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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 52-6436554

Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $18.8 million paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Mar 26, 2025), 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

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $18,780,912

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $0
  • Tax year 2024

    $750,000

    Grants listed
    53
    Assets, end of year
    $18,206,316
  • Tax year 2023

    $810,000

    Grants listed
    53
    Assets, end of year
    $15,103,535
  • Tax year 2022

    $875,000

    Grants listed
    53
    Assets, end of year
    $11,651,979
  • Tax year 2021

    $700,000

    Grants listed
    52
    Assets, end of year
    $11,658,521
  • Tax year 2020

    $680,400

    Grants listed
    54
    Assets, end of year
    $11,135,445
  • Tax year 2019

    $695,000

    Grants listed
    55
    Assets, end of year
    $10,632,468
  • Tax year 2018

    $625,000

    Grants listed
    55
    Assets, end of year
    $10,785,144

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Washington National OperaWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $8,557,956
  2. Washington Performing Arts SocietyWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $8,557,956
  3. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,665,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $17,115,91291% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $1,665,0009% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. District of Columbia2 grants $17,115,912
  2. New York1 grant $1,665,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Doris Blazek-WhiteTrustee Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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