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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 82-3356542

Silver Lining Private Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 21 grants and $455,500 paid in grants.

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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

    $455,500

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $250,093

  • Tax year 2024

    $265,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $134,823

  • Tax year 2023

    $264,500

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $375,664

  • Tax year 2022

    $317,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $234,853

  • Tax year 2021

    $235,000

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $563,879

  • Tax year 2020

    $171,300

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $576,378

  • Tax year 2019

    $162,020

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $308,285

  • Tax year 2018

    $171,450

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $131,160

Grants paid in 2025

21 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA

    General & Unrestricted

    $80,000
  2. Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA

    Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based ethics fund

    $80,000
  3. Nature ConservancyArlington, VA

    General & Unrestricted

    $55,000
  4. Native American Rights FundBoulder, CO

    General & Unrestricted

    $30,000
  5. World Wildlife Fund IncWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $30,000
  6. American Indian College FundDenver, CO

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  7. Natural Resources Defense Council IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  8. United States Association for UnhcrWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  9. Riverkeeper IncOssining, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $20,000
  10. A Jewish Voice for Peace IncBerkeley, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  11. Hartley HouseNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  12. Adopt-A-Native-ElderPark City, UT

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  13. Greenpeace Fund IncWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  14. United Way of Westchester and Putnam IncWhite Plains, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  15. Cornell Laboratory of OrnithologyIthaca, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  16. International Fund for Animal Welfare IncYarmouth Port, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  17. My Sisters Place IncWhite Plains, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  18. Rivertowns Arts Council IncHastings HDSN, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  19. Scenic Hudson IncPoughkeepsie, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  20. Chapin School LTDNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,500
  21. Native American Heritage AssociationBlack Hawk, SD

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment5 grants $87,50038% of the total
  2. International aid2 grants $40,00017% of the total
  3. Human services3 grants $35,00015% of the total
  4. Civil rights1 grant $30,00013% of the total
  5. Education2 grants $26,50011% of the total
  6. Animals1 grant $5,0002% of the total
  7. 2 other causes2 grants $6,5003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Georgia2 grants $160,000
  2. New York9 grants $89,000
  3. District of Columbia4 grants $70,000
  4. Virginia2 grants $56,500
  5. Colorado2 grants $55,000
  6. California1 grant $15,000
  7. Utah1 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.

  • Lucile HamlinDir, Pres, Sec, Treas Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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