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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 51-6498255

The Harkness Trust

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 1 grant and $600,000 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

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

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

    $600,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $12,142,255
  • Tax year 2023

    $650,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $11,918,692
  • Tax year 2022

    $650,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $12,029,122
  • Tax year 2021

    $770,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $12,590,643
  • Tax year 2020

    $450,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $7,829,607

Grants paid in 2024

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    General

    $600,000

Where the money goes

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts1 grant $600,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Theodore H AshfordTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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