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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 83-0645359

David D Dodge Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 22 grants and $47,200 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.

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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 2025

    $47,200

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $27,143

  • Tax year 2024

    $46,115

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $10,571

  • Tax year 2023

    $14,250

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $7,707

  • Tax year 2022

    $70,200

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $26,914

  • Tax year 2021

    $72,870

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $57,793

  • Tax year 2020

    $47,400

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $80,910

  • Tax year 2019

    $82,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $84,060

Grants paid in 2025

22 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Southern Poverty Law Center IncMontgomery, AL

    To support SPLC's litigation work

    $10,000
  2. Human Rights Watch IncNew York, NY

    To support HRW Iran project

    $5,000
  3. University of RichmondRichmond, VA

    To support the SKS Book Project

    $5,000
  4. Execution Intervention ProjectWest Palm BCH, FL

    To support the EIP Nitrogen Gas Book Project

    $2,700
  5. Death Penalty ActionColumbus, OH

    To support DPA Execution Protest Project

    $2,500
  6. Execution Intervention ProjectWest Palm BCH, FL

    To support the Spiritual Accompaniment Project

    $2,500
  7. Freedom of the Press FoundationBrooklyn, NY

    To support SecureDrop

    $2,500
  8. Southern Poverty Law Center IncMontgomery, AL

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  9. Execution Intervention ProjectWest Palm BCH, FL

    To support the Nitrogen Book Project

    $2,000
  10. Execution Intervention ProjectWest Palm BCH, FL

    To support the EIP Nitrogen Gas Book Project

    $2,000
  11. University of RichmondRichmond, VA

    To support the SKS Book Project

    $1,500
  12. Death Penalty ActionColumbus, OH

    To support the Execution Crisis Fund

    $1,000
  13. Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty ITampa, FL

    To support the MSW Student Internship Project

    $1,000
  14. Human Rights Watch IncNew York, NY

    To support Yemen work

    $1,000
  15. Project Hope to Abolish the Death PenaltyLanett, AL

    To support the Execution Avoidance Project

    $1,000
  16. Project ShelukaUnion, KY

    To support the Zambia Project

    $1,000
  17. Razias Ray of Hope FoundationWellesley HLS, MA

    To support the Special Student Project

    $1,000
  18. South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death PeGreenville, SC

    To support the Community Organizing Project

    $1,000
  19. Death Penalty ActionColumbus, OH

    To support the For Whom the Bell Tolls Project

    $500
  20. Death Penalty ActionColumbus, OH

    To support the Execution Protest Project

    $500
  21. Freedom of the Press FoundationBrooklyn, NY

    To support The Tracker

    $500
  22. Project ShelukaUnion, KY

    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. Crime and legal aid7 grants $22,70050% of the total
  2. Education3 grants $7,50017% of the total
  3. International aid4 grants $7,50017% of the total
  4. Civil rights4 grants $4,50010% of the total
  5. Human services2 grants $3,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Alabama3 grants $13,500
  2. New York8 grants $13,500
  3. Florida5 grants $10,200
  4. Virginia2 grants $6,500
  5. Kentucky2 grants $1,500
  6. Massachusetts1 grant $1,000
  7. South Carolina1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • David D DodgeDir, Pres, Sec, Treas Hours 4Pay $0

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