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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 45-6911090

Herbert Vaughan Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Philadelphia, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 2 grants and $685,752 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 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 2024

    $685,752

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,785,735
  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $4,327,243
  • Tax year 2022

    $529,546

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,929,906
  • Tax year 2021

    $576,505

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $4,439,887
  • Tax year 2020

    $518,428

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $4,386,187
  • Tax year 2019

    $772,764

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $4,631,235
  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $5,154,755
  • Tax year 2017

    $762,874

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $4,913,480

Grants paid in 2024

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Princeton University - the James Madison ProgramPrinceton, NJ

    Charitable donation

    $342,876
  2. The Witherspoon InstitutePrinceton, NJ

    Charitable donation

    $342,876

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $342,876100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Jersey2 grants $685,752

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Robert P GeorgeTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Christopher C DemuthTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • James R Stoner JrTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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