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Longwood Foundation Inc

Wilmington, DE · EIN 51-0066734. Reported 450 grants totalling $205.4M to 345 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$200,000median grant
$205.4Mgranted, 2020-2024
345recipients, as named on its returns
8%of grantees funded again the next year
$1.0Bassets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Longwood Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $200,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $100,000 and $450,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $16.0M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$5,000 - $10,000
6 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
15 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
28 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
59 grants
$100,000 and Up
342 grants

Every organization it funded

345 recipient names appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Longwood Gardens IncWilmington, DE$51.5M652024
Community Education BuildingWilmington, DE$11.3M542024
Delaware State University FoundationWilmington, DE$2,750,000222023
Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit AdvancementWilmington, DE$2,600,000332024
Kingswood Community Center IncWilmington, DE$2,100,000222021
Reach Riverside Development CorporationWilmington, DE$2,100,000222024
Exceptional Care for ChildrenWilmington, DE$2,000,000112022
YMCA of DelawareWilmington, DE$2,000,000112023
Cheer IncWilmington, DE$1,800,000222023
Children & Families First Delaware IncWilmington, DE$1,800,000112021
Westside Family Healthcare IncWilmington, DE$1,750,000222024
Delaware Art MuseumWilmington, DE$1,600,000332024
Odyssey Charter SchoolWilmington, DE$1,600,000112024
Blindsight Delaware Enterprises IncWilmington, DE$1,500,000112022
Food Bank of Delaware IncWilmington, DE$1,500,000112022
Latin American Community CenterWilmington, DE$1,500,000222024
Newark Charter SchoolWilmington, DE$1,500,000222022
Stepping Stones Community Federal Credit UnionWilmington, DE$1,500,000112024
Wilmington AllianceWilmington, DE$1,475,000222021
Freire FoundationWilmington, DE$1,375,000112022
The Springboard Collaborative IncWilmington, DE$1,300,000222023
Joshua M Freeman FoundationWilmington, DE$1,250,000112023
State of Delaware -- Division of the ArtsWilmington, DE$1,250,000112020
Braven at Delaware State UniversityWilmington, DE$1,200,000112023
Children and Families FirstWilmington, DE$1,200,000112023
Children's Beach House IncWilmington, DE$1,200,000222024
Delaware Technical & Community College Educational FoundationWilmington, DE$1,200,000112021
Kennett LibraryWilmington, DE$1,200,000222023
Reading Assist InstituteWilmington, DE$1,200,000112021
Todmorden FoundationWilmington, DE$1,200,000112022
United Way of DelawareWilmington, DE$1,200,000332023
Sussex Montessori SchoolWilmington, DE$1,175,000222024
Boys and Girls Clubs of DelawareWilmington, DE$1,105,000332024
Impact LifeWilmington, DE$1,100,000222024
Kuumba Academy Charter SchoolWilmington, DE$1,090,688222024
Friendship House IncWilmington, DE$1,015,050222024
First State Educate IncWilmington, DE$1,013,475332023
Johns Hopkins University School of EducationWilmington, DE$1,008,389222023
Aspira of DelawareWilmington, DE$1,001,442112021
Be Ready Community Development CorporationWilmington, DE$1,000,000112024
Delaware Data Innovation Lab (merged With Tech Impact)Wilmington, DE$1,000,000112020
Grand Opera HouseWilmington, DE$1,000,000222023
Greater Lewes FoundationWilmington, DE$1,000,000112023
Sussex County Land TrustWilmington, DE$1,000,000112024
The Bryan Allen Stevenson School of ExcellenceWilmington, DE$1,000,000112020
Wilmington UniversityWilmington, DE$1,000,000112023
Leading Youth Through EmpowermentWilmington, DE$942,500222022
Abc Parenting InstituteWilmington, DE$925,000112023
Delaware College of Art and DesignWilmington, DE$925,000112020
Spur Impact AssociationWilmington, DE$900,000222022
Voices UndergroundWilmington, DE$900,000222024
Zip Code WilmingtonWilmington, DE$880,000112022
West End Neighborhood HouseWilmington, DE$842,715222023
Community Legal Aid Society IncWilmington, DE$800,000322021
Detv Foundation IncWilmington, DE$800,000112022
First Community Foundation Fka Eastside Community Learning Center FoundatWilmington, DE$800,000112021
Local Journalism InitiativeWilmington, DE$800,000112022
Sunday Breakfast MissionWilmington, DE$800,000112021
The Rosa Health CenterWilmington, DE$800,000112023
50CAN IncWilmington, DE$761,500332024
La Communidad HispanaWilmington, DE$750,000112020
Newark Senior CenterWilmington, DE$750,000112022
Wilmington Institute Free LibraryWilmington, DE$710,000222024
The Challenge ProgramWilmington, DE$700,000112022
Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy LandbankWilmington, DE$700,000112024
ShatterproofWilmington, DE$665,085222022
Ingleside Homes IncWilmington, DE$614,000332024
Academia Antonia Alonso Charter SchoolWilmington, DE$600,000112022
Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of ArtWilmington, DE$600,000112022
Center for Structural EquityWilmington, DE$600,000112021
Humane Animal PartnersWilmington, DE$600,000112022
Kind to Kids FoundationWilmington, DE$600,000112022
Social Finance IncWilmington, DE$600,000222023
Wilmington Alliancesocial ContractWilmington, DE$600,000112020
Elizabeth W Murphey School IncWilmington, DE$575,000222024
The Proximity ProjectWilmington, DE$575,000222023
Archmere AcademyWilmington, DE$550,000222024
Camp ArrowheadWilmington, DE$550,000112020
Delaware Black Chamber of CommerceWilmington, DE$550,000222023
Delaware Zoological SocietyWilmington, DE$550,000112024
Hagley Museum and LibraryWilmington, DE$550,000222024
TeensharpWilmington, DE$550,000112022
The Summer Learning Collaborative IncWilmington, DE$550,000222021
Jewish Family Services of DelawareWilmington, DE$544,000112023
The Garage Community and Youth CenterWilmington, DE$533,505332024
The Pete Du Pont Freedom Foundation LLCWilmington, DE$526,000222023
Metropolitan Wilmington Urban LeagueWilmington, DE$525,000222024
Brandywine Valley SPCAWilmington, DE$500,000112020
Chesapeake Bay Girl Scout Council IncWilmington, DE$500,000112020
Delaware Museum of Natural HistoryWilmington, DE$500,000112020
Fame IncWilmington, DE$500,000112020
Family Promise of Northern New Castle CountyWilmington, DE$500,000112022
Forgotten Cats IncWilmington, DE$500,000112022
Limen Recovery WellnessWilmington, DE$500,000112023
Science Technology and Research Institute of Delaware (stride)Wilmington, DE$500,000112021
St Michael's School and Nursery IncWilmington, DE$500,000112022
True Access CapitalWilmington, DE$500,000112024
Delaware Arts Alliance IncWilmington, DE$480,000552024
The Tatnall SchoolWilmington, DE$475,000112022
Chabad at University of DelawareWilmington, DE$450,000112020
Delaware Theatre CompanyWilmington, DE$450,000112022
Easterseals Delaware and Maryland's Eastern ShoreWilmington, DE$450,000112024
Network DelawareWilmington, DE$450,000332024
North American Land TrustWilmington, DE$450,000112024
Sanford SchoolWilmington, DE$450,000112023
The Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence (basse)Wilmington, DE$450,000112023
Tower Hill SchoolWilmington, DE$450,000112023
Unionville-Chadds Ford School DistrictWilmington, DE$450,000112023
Willmington AllianceWilmington, DE$450,000112024
Zoe MinistriesWilmington, DE$450,000112023
Amanecer Counseling & Resource CenterWilmington, DE$442,338112021
Dover Interfaith Mission for HousingWilmington, DE$442,000222023
Delaware College ScholarsWilmington, DE$440,000112023
Jounce PartnersWilmington, DE$440,000112024
Cityfest IncWilmington, DE$425,000112021
Edge for TomorrowWilmington, DE$414,161222023
Bronze Valley FoundationWilmington, DE$400,000112023
Christianacare Health ServicesWilmington, DE$400,000112022
Delaware Coalition Against Domestic ViolenceWilmington, DE$400,000112021
Delaware Community FoundationWilmington, DE$400,000112023
End Community Violence NowWilmington, DE$400,000112024
Leadership DelawareWilmington, DE$400,000222024
Mid Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub Inc (MACH2)Wilmington, DE$400,000112024
Milford Housing Development CorpWilmington, DE$400,000112024
Philanthropy DelawareWilmington, DE$400,000112022
Relay Graduate School of EducationWilmington, DE$400,000112021
Sussex County Health CoalitionWilmington, DE$400,000112023
The Lorelton FoundationWilmington, DE$400,000112023
Love Inc of Mid Delmarva IncWilmington, DE$396,809222024
Delaware Wild Lands IncWilmington, DE$386,834222023
StriveWilmington, DE$382,000112024
Calliope Project (milton Theatre)Wilmington, DE$375,000222024
Center for Accelerating Financial Equity (cafe)Wilmington, DE$375,000112024
First State Squash IncWilmington, DE$375,000222024
Reach Out and Read IncWilmington, DE$375,000222024
Unite for HerWilmington, DE$373,289222024
Delaware Center for JusticeWilmington, DE$370,000332024
Peninsula Mccabe United Methodist ChurchWilmington, DE$363,107112020
La Esperanza IncWilmington, DE$351,375222024
American Civil Liberties Foundation of Delaware IncWilmington, DE$350,000222024
Delaware Academy of the Vocal ArtsWilmington, DE$350,000112023
Interfaith Community Housing of Delaware IncWilmington, DE$350,000112024
Learn Fresh Education CoWilmington, DE$350,000112022
Survivor Ventures IncWilmington, DE$350,000112022
Tech ImpactWilmington, DE$350,000222023
American Red Cross Delmarva ChapterWilmington, DE$340,000332022
Great Oaks Charter SchoolWilmington, DE$325,000112023
YWCA Delaware IncWilmington, DE$315,000222024
Developing Artist CollaborationWilmington, DE$308,350222022
First State Community Action AgencyWilmington, DE$304,248112024
Delaware Community Foundation Proximity ProjectWilmington, DE$300,000112022
First State Ballet Theatre IncWilmington, DE$300,000112023
Good Neighbors IncWilmington, DE$300,000112024
International Literacy AssociationWilmington, DE$300,000112024
Little Sisters of the PoorWilmington, DE$300,000112021
Ministry of Caring - Emmaneul Dining RoomWilmington, DE$300,000112024
Toiva CoachingWilmington, DE$300,000112023
Ud HillelWilmington, DE$300,000112024
Veterans' Watchmaker InitiativeWilmington, DE$300,000112024
Wilmington Children's ChorusWilmington, DE$286,138222024
Good Samaritan ServicesWilmington, DE$284,000112022
Delaware Public MediaWilmington, DE$275,000112022
Jay's HouseWilmington, DE$275,000112023
Mighty WritersWilmington, DE$275,000222022
Milton TheatreWilmington, DE$275,000332023
Christina Cultural Arts Center IncWilmington, DE$271,000112020
Southern Delaware Therapeutic and Recreational Horseback Riding IncWilmington, DE$262,500112022
Culture Restoration Project IncWilmington, DE$250,000112022
Delaware Charter Schools NetworkWilmington, DE$250,000112022
Do Care Doula Foundation IncWilmington, DE$250,000112023
Evans Scholars FoundationWilmington, DE$250,000112022
Friends of Hockessin Colored School 107 IncWilmington, DE$250,000112021
Nanticoke Indian Association IncWilmington, DE$250,000112020
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater DelawareWilmington, DE$250,000112023
Saint Mark's High SchoolWilmington, DE$250,000112021
Technically (fiscal Sponsor Wilmington Alliance Inc)Wilmington, DE$250,000112022
The WardrobeWilmington, DE$250,000112023
University Drama Group - Chapel Street PlayersWilmington, DE$250,000112023
Upland Country Day SchoolWilmington, DE$250,000112023
Urbanpromise Ministries WilmingtonWilmington, DE$250,000112022
What Is Your Voice IncWilmington, DE$250,000112024
Serviam Girls AcademyWilmington, DE$245,000222024
The Nature ConservancyWilmington, DE$244,300112022
Nanticoke Watershed Alliance IncWilmington, DE$239,000222024
Caesar Rodney InstituteWilmington, DE$225,000222024
Padua AcademyWilmington, DE$219,000222024
Supporting Kidds IncWilmington, DE$206,815112021
4TH-Dimension LeadersWilmington, DE$200,000112021
AIDS DelawareWilmington, DE$200,000112020
American Heart AssociationWilmington, DE$200,000112020
Black Mothers in PowerWilmington, DE$200,000112022
Blood Bank of DelmarvaWilmington, DE$200,000112020
Center for the Inland Bays IncWilmington, DE$200,000112020
Conservation Innovation FundWilmington, DE$200,000112021
Delaware Symphony OrchestraWilmington, DE$200,000112022
Gaudenzia IncWilmington, DE$200,000112023
Green Beret ProjectWilmington, DE$200,000112022
Harpers HeartWilmington, DE$200,000112022
Horizons Tower HillWilmington, DE$200,000112024
La Plaza Delaware IncWilmington, DE$200,000112024
Mental Health Association in DelawareWilmington, DE$200,000112024
Nerdit CaresWilmington, DE$200,000112022
Newark Day Nursery and Children's CenterWilmington, DE$200,000112023
Rodel Foundation of DelawareWilmington, DE$200,000112020
Stroud Water Research CenterWilmington, DE$200,000112024
The Arc of Delaware IncWilmington, DE$200,000112024
The Choir School of DelawareWilmington, DE$200,000112020
The Delaware ContemporaryWilmington, DE$200,000222023
The Music School of DelawareWilmington, DE$200,000222023
The Precision InstituteWilmington, DE$200,000112020
Tova Community HealthWilmington, DE$200,000112023
Opera DelawareWilmington, DE$192,500112023
OperadelawareWilmington, DE$192,500112024
Delaware Center for Homeless Veterans IncWilmington, DE$186,000112020
Kalmar Nyckel FoundationWilmington, DE$185,000222022
Maternal and Child Health ConsortiumWilmington, DE$181,000222024
Partners for JusticeWilmington, DE$180,000112020
Delaware Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (devoad)Wilmington, DE$176,000112021
Bellevue Community CenterWilmington, DE$175,000112021
New Teacher CenterWilmington, DE$171,072112024
YoungmomsWilmington, DE$170,000112024
Veterans Reentry Resources Alliance IncWilmington, DE$167,000112020
A Better Chance for Our Children IncWilmington, DE$163,000112022
4 Youth Productions IncWilmington, DE$160,000112022
Unleashing the Power of Partnership for Learning IncWilmington, DE$155,000112022
K12 Education LandscapeWilmington, DE$153,948112020
Brandywine Shad 2020 (aka Brandywine River Restoration Trust)Wilmington, DE$150,000112021
Central Delaware Habitat for HumanityWilmington, DE$150,000112020
Central Delaware Housing CollaborativeWilmington, DE$150,000112024
Connecting Generations IncWilmington, DE$150,000112022
Delaware Children's MuseumWilmington, DE$150,000112020
Faithful FriendsWilmington, DE$150,000112021
Help Initiative IncWilmington, DE$150,000112024
Independence SchoolWilmington, DE$150,000112022
Limen House Inc (also Former Triad Ministry Inc)Wilmington, DE$150,000112021
Lutheran Senior Services IncWilmington, DE$150,000112021
Oncor Coalition IncWilmington, DE$150,000112024
Our Youth IncWilmington, DE$150,000112020
Rodney Street Tennis and Tutoring AssociationWilmington, DE$150,000112024
Survivors of Abuse in Recovery IncWilmington, DE$150,000112020
The Connectde IncWilmington, DE$150,000112023
Vision to LearnWilmington, DE$150,000112020
Capacity Building Wallet - Various GrantsWilmington, DE$147,976112024
Delaware Nonprofit Action NetworkWilmington, DE$145,661112023
United Way of Chester CountyWilmington, DE$135,000222021
Peace By Piece IncWilmington, DE$133,634112020
Nativity Preparatory School of WilmingtonWilmington, DE$130,000112021
Aceer FoundationWilmington, DE$125,000112020
Beau Biden FoundationWilmington, DE$125,000112023
Historic Red Clay Valley IncWilmington, DE$125,000112020

81 of 345 (23%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 8%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 178 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Arts & Culture
36 grants
Human Services
32 grants
Education
17 grants
Community Improvement
12 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
10 grants
Housing & Shelter
10 grants
Crime & Legal
9 grants
Mental Health
7 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
2020122$53.3M$150,000
202167$31.7M$225,000
202287$39.0M$250,000
202380$40.6M$300,000
202494$40.8M$201,752

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Already committed for future years

Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Longwood Foundation Inc has 22 of them, worth $181.2M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.

OrganizationLocationApproved
Community Education BuildingWilmington, DE$48.1M
Community Education BuildingWilmington, DE$46.5M
Community Education BuildingWilmington, DE$44.9M
Longwood Gardens IncWilmington, DE$16.0M
Community Education BuildingWilmington, DE$13.2M
Longwood Gardens IncWilmington, DE$8,000,000
Community Education BuildingWilmington, DE$800,000
Children and Families FirstWilmington, DE$742,518
Kingswood Community CenterWilmington, DE$500,000
Children and Families FirstWilmington, DE$467,074
St Michael's School and NurseryWilmington, DE$312,141
The Proximity ProjectWilmington, DE$300,000
Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League IncWilmington, DE$300,000
Community Legal Aid Society IncWilmington, DE$200,000
Children & Families FirstWilmington, DE$176,239

Where its money goes

Wilmington, DE
$205.4M

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Delaware Community Foundation Inc106 shared recipientsWelfare Foundation Inc81 shared recipientsLaffey-Mchugh Foundation72 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc55 shared recipientsWsfs Cares Foundation49 shared recipientsCrestlea Foundation Inc49 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $200,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Delaware.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Longwood Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 100 West 10TH Street 1109, Wilmington, DE, 19801. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 51-0066734 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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