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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 47-2721040

Robert & Paulette File Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $4,750 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $4,750

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $258,951

  • Tax year 2023

    $5,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $263,525

  • Tax year 2022

    $7,650

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $269,091

  • Tax year 2021

    $5,625

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $293,069

  • Tax year 2020

    $9,205

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $283,325

  • Tax year 2019

    $8,530

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $257,441

  • Tax year 2018

    $8,600

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $262,538

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Arm in Arm IncHamilton Township, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,750
  2. Homefront IncLawrenceville, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,500
  3. United Negro College Fund IncWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  4. American Near East Refugee Aid IncWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $2,50053% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $1,75037% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $50011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Jersey2 grants $3,250
  2. District of Columbia2 grants $1,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Paulette FileDir, VP Hours 1Pay $0
  • Robert FilePres, Dir, Sec, Treas Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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