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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 83-4229407

EJK Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 20 grants and $2.6 million 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

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

    $2,568,363

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $51,862,103
  • Tax year 2023

    $4,155,726

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $48,064,591
  • Tax year 2022

    $3,561,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $45,637,890
  • Tax year 2021

    $1,750,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $22,880,273
  • Tax year 2020

    $1,300,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $22,878,537
  • Tax year 2019

    $750,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $22,355,349

Grants paid in 2024

20 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Northeast Wilderness TrustMontpelier, VT

    for the acquisition of the Mountain Brook

    $750,000
  2. Community Foundation of Jackson HoleJackson, WY

    General & Unrestricted

    $600,000
  3. Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation IncTallahassee, FL

    North Florida Project Flex Fund

    $500,000
  4. Property & Environment Research CtrBozeman, MT

    for a research study to design incentives for private landowners in Maine to conserve late-successional/old-growth forests

    $153,379
  5. Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation IncTallahassee, FL

    enabling capacity support through the north Florida project flex fund

    $100,000
  6. University of WyomingLaramie, WY

    Monteith Shop at Haub School fund

    $100,000
  7. Property & Environment Research CtrBozeman, MT

    General & Unrestricted

    $85,000
  8. Elkhorn Marine Conservancy IncRochester, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $50,000
  9. Galveston Bay FoundationKemah, TX

    for land stewardship and maintenance

    $50,000
  10. Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership IncWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  11. William Marsh Rice UniversityHouston, TX

    for the School of Social Sciences' Center for coastal futures and adaptive resilience (CFAR) fund

    $25,000
  12. Northeast Wilderness TrustMontpelier, VT

    Lary Brook Forest ecological assessment fund

    $24,984
  13. Nature ConservancyBirmingham, AL

    Splinter Hill Bog Preserve Acquisition fund

    $19,000
  14. Coalition for Environment Equity and ResilienceHouston, TX

    Toward the Parks Analyst position fund

    $15,000
  15. Rocky Mountain Elk FoundationMissoula, MT

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  16. University of HoustonHouston, TX

    for Professor Ann Cheek's Hidden Life of Houston project, a partnership with the urban wildlife information network

    $15,000
  17. Maine Audubon SocietyFalmouth, ME

    General & Unrestricted

    $11,000
  18. Boone & Crockett ClubMissoula, MT

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  19. Coastal Prairie ConservancyHouston, TX

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  20. The Longleaf Alliance IncAndalusia, AL

    Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership fund

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment9 grants $1,470,98469% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $600,00028% of the total
  3. Animals2 grants $35,0002% of the total
  4. Education1 grant $25,0001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Vermont2 grants $774,984
  2. Wyoming2 grants $700,000
  3. Florida2 grants $600,000
  4. Montana4 grants $263,379
  5. Texas5 grants $115,000
  6. New York1 grant $50,000
  7. Alabama2 grants $29,000
  8. District of Columbia1 grant $25,000
  9. Maine1 grant $11,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Carla KnoblochTreas, Trustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Elizabeth Graves LoveTrustee Hours 12Pay $0
  • Stevens SharkeySec, Trustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Brian YablonskiTrustee Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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