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DW Gore Family Foundation: 17 grants to organizations, $1 million (tax year ended March 2025)
DW Gore Family Foundation, a private foundation in Wilmington, DE, paid 17 grants to organizations totaling $1,000,000 in its tax year ended March 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on February 16, 2026. The largest was $250,000 to Givewell Maximum Impact Fund in Oakland, CA for educational research.
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- EIN
- 711035523
- Based in
- Wilmington, DE
- Assets
- $83,545
- Grants paid
- $1,000,000
- Tax year ended
- March 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended March 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed February 16, 2026, IRS object ID 202600479349100020. It reported $1,000,000 in grants paid; 17 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Givewell Maximum Impact Fund | Oakland, CA | Educational research | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pencils of Promise | New York, NY | Education | International, foreign affairs and national security | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wikimedia Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Educational research | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brain & Behavior Research Foundation | New York, NY | Schizophrenia research | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | Education | Social science | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Building Excellent Schools | Boston, MA | Educational research | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Climate Systems Engineering Initiative University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | Educational research | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jumpstart | Boston, MA | Educational research | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mit Poverty Action Lab | Cambridge, MA | Poverty abatement research | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Our World in Data | Oxfordshire, UK | Educational research | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | Health research | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Year Up | New Castle, DE | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Council for Trustees and Alumni | Washington, DC | Educational research | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Ai Safety | San Francisco, CA | Global issues | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Charter School of Wilmington | Wilmington, DE | Education | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Eleos Ai | Waltham, MA | Global issues | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Leading Youth Through Empowerment | Wilmington, DE | Education | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended March 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed February 18, 2025, IRS object ID 202530499349100223. It reported $370,000 in grants paid; 13 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Givewell Maximum Impact Fund | Oakland, CA | Educational research | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | Education | Social science | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Camfed USA | San Francisco, CA | Educational research | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mit Poverty Action Lab | Cambridge, MA | Poverty abatement research | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | Health research | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brain & Behavior Research Foundation | New York, NY | Schizophrenia research | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Building Excellent Schools | Boston, MA | Educational research | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Climate Systems Engineering Initiative University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | Educational research | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jumpstart | Boston, MA | Educational research | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Our World in Data | Oxfordshire, UK | Educational research | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wikimedia Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Educational research | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Year Up | New Castle, DE | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Council for Trustees and Alumni | Washington, DC | Educational research | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $100,000 |
| Social science | $80,000 |
| Education | $50,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $500,000 |
| New York | $250,000 |
| Massachusetts | $245,000 |
| Delaware | $120,000 |
| District of Columbia | $115,000 |
| Illinois | $70,000 |
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Updated February 16, 2026. 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.