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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 84-3936971

The Mountain Spring Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 12 grants and $249,500 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

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

    $249,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $9,144,941
  • Tax year 2023

    $190,278

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $5,519,213
  • Tax year 2022

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $4,893,832
  • Tax year 2021

    $26,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,827,822
  • Tax year 2020

    $11,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,254,882

Grants paid in 2024

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Wasatch Adaptive Sports IncSnowbird, UT

    General & Unrestricted

    $40,000
  2. Maliheh Free ClinicMillcreek, UT

    General & Unrestricted

    $35,000
  3. Huntsman Mental Health FoundationSalt Lake Cty, UT

    General & Unrestricted

    $32,000
  4. Generation Data Education FundWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $30,000
  5. Policy ProjectSalt Lake Cty, UT

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  6. Chance AcademyWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $20,000
  7. Hale Centre TheatreSandy, UT

    General & Unrestricted

    $20,000
  8. Best Friends Animal SocietyKanab, UT

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  9. Humane Society of UtahMurray, UT

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  10. Star Lit Blades Synchronized SkatingCottonwd HTS, UT

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  11. Share-Parents of UtahDraper, UT

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  12. Nayer and Javed Honarvar Memorial FoundationSalt Lake Cty, UT

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $35,00020% of the total
  2. Animals2 grants $30,00017% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $30,00017% of the total
  4. Public affairs2 grants $27,50015% of the total
  5. Arts and culture1 grant $20,00011% of the total
  6. Education1 grant $20,00011% of the total
  7. 1 other causes2 grants $15,0008% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Utah10 grants $199,500
  2. District of Columbia2 grants $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Saba Eslami LeistnerDir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Steven Alex LeistnerDir, Pres, Sec, Treas Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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