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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 81-4320609

Watermark Auto Group Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $11,000 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

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

    $11,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $3,021,169

  • Tax year 2023

    $32,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,731,880

  • Tax year 2022

    $25,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,203,835

  • Tax year 2021

    $61,900

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,219,256

  • Tax year 2020

    $151,300

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,395,894

  • Tax year 2019

    $152,850

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $570,010

  • Tax year 2018

    $100,750

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $575,424

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Rend Lake College FoundationIna, IL

    The Learning Resource Center project outdoor study area planter

    $6,000
  2. Refuge Temple Church of God in Christ IncMarion, IL

    Charitable Event

    $2,500
  3. Marion Chamber of Commerce FoundationMarion, IL

    Charitable Event

    $1,000
  4. Southern Illinois Community FoundationMarion, IL

    Read SI

    $1,000
  5. Book for Hope IncPaducah, KY

    Charitable Event

    $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 $6,00057% of the total
  2. Religion1 grant $2,50024% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $2,00019% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois4 grants $10,500
  2. Kentucky1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Cheryl D AbsherDIR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Michael W AbsherDIR, PRES, SEC, TREAS Hours 1Pay $0
  • David J GriffinDIR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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