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David B Jones Foundation: 27 grants to organizations, $1.3 million (tax year ended December 2024)
David B Jones Foundation, a private foundation in Wilmington, DE, paid 27 grants to organizations totaling $1,260,857 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 14, 2025. The largest was $202,500 to Mammoth Site of Hot Springs South Dakota Inc in Hot Springs, SD for mammoth site intern program.
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- EIN
- 411909574
- Based in
- Wilmington, DE
- Assets
- $28,455,336
- Grants paid
- $1,260,857
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 14, 2025, IRS object ID 202503189349102425. It reported $1,260,857 in grants paid; 27 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mammoth Site of Hot Springs South Dakota Inc | Hot Springs, SD | Mammoth Site Intern Program | Arts, culture and humanities | $202,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Museum of the Rockies | Bozeman, MT | Cretaceous Crossroads and Discover Science!: A Paleontological Education Initiative | $145,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | Mammalian evolution in dynamic environments across the K-Pg boundary in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming | Health care | $86,315 | apps.irs.gov |
| Board of the University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL | Training the next generation of curators and collection managers via impactful museum collection activities | $85,207 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Found | Los Angeles, CA | Dinosaur Institute Summer Internship in Fossil Conservation at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Minnesota Childrens Museum | Saint Paul, MN | Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice Exhibit National Tour | Arts, culture and humanities | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Loyola University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | Expanding insights into end-Cretaceous community dynamics from microfossil assemblages of the Lance Formation, Wyoming | Education | $62,337 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of New Mexico Foundation Incorporated | Albuquerque, NM | Future Fossils on Fans: The Pilcomayo fan, Paraguay, as a model for terrestrial vertebrate fossil preservation | Education | $60,146 | apps.irs.gov |
| Idaho State University Foundation Inc | Pocatello, ID | Education Everywhere Idaho | Education | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Science Kids | Sheridan, WY | Science Kids Program Support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Denver, CO | Illuminating the Late Cretaceous (ca. 68 - 74 million-year-old) mammals and other tiny vertebrates of Colorado's Western Slope through discovery and study of microvertebrate sites in the Williams Fork | Education | $49,156 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Wisconsin System | Madison, WI | Paleoecology and Stratigraphy of the Upper Jurassic Dinosaur Fauna of Jurassic National Monument, Emery County, Utah | $41,702 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Denver Museum of Nature and Science | Denver, CO | David B. Jones Internship Program in Paleontology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science | $39,156 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Carolina State University College of Science | Raleigh, NC | K-12 students doing paleontology in the classroom and the lab | $38,788 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Albion College | Albion, MI | Undergraduate Research on Macro- to Micro-scale Trends in Fossil Accumulation and Preservation during the Permian Period of the Intermountain West | Education | $37,334 | apps.irs.gov |
| Raymond M Alf Museum | Claremont, CA | Vertebrate Paleontology of the Mesaverde Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Wyoming | $35,040 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Macalester College | Saint Paul, MN | Enriching the Paleontology Experience at Macalester College | Education | $27,263 | apps.irs.gov |
| Raymond M Alf Museum | Claremont, CA | Cosplay for Science - Paleontology and Pop Culture at San Diego Comic Con STEAM FAIR | $27,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of NC State Museum of Natural Sciences | Raleigh, NC | Leveraging the New 'Dueling Dinosaurs' Paleontology Exhibit to Enhance Paleontology Learning for NC Students Youth from Under Resourced Schools and Communities | Arts, culture and humanities | $18,750 | apps.irs.gov |
| Washington Pavilion Management Inc | Sioux Falls, SD | T. Rex Documentary at the Washington Pavilion | Arts, culture and humanities | $12,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| A Man and His Bones | Sioux Falls, SD | Curation of the Lange/Ferguson Archaeological Site Artifacts and Archive at the South Dakota Archaeological Research Center (ARC) | Education | $11,545 | apps.irs.gov |
| Society of Vertebrate Paleontology | McLean, VA | Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Futures Award | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bighorn Basin Paleontological Institute | Willow Grove, PA | David B. Jones Summer Field Internship Program | Science and technology | $6,118 | apps.irs.gov |
| Childrens Museum of Phoenix | Phoenix, AZ | Dinosaur Month at the Children's Museum of Phoenix | Arts, culture and humanities | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stamford Museum and Nature Center Incorporated | Stamford, CT | Dinosaur Discoveries at Stamford Museum | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc | Martin, TN | Junior Paleontology Program | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Union Museum of History and Art | Farmerville, LA | Expedition: Ice Age | Arts, culture and humanities | $3,500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $313,750 |
| Education | $307,781 |
| Health care | $86,315 |
| Science and technology | $6,118 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| South Dakota | $226,545 |
| Montana | $145,000 |
| California | $132,040 |
| Michigan | $123,649 |
| Minnesota | $92,263 |
| Colorado | $88,312 |
| Alabama | $85,207 |
| Illinois | $62,337 |
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Updated November 14, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.