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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 51-0338698

The Robin Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 9 grants and $175,600 paid in grants.

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.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Robin Foundation Grant Requests Co
One Walkers Mill Road
Wilmington, DE 19807
(302) 655-1750
Form and materials
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Deadlines
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Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $175,600

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,401,976
  • Tax year 2023

    $188,160

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,493,851
  • Tax year 2022

    $160,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,558,528
  • Tax year 2021

    $126,200

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,866,807
  • Tax year 2020

    $226,150

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $2,528,331
  • Tax year 2019

    $113,300

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,962,391
  • Tax year 2018

    $109,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,739,501

Grants paid in 2024

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Homeless Prevention CouncilOrleans, MA

    General

    $25,000
  2. Outright VermontBurlington, VT

    General

    $25,000
  3. Vermont Abenaki Artists AssociationVergennes, VT

    General

    $25,000
  4. Amanecer Counseling & Resource CenterWilmington, DE

    General

    $20,000
  5. Central Delaware Housing CollaborativeDover, DE

    General

    $20,000
  6. The Bear ProjectPine Ridge, SD

    General

    $20,000
  7. Down Syndrome Association of DelawareMiddletown, DE

    General

    $15,600
  8. Retreat Farm GrantBrattleboro, VT

    General

    $15,000
  9. Project New StartClaymont, DE

    General

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services2 grants $45,00036% of the total
  2. Disaster relief and public safety1 grant $25,00020% of the total
  3. Community development1 grant $20,00016% of the total
  4. Housing and shelter1 grant $20,00016% of the total
  5. Health1 grant $15,60012% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Delaware4 grants $65,600
  2. Vermont3 grants $65,000
  3. Massachusetts1 grant $25,000
  4. South Dakota1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

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

  • Dorothy Dehaven LovettPRESIDENT/TREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Evelyn Dehaven LovettSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0
  • Virginia G LovettDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Robert A Lovett IICHAIR OF FINANCE COMMITTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Theodore AshfordDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Theodore Ashford IIIDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Julia ShumlinDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Benjamin ShumlinDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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