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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 46-1211777

Valley Fund Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 13 grants and $4.4 million paid in grants.

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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.

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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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $4,358,903

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $88,172,293

  • Tax year 2023

    $3,645,750

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $81,957,145

  • Tax year 2022

    $2,983,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $82,254,861

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,000,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $78,353,495

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,045,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $46,411,058

  • Tax year 2019

    $2,400,250

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $43,235,204

Grants paid in 2024

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. National Philanthropic TrustConshohocken, PA

    Valley Fund Charitable Fund

    $2,931,903
  2. Lumind Idsc FoundationWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,010,000
  3. National Park FoundationWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $150,000
  4. Cape May Point Science CenterCape May Point, NJ

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

    $50,000
  5. Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA

    Work in the Down Syndrome Program in the department of genetics under the direction of Dr. Brian Skotko

    $50,000
  6. New England Aquarium CorporationBoston, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $50,000
  7. St Jude Childrens Research Hospital IncMemphis, TN

    General & Unrestricted

    $50,000
  8. Cincinnati Country Day SchoolCincinnati, OH

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  9. Wellesley Food Pantry IncWellesley, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  10. Pan-Massachusetts Challenge IncNeedham, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  11. Friends of the Wellesley Free Libraries IncWellesley, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  12. Best Buddies International IncMiami, FL

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  13. Pan-Massachusetts Challenge IncNeedham, MA

    Dana-Farber Cancer Research fund

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $2,931,90395% of the total
  2. Animals1 grant $50,0002% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $50,0002% of the total
  4. Education2 grants $30,000<1% of the total
  5. Food and agriculture1 grant $25,000<1% of the total
  6. International aid1 grant $1,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania1 grant $2,931,903
  2. Massachusetts7 grants $1,151,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $150,000
  4. New Jersey1 grant $50,000
  5. Tennessee1 grant $50,000
  6. Ohio1 grant $25,000
  7. Florida1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Christopher S BrooksDir, Pres, Sec, Treas Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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