairs1 grant $20,0004% of the total
  6. Human services1 grant $10,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado3 grants $350,000
  2. Massachusetts5 grants $165,000
  3. New York1 grant $75,000
  4. Connecticut1 grant $50,000
  5. Pennsylvania1 grant $50,000
  6. District of Columbia1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Lois A ScanlonSec, Dir, Clerk, VP Hours 10Pay $0
  • Peter J Scanlon PHDPres, Dir, Chairperson, Treas Hours 10Pay $0

The return

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