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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 85-4184499

The Shining Rock Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $28,800 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

    $28,800

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,543,840
  • Tax year 2023

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $2,584,378
  • Tax year 2022

    $450,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,611,972
  • Tax year 2021

    $1,514,663

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $3,075,955
  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $721,568

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research

    $25,000
  2. Chakana Media Inc DBA ReconsiderAccord, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,800
  3. Siddhartha School PartnershipPortland, ME

    to cover CSBE Requirement Costs

    $1,000
  4. The Hagedorn Little Village SchoolSeaford, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $3,800100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maryland1 grant $25,000
  2. New York2 grants $2,800
  3. Maine1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Craig NerenbergDir, Sec, Treas Hours 1Pay $0
  • Phoebe TaubmanDir, Pres Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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