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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 81-2769991

Chaplin Family Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $30,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 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

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $381,877
  • Tax year 2024

    $33,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $398,701
  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $238,886
  • Tax year 2022

    $34,300

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $230,510
  • Tax year 2021

    $46,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $265,437
  • Tax year 2020

    $39,130

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $299,283
  • Tax year 2019

    $46,825

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $188,700
  • Tax year 2018

    $22,833

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $229,503

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Rutgers University FoundationNew Brunswick, NJ

    Charitable Event

    $25,000
  2. Newark School of the Arts IncNewark, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  3. Shatterproof A Nonprofit CorpBoston, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  4. President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeBoston, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $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 $25,00085% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $2,5008% of the total
  3. Mental health1 grant $2,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Jersey2 grants $27,500
  2. New York1 grant $2,000
  3. Massachusetts1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Beverly J CartiniDir, Treas Hours 1Pay $0
  • C Edward ChaplinDir, Pres Hours 1Pay $0
  • Edward A ChaplinDir, Sec Hours 1Pay $0
  • Karen L ChaplinDir, VP Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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