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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 51-6017779

Fair Play Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 43 grants and $749,000 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.

How to apply

Accepts applications

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

Contact
Blaine T Phillips Jr Executive Dire
100 West 10th Street Suite 1010
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 777-4711
Form and materials
Letter explaining needs
Deadlines
Applications accepted at any time
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $749,000

    Grants listed
    43
    Assets, end of year
    $14,965,521

  • Tax year 2023

    $746,000

    Grants listed
    44
    Assets, end of year
    $9,371,620

  • Tax year 2022

    $781,000

    Grants listed
    46
    Assets, end of year
    $9,333,613

  • Tax year 2021

    $754,500

    Grants listed
    44
    Assets, end of year
    $9,603,968

  • Tax year 2020

    $694,875

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $8,537,316

Grants paid in 2024

43 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Fauna and Flora InternationalCambridge, United Kingdom

    Support program and operations within discretion of CEO

    $75,000
  2. Delaware Wild LandsTownsend, DE

    To support milford neck preserve land acquisition project

    $70,000
  3. Wild Earth AlliesChevy Chase, MD

    Support for continuing work and new initiatives to increase protection for endangered wildlife and habitats

    $70,000
  4. Conservation FundArlington, VA

    Continued support for highly successful mid- atlantic land protection efforts and to build the revolving fund

    $60,000
  5. Delaware Museum of Nature and ScienceGreenville, DE

    General operations.

    $55,000
  6. Hagley Museum & LibraryWilmington, DE

    For program support and operations within discretion of executive director

    $50,000
  7. Friends of First State IncWilmington, DE

    To support the new executive director's position and for ongoing projects at the brandywine valley unit of first state national historical park

    $40,000
  8. University of Virgina Law School FoundationCharlottesville, VA

    To support the environmental resilience programs at the virginia coastal research center on eastern shore of va

    $35,000
  9. Down Syndrome Association of DelawareMiddletown, DE

    To support education programs and general operations

    $25,000
  10. University of VirginiaCharlottesvle, VA

    To support the blaine t. Phillips lawn tree endowment fund

    $25,000
  11. Winterthur MuseumWinterthur, DE

    General support for exhibits

    $25,000
  12. Challenge ProgramWilmington, DE

    To support the new headquarters and shop location

    $20,000
  13. Outward Bound USABoulder, CO

    To support the leading forestry and carbon sequestration resarch in the country

    $15,000
  14. Bright's Creek ConservancyincHaverford, PA

    To support forestry and riparian enchancement projects to improve water quality in the bushkill watershed and upper delware headwaters region

    $12,500
  15. 1103 Market Street FoundationWilmington, DE

    Preservation of wilmington's oldest mansion house - the merrick house at 1103 market street, wilmington, de

    $10,000
  16. Ashley Addiction TreatmentHvre de Grace, MD

    To provide scholarships and support for addiction treatment for those in need

    $10,000
  17. Brandywine Red Clay AllianceWest Chester, PA

    Brandywine watershed monitoring and education initiatives

    $10,000
  18. Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper CreekDagsboro, DE

    To support garden design and land protection initiatives

    $10,000
  19. Faithful Friends Animal SocietyNew Castle, DE

    To support general operations.

    $10,000
  20. Limen House RecoveryWilmington, DE

    To support recovery and treatment for addiction

    $10,000
  21. Southern Environmental Law CenterCharlottesville, VA

    For the highly successful law fellow program

    $10,000
  22. Trout Unlimitedcoldwater Conservation FundArlington, VA

    Coldwater conservation fund projects to protect wild trout and the streams they inhabit

    $10,000
  23. US Sportsmen's Alliance FoundationColumbus, OH

    Protection of the american heritage of hunting and fishing against the aggressive and well financed efforts to curtail or destroy it by animal rights group

    $10,000
  24. Ducks Unlimited - Brandywine ChapterWilmington, DE

    Continued restoration efforts in delaware.

    $7,500
  25. Friends of Cooch BridgeMountchanin, DE

    Tto help protect one of delaware's most important historic sites and only revolutionary war battle site in the state.

    $7,500
  26. Historic Odessa FoundationOdessa, DE

    Continued maintenance of historic trees and shrubs

    $7,500
  27. St Michael's School and NurseryWilmington, DE

    To support children's education and spiritual development in a 130- year old institution

    $7,500
  28. Stroud Water Research CenterAvondale, PA

    To support water's edge event and other meaningful watershed educational experiences (mwee) in the delaware river watershed (10% limit to overhead costs)

    $7,500
  29. Thomas Jefferson FoundationCharlottesvle, VA

    Continued historical research at monticello

    $7,500
  30. Delaware Center for HorticultureWilmington, DE

    To support garden design initiatives

    $5,000
  31. First State SquashWilmington, DE

    To support the role of impacting young lives through the sport of squash

    $5,000
  32. Kalmar Nykel FoundationWilmington, DE

    To support general operations for historical interpretation

    $5,000
  33. Amboseli Trust for ElephantsNewbury, MA

    To support cynthia moss' continued research of the population of elephants at the foot of MT. Kilimanjaro, with emphasis on eliminating poaching

    $2,500
  34. Atlantic Salmon FederationCalais, ME

    Support for land-based, closed containment salmon aquaculture as a viable alternative to open net pens in the ocean

    $2,500
  35. Chesapeake Media ServiceSeven Valleys, PA

    Continued support of "bay journal" publication.

    $2,500
  36. Lower Delmarva Genealogical SocietySalisbury, MD

    To support ongoing research into genealogical issues across the delmarva.

    $2,500
  37. Urban PromiseWilmington, DE

    To support the urban trekkers program by introducing urban youth nature and the outdoors and the other programs that help underserved youth in wilmington, de

    $2,500
  38. Wild and Scenic Film FestivalGlen Mills, PA

    To support wild and scenic film festival 2021

    $2,500
  39. Saxis Island MuseumSaxis, VA

    For restoration projects at the museum site

    $2,000
  40. Ocean View Historical SocietyOcean View, DE

    To support genetal operations

    $1,500
  41. Chadds Ford Historical SocietyChadds Ford, PA

    For general operating costs

    $1,000
  42. Delaware Historical SocietyWilmington, DE

    General operations.

    $1,000
  43. Waterfowl Festivalwaterfowl ChesapeakeEaston, MD

    For continued support of annual waterfowl festival as long as the event focuses on waterfowl events and coincides with hunting seasons in maryland.

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment4 grants $145,00039% of the total
  2. Arts and culture7 grants $118,50032% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $25,0007% of the total
  4. Public affairs1 grant $25,0007% of the total
  5. Education1 grant $20,0005% of the total
  6. Animals3 grants $15,0004% of the total
  7. 4 other causes4 grants $25,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Delaware21 grants $375,000
  2. Virginia7 grants $149,500
  3. Maryland4 grants $83,500
  4. Pennsylvania6 grants $36,000
  5. Colorado1 grant $15,000
  6. Ohio1 grant $10,000
  7. Massachusetts1 grant $2,500
  8. Maine1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

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

  • Blaine T Phillips JrEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 30Pay $92,917
  • Blaine T PhillipsTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Kristin L DemesseTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Gregory A InskipTRUSTEE, SECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0
  • Milbrey R JacobsTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • W Halsey Spruance JrVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jeanne S GazzilloPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Charles ElsonTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

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