The Maryland State Capitol
Foundation Lookup

Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 54-6771807

The Foundation for Adventist Education

A private foundation in Silver Spring, MD. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 3 grants and $281,500 paid in grants.

See which foundations fund work like yours Matching by cause, place and grant size

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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $281,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $14,797,420

  • Tax year 2023

    $694,856

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $13,716,636

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,146,102

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $12,327,897

  • Tax year 2021

    $963,946

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $12,064,367

  • Tax year 2020

    $639,506

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $11,709,311

  • Tax year 2019

    $739,665

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $11,848,479

  • Tax year 2018

    $430,299

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $11,303,883

Grants paid in 2024

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Andrews UniversityBerrien SPRGS, MI

    Institute of archaeology

    $205,000
  2. Individual

    Creation of book titled "reason and reality: ontological presuppositions in biblical interpretation"

    $70,000
  3. Southwestern Adventist UniversityKeene, TX

    Fossil for university's dinosaur museum

    $6,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $205,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Michigan1 grant $205,000
  2. Texas1 grant $6,500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Ernest Edward ZinkeTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Leonora Anne ZinkeTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Douglas ZinkeTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

More foundations

Similar foundations

Same main cause (education), giving between a quarter and four times this foundation’s where possible, nearby first.

  1. Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation IncSilver Spring, MD 8 grants Preselected only $127,000 giving
  2. Fordi Family Foundation IncAnnapolis, MD 30 grants Accepts applications $284,000 giving
  3. The Mustard Seed Foundation IncSalisbury, MD 33 grants Preselected only $284,830 giving
  4. The Nabit Foundation IncBaltimore, MD 21 grants Preselected only $285,292 giving
  5. The Nathan Foundation Inc Ima Co Robert SCambridge, MD 33 grants Accepts applications $274,400 giving