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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 95-4480408

The William Gillespie Foundation

A private foundation in Corona Del Mar, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $27,178 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

Not stated

The return neither checks the preselected-only box nor gives application details.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $27,178

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2023

    $496,797

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $40,255

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,294,810

    Grants listed
    51
    Assets, end of year
    $552,260

  • Tax year 2021

    $844,500

    Grants listed
    55
    Assets, end of year
    $916,167

  • Tax year 2020

    $317,950

    Grants listed
    52
    Assets, end of year
    $1,869,290

  • Tax year 2019

    $352,600

    Grants listed
    61
    Assets, end of year
    $2,077,070

  • Tax year 2018

    $334,000

    Grants listed
    57
    Assets, end of year
    $2,443,227

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    Support Organization

    $9,500
  2. Paris 2024 Olympic SocietyParis, France

    Support Organization

    $5,678
  3. Orange County Museum of ArtCosta Mesa, CA

    Support Organization

    $5,000
  4. Newport Library FoundationNewport Beach, CA

    Support Organization

    $5,000
  5. Individual

    Program Support

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $5,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California2 grants $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Richard Gadbois IIIPresident Hours 4Pay $0
  • John M GunninDirector Hours 10Pay $0

The return

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