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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 86-2109119

Frances H & Harold E Gordon Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $50,500 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.

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 2025

    $50,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $820,144

  • Tax year 2024

    $43,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $877,041

  • Tax year 2023

    $31,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $888,609

  • Tax year 2022

    $23,250

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $932,330

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $957,141

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford inWest Hartford, CT

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  2. Ligonier Valley Young Mens Christian Association OLigonier, PA

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  3. Ligonier Valley Meals on WheelsLigonier, PA

    General & Unrestricted

    $6,000
  4. 1889 Foundation IncJohnstown, PA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  5. Loyalhanna Watershed Association IncLigonier, PA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  6. St Michaels of the Valley Episcopal ChurchLigaonier, PA

    St. Michael's of the Valley Cemetery Fund

    $3,000
  7. Ligonier Township Volunteer Fire Department No 1Ligonier, PA

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  8. Westmoreland Museum of ArtGreensburg, PA

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  9. Ligonier Valley Library AssociationLigonier, PA

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  10. Rocky Mountain Elk FoundationMissoula, MT

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  11. National Trust Historic Preservation in the UnitedWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,500
  12. Ligonier Valley Police Foundation IncLigonier, PA

    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. Human services2 grants $11,00050% of the total
  2. Environment1 grant $5,00023% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $2,50011% of the total
  4. Disaster relief and public safety1 grant $2,50011% of the total
  5. Crime and legal aid1 grant $1,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania9 grants $37,000
  2. Connecticut1 grant $10,000
  3. Montana1 grant $2,000
  4. District of Columbia1 grant $1,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Anne G EarleDir, Sec Hours 1Pay $0
  • Edwin H GordonDir, Pres, Treas Hours 4Pay $0

The return

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