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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 83-2365293

Halff Windham Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $703,500 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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $703,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $3,109,054
  • Tax year 2024

    $305,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $3,106,514
  • Tax year 2023

    $115,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,467,575
  • Tax year 2022

    $121,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,734,959
  • Tax year 2021

    $42,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $973,776
  • Tax year 2020

    $48,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $635,543
  • Tax year 2019

    $47,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $609,589

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Bayard Rustin Center for Social JusticePrinceton, NJ

    General & Unrestricted

    $200,000
  2. Earlham CollegeRichmond, IN

    For Good Campaign: The Clarence Cunningham Student Emergency Fund Endowment

    $100,000
  3. Metropolitan Opera Association IncNew York, NY

    The Transforming the Met Campaign / Access Opera: Guild Open Rehearsals for Students

    $100,000
  4. Metropolitan Opera Association IncNew York, NY

    New Production: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

    $100,000
  5. Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing ArtsVienna, VA

    Creation of the Halff Windham Foundation Fund for Early Learning Through the Arts

    $100,000
  6. Jazz at Pride IncNew York, NY

    Recording of Rustin in Renaissance

    $78,200
  7. Jazz at Pride IncNew York, NY

    Jazz at Pride performances Jazz at Lincoln Center

    $20,300
  8. Central Connecticut Coast Young Mens Christian AssNew Haven, CT

    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. Arts and culture5 grants $398,50057% of the total
  2. Civil rights1 grant $200,00029% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $100,00014% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York4 grants $298,500
  2. New Jersey1 grant $200,000
  3. Indiana1 grant $100,000
  4. Virginia1 grant $100,000
  5. Connecticut1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Lawrence HalffDir, Pres, Treas Hours 10Pay $0
  • Charles R WindhamSec Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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