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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 92-0636542

DV Foundation

A private foundation in St Paul, MN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $454,000 paid in grants.

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

4 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $454,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,230,409
  • Tax year 2024

    $402,166

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,535,256
  • Tax year 2023

    $190,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,863,208
  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $3,132,672

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Mayo ClinicRochester, MN

    General use of charity

    $250,000
  2. Planned Parenthood Action FundWashington, DC

    General use of charity

    $50,000
  3. Trustees of Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    General use of charity

    $50,000
  4. Breck SchoolMinneapolis, MN

    General use of charity

    $50,000
  5. Northern Star ScoutingFort Snelling, MN

    General use of charity

    $25,000
  6. Friends of Saint Paul College FoundationSaint Paul, MN

    General use of charity

    $20,000
  7. Charles Wittwer WheelchairPlymouth, MN

    General use of charity

    $8,000
  8. Misty Copeland FoundationNew York, NY

    General use of charity

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $250,00068% of the total
  2. Education3 grants $120,00032% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Minnesota5 grants $353,000
  2. New York2 grants $51,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Vance OppermanTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Darin OppermanTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Charles ThellTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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