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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 51-6001265

Mt Cuba Center Inc

A private foundation in Hockessin, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 2 grants and $1.5 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,532,641

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $426,092,310

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,634,634

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $399,975,224

  • Tax year 2022

    $650,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $372,564,258

  • Tax year 2021

    $3,086,085

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $424,495,426

  • Tax year 2020

    $312,228

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $377,852,668

  • Tax year 2019

    $7,885,490

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $339,722,007

  • Tax year 2018

    $9,511,944

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $311,852,656

Grants paid in 2024

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Conservation FundArlington, VA

    Conservation projects

    $1,500,000
  2. Longwood GardensHockessin, DE

    Coordination efforts on conservation projects

    $25,000

  3. This return lists its grants in an attachment that is not in the IRS e-file: $7,641 in all.

Approved for future payment

1 grant

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.

  1. Longwood GardensHockessin, DE

    Conservation projects

    $50,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment1 grant $1,500,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Delaware2 grants $1,525,000

Officers, directors and trustees

18 people as filed

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

  • Ann C RosePRESIDENT Hours 10Pay $0
  • Charles L CopelandVICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • David D ShieldsTREASURER/SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Gerret Van S CopelandMANAGER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Marilyn HaywardMANAGER Hours 1Pay $0
  • David C BlitzerMANAGER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Pamela BiddleMANAGER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Henry B Du Pont IVMANAGER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sandy MacchiaruloMANAGER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Eli SharpMANAGER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Dr Anita PepperMANAGER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jeffrey DowningEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $271,360
  • Michael HuslaASSISTANT TREASURER Hours 40Pay $167,965
  • Danyelle FitzgeraldASSISTANT SECRETARY Hours 40Pay $72,246
  • Blaine T Phillips SrCHAIRMAN EMERITUS Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lammot Du Pont Copeland JrMEMBER EMERITUS Hours 1Pay $0
  • Elizabeth SharpMEMBER EMERITA Hours 1Pay $0
  • Louisa C DuemlingMEMBER EMERITA Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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