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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-1493389

The Calkins Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $310,000 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

    $310,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,693,698

  • Tax year 2024

    $433,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,862,011

  • Tax year 2023

    $81,300

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,068,857

  • Tax year 2022

    $133,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,008,962

  • Tax year 2021

    $184,000

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $2,035,860

  • Tax year 2020

    $90,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,059,174

  • Tax year 2019

    $152,400

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $2,052,736

  • Tax year 2018

    $116,500

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $2,112,899

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Family FoundationRichmond, VA

    General & Unrestricted

    $252,000
  2. Care Net Resource Pregnancy Centers IncNewport News, VA

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  3. Send International of the United States IncDetroit, MI

    General & Unrestricted

    $18,000
  4. The Circe Institute IncKannapolis, NC

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  5. Oyster Point Rotary FoundationNewport News, VA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $262,00090% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $25,0009% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia3 grants $282,000
  2. Michigan1 grant $18,000
  3. North Carolina1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Joseph M CalkinsPres, Sec, Dir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kara A CalkinsDir, Treas, VP Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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