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Fair Play Foundation

Wilmington, DE · EIN 516017779 990-PF tax year 2024

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Grants paid (tax yr 2024)
$749,000
Assets (fair market value)
$14,965,521
Median grant to orgs
$10,000
all loaded years
Grants in our data
133
since tax year 2022
Giving by tax year
$781,000
2022
46 grants
$746,000
2023
44 grants
$749,000
2024
43 grants

Year 2025 is still partial because many returns have not been filed or released yet. That is a freshness issue — coverage in our dataset is tax years 2019–2025.

Top recipient states
DE$1,054,500
VA$557,500
MD$226,000
Outside the U.S.$225,000
PA$108,000
OH$40,000
CT$35,000
CO$15,000
Cause areas funded
Arts, Culture & Humanities17
Education8
Environment6
Health Care3
Science & Technology3
Animal-Related5
Philanthropy & Voluntarism2
Youth Development1

Only 33.8% of this funder's organizational grants could be linked to an IRS cause code.

How to apply (from the 990-PF, tax year 2024)
Form & materials
LETTER EXPLAINING NEEDS
Deadlines
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED AT ANY TIME
Restrictions
NONE
Recent grants to organizations
RecipientLocationPurpose (as filed)AmountTax yr
Fauna and Flora InternationalCambridge, United KingdomSUPPORT PROGRAM AND OPERATIONS WITHIN DISCRETION OF CEO$75,0002024
Wild Earth AlliesChevy Chase, MDSUPPORT FOR CONTINUING WORK AND NEW INITIATIVES TO INCREASE PROTECTION FOR ENDANGERED WILDLIFE AND HABITATS$70,0002024
Delaware Wild LandsOdessa, DETO SUPPORT MILFORD NECK PRESERVE LAND ACQUISITION PROJECT$70,0002024
Conservation FundArlington, VACONTINUED SUPPORT FOR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL MID- ATLANTIC LAND PROTECTION EFFORTS AND TO BUILD THE REVOLVING FUND$60,0002024
Delaware Museum of Nature and ScienceWilmington, DEGENERAL OPERATIONS.$55,0002024
Hagley Museum & LibraryWilmington, DEFOR PROGRAM SUPPORT AND OPERATIONS WITHIN DISCRETION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$50,0002024
Friends of First State IncWilmington, DETO SUPPORT THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S POSITION AND FOR ONGOING PROJECTS AT THE BRANDYWINE VALLEY UNIT OF FIRST STATE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK$40,0002024
University of Virgina Law School FoundationCharlottesville, VATO SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE PROGRAMS AT THE VIRGINIA COASTAL RESEARCH CENTER ON EASTERN SHORE OF VA$35,0002024
Winterthur MuseumWinterthur, DEGENERAL SUPPORT FOR EXHIBITS$25,0002024
University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VATO SUPPORT THE BLAINE T. PHILLIPS LAWN TREE ENDOWMENT FUND$25,0002024
Down Syndrome Association of DelawareMiddletown, DETO SUPPORT EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND GENERAL OPERATIONS$25,0002024
Challenge ProgramWilmington, DETO SUPPORT THE NEW HEADQUARTERS AND SHOP LOCATION$20,0002024
Outward Bound USABoulder, COTO SUPPORT THE LEADING FORESTRY AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION RESARCH IN THE COUNTRY$15,0002024
Bright's Creek ConservancyincHaverford, PATO SUPPORT FORESTRY AND RIPARIAN ENCHANCEMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY IN THE BUSHKILL WATERSHED AND UPPER DELWARE HEADWATERS REGION$12,5002024
US Sportsmen's Alliance FoundationColumbus, OHPROTECTION OF THE AMERICAN HERITAGE OF HUNTING AND FISHING AGAINST THE AGGRESSIVE AND WELL FINANCED EFFORTS TO CURTAIL OR DESTROY IT BY ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUP$10,0002024
Trout Unlimitedcoldwater Conservation FundArlington, VACOLDWATER CONSERVATION FUND PROJECTS TO PROTECT WILD TROUT AND THE STREAMS THEY INHABIT$10,0002024
Southern Environmental Law CenterCharlottesville, VAFOR THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL LAW FELLOW PROGRAM$10,0002024
Limen House RecoveryWilmington, DETO SUPPORT RECOVERY AND TREATMENT FOR ADDICTION$10,0002024
Faithful Friends Animal SocietyNew Castle, DETO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS.$10,0002024
Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper CreekDagsboro, DETO SUPPORT GARDEN DESIGN AND LAND PROTECTION INITIATIVES$10,0002024
Brandywine Red Clay AllianceWest Chester, PABRANDYWINE WATERSHED MONITORING AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES$10,0002024
Ashley Addiction TreatmentHavre De Grace, MDTO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS AND SUPPORT FOR ADDICTION TREATMENT FOR THOSE IN NEED$10,0002024
1103 Market Street FoundationWilmington, DEPRESERVATION OF WILMINGTON'S OLDEST MANSION HOUSE - THE MERRICK HOUSE AT 1103 MARKET STREET, WILMINGTON, DE$10,0002024
Thomas Jefferson FoundationCharlottesville, VACONTINUED HISTORICAL RESEARCH AT MONTICELLO$7,5002024
Stroud Water Research CenterAvondale, PATO SUPPORT WATER'S EDGE EVENT AND OTHER MEANINGFUL WATERSHED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES (MWEE) IN THE DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED (10% LIMIT TO OVERHEAD COSTS)$7,5002024

Grants to individuals are counted but not named.

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