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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 88-2267960

La Via de James Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 2 grants and $80,000 paid in grants.

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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

3 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $80,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,030,697

  • Tax year 2023

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,870,054

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,993,986

Grants paid in 2024

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Lifesong for Orphans IncGridley, IL

    General & Unrestricted

    $55,000
  2. Hope Rescue Mission of the City of Reading PAReading, PA

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid1 grant $55,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois1 grant $55,000
  2. Pennsylvania1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • James S EssigDir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jeremiah J EssigDir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Olivia G EssigDir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Stephen M EssigDir, Pres Hours 1Pay $0
  • Therese L EssigDir, Sec Hours 1Pay $0
  • Amelia R MartinDir, Treas Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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