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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 81-4529965

The Bingaman Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 14 grants and $256,000 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

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

    $256,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $5,124,344
  • Tax year 2023

    $276,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $5,303,569
  • Tax year 2022

    $175,250

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $5,408,823
  • Tax year 2021

    $120,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $5,200,501
  • Tax year 2020

    $131,280

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $2,728,833
  • Tax year 2019

    $127,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,998,430
  • Tax year 2018

    $20,250

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $3,012,026

Grants paid in 2024

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeBoston, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $50,000
  2. Rio Grande SchoolSanta Fe, NM

    One Ask Fund

    $50,000
  3. Omaha Community FoundationOmaha, NE

    One Source - The Background Check Company Charitable Fund

    $25,000
  4. Western New Mexico University FoundationSilver City, NM

    The jesse & beth bingaman scholarship for science scholarship fund

    $21,000
  5. Helen Keller InternationalNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $20,000
  6. Legal Outreach IncAstoria, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $20,000
  7. Medecins Sans Frontieres USA IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $20,000
  8. Malaria Consortium USHermitage, PA

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  9. National Dance Institute New Mexico IncSanta Fe, NM

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  10. Sidwell Friends SchoolWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  11. Bull Terrier Rescue Mission IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  12. El Rancho de Las Golondrinas IncSanta Fe, NM

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  13. Rio Grande SchoolSanta Fe, NM

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  14. Think New MexicoSanta Fe, NM

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid2 grants $40,00038% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $31,00029% of the total
  3. Arts and culture2 grants $15,00014% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $10,0009% of the total
  5. Animals1 grant $5,0005% of the total
  6. Human services1 grant $5,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Mexico6 grants $96,000
  2. Massachusetts1 grant $50,000
  3. New York3 grants $45,000
  4. Nebraska1 grant $25,000
  5. Maryland1 grant $20,000
  6. District of Columbia1 grant $10,000
  7. Pennsylvania1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • John F BingamanDir, Pres, Sec, Treas Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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