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The Palmer Foundation: 34 grants to organizations, $950,000 (tax year ended December 2025)
The Palmer Foundation, a private foundation in Oakton, VA, paid 34 grants to organizations totaling $950,000 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on July 1, 2026. The largest was $113,250 to The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation in Rockville, MD for general support and research support for ibd.
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- EIN
- 363700897
- Based in
- Oakton, VA
- Assets
- $27,937,135
- Grants paid
- $950,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed July 1, 2026, IRS object ID 202611829349100111. It reported $950,000 in grants paid; 34 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation | Rockville, MD | General support and research support for ibd | $113,250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Annapolis, MD | Help build a new state of the art oyster restoration center | Environment | $92,750 | apps.irs.gov |
| Environmental Law & Policy Center | Chicago, IL | To fund efforts to educate the next generation of lawmakers and legislative staff on the great lakes compact | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fotokids | Palm Springs, CA | To further education and technology skills enabling options for a successful future and increased opportunities for employment. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Icare Corporation | Statesville, NC | To support the rescue of wild corals and their reestablishment on coral reefs, as well as the restoration of reef-based sponge species to improve water quality in coral reef communities in the florida | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Operation Job Ready Veterans | Indianapolis, IN | To sponsor an in-person training so employees can gain skills and knowledge to work one-on-one with clients to assist them in all aspects of their transition from active-duty careers to civilian emplo | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | Charlottesville, VA | To build on that epa objection and require north carolinas department of environmental quality to enforce the clean water act at all such facilities discharging pfas and other industrial toxins and wi | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Habitat for Humanity International | Americus, GA | To support the building of a home in door county ($3k) and to serve 100 of the most vulnerable families in ethiopia with permanent shelter solutions | Housing and shelter | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Root NS Inc | Salem, MA | To provide stipends to students in the root culinary training program | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Workforce Alliance | New Haven, CT | Funding for workforce alliance's skill up for manufacturing program. this funding will be used to fund stipends, support services, and on-the-job training wage subsidies for participants in skill up f | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Virginia Darden School Foundation | Charlottesville, VA | To fund the pel entrepreneurship initiative, including the damon devito venture velocity fund supports newly graduated entrepreneurs' initiatives | $32,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Partner for Surgery | McLean, VA | To support the infant nutrition program in rural guatemala to reduce mortality among babies born with cleft lip and palate and to qualify them for essential surgeries | Health care | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Upavim | Fort Collins, CO | To install solar panels at the upavim cooperative in guatemala city | $26,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Baby2baby | Los Angeles, CA | To support emergency disaster relief work and fund the distribution of supplies to families impacted by hurricanes helene and milton as well as the la fires | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Land-Based Learning | Woodland, CA | The center's farms leadership program works with high school students to explore careers related to agriculture and natural resources that go beyond farming and veterinary science. to do so, the cente | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Embrace Compassion | Wilsonville, OR | Increasing services to include volunteer work and skill building with adults with intellectual disabilities. there is a lot of demand for this skill building employment service we can provide at the f | International, foreign affairs and national security | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Foundation of Firsthealth Inc | Pinehurst, NC | The grant will be used to provide education sponsorships through local community colleges for regional students and adult learners to earn their certifications or degrees to become future staff at fir | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Miracle Foundation | Austin, TX | To expand miracles thrivewell platform | Mental health and crisis intervention | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Doorway To Learning | Sturgeon Bay, WI | To fund the doorway to learning campaign, opening the door to a brighter future, which supports sustainable childcare by securing a well designed early education facility that provides high quality ch | Human services | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kemper Center | Kenosha, WI | General | Recreation and sports | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boston Area Gleaners | Acton, MA | To purchase a used 50 to 75 horsepower 4x4 tractor with an open station and dual hydraulic remotes | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peninsula School of Art | Fish Creek, WI | To support peninsula school of art's free public programs, including family art days and school partnerships | Arts, culture and humanities | $14,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Creative Waves Foundation | New York, NY | To purchase apple laptops for the childrens enrichment center of belle glade, florida | Youth development | $13,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Door Community Auditorium Corp | Fish Creek, WI | To provide gibraltar public k-12 schools with experiential learning projects in the arts and sciences | Education | $13,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Neighbor To Neighbor | Greenwich, CT | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wisconsin German Shorthaired Pointer Rescue Inc | Cottage Grove, WI | To cover veterinary costs including spay/neuter surgeries and vaccinations for incoming dogs to our breed specific rescue | Animal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gibraltar Historical Association | Fish Creek, WI | Preservation of the heritage house, creating a cultural center, and sustaining our historic streetscape. | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich | Greenwich, CT | Funding to support the boys & girls club's clubhouse renovation. | Youth development | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Somerset County Historical Trust | Princess Anne, MD | To renovate the historic early 19th century teackle tenant house in princess anne, md | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Aspca | Washington, DC | General operating support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business | Washington, DC | To foster enrepreneurship on campus | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sweet Paws Rescue | Groveland, MA | General operating support | Animal-related | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Altrusa International Foundation of Door County Wi Inc | Sturgeon Bay, WI | To support the 2025 back to school fair in giving 600 economically disadvantaged children from door county grade appropriate school supplies and athletic shoes/socks at the 2025 back to school fair. | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Forest Planet | Washington, DC | Visit to tanzania to review project status | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed June 30, 2025, IRS object ID 202501819349100105. It reported $800,000 in grants paid; 28 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Crohn's & Coalitis Foundation | Rockville, MD | General support and research support for ibd | $92,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business | Washington, DC | The georgetown mcdonough small business corp and scholarship funds. | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Association To Preserve Cape Cod | Dennis, MA | To sponsor a pilot project to monitor freshwater ponds for dangerous neurotoxins (anatoxins), establish testing protocols for them, and work with state public health officials to establish standards f | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | Charlottesville, VA | To encourage the "polluter pays" approach in other localities to protect families, communities, and drinking water sources | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Neo Fund | Puyallup, WA | Training, business coaching, and loan capital for guatemala and nicaragua | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Forest Planet | Washington, DC | Laying the groundwork: leverage for the kukua initiative, to pay for the labor to prune and mulch undergrowth near and around 340k trees in the irente2 and irente3 planting sites. this will fertilize | $46,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Living Water International | Annapolis, MD | To build a water pipeline extension from an existing water point at a school in rwanda to allow students to collect safe water, wash their hands, and take home safe water for their families after scho | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Highwater Farm | Silt, CO | To procure a water cistern for storage ($10,000), cover the salary of a youth coordinator for job-training programs in agriculture ($25,000), and provide for youth crew worker stipends to give teens j | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Aldea | New York, NY | To support sanitary latrines to help improve health and hygiene in santa isabel, guatemala. | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kemper Center | Kenosha, WI | To hire an experienced curator for the anderson arts center in order to allow the arts center to continue to grow by providing revolving shows, traveling national shows, building a permanent collectio | Recreation and sports | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Weymouth Center | Southern Pines, NC | To support weymouth equestrians, an afterschool program, preparing youth for potential careers in the equestrian field. | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northern Door Childcare Project Inc | Sister Bay, WI | Infant cribs and new feeding room furnishings | $32,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| A Leg To Stand On Inc | New York, NY | Providing free, high-quality clubfoot correction to babies and children in bangladesh & pakistan | Youth development | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kenosha YMCA | Kenosha, WI | To support the kenosha ymca teen achievers program, an academic afterschool program for those most in need to help youth find their college and career pathway and prepare them for opportunities that w | $26,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Habitat for Humanity International | Americus, GA | To support the building of a home in door county ($5k) and to reduce arsenic contamination and water-borne disease in bangladesh by improving access to wash conditions ($20,000) | Housing and shelter | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mary's Center for Maternal & Child Care | Washington, DC | To fund specialized training to nurses, medical professionals, and for diverse team members to provide comprehensive, culturally sensitive care to participants across its programs. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Year Up Inc | Seattle, WA | Year up united in puget sound student support funds | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc | Pinehurst, NC | To purchase a new welding booth for the palmer trades center student lab. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Greater Boston Legal Services | Boston, MA | This funding will go towards gbls's legal aid program for special immigrant juveniles (sij's) who arrive to the united states to obtain legal status | $18,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Duke-Fuqua School of Business | Durham, NC | To support entrepreneurship activities at fuqua | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peninsula School of Art | Fish Creek, WI | To support the visual arts educational experiences for youth and community-based public programs serving children & families, area residents, and visitors | Arts, culture and humanities | $9,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Miracle Foundation | Austin, TX | To support the family-strengthening program to reintegrate children into family care and/ or prevent children from separation from family - miracle foundation ensures the home is safe, stable, and per | Mental health and crisis intervention | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bruce Museum | Greenwich, CT | General | Arts, culture and humanities | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Players Against Hate | Ellicott City, MD | Anti-bias, belonging curriculum & reporting tool | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Virginia Darden School Foundation | Charlottesville, VA | For general purposes dedicated to entrepreneurship, batten institute current use fund | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Door Community Auditorium Corp | Fish Creek, WI | To support the 4k art program and the passport program (performing artists) and song writing residency. | Education | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Altrusa International Foundation of Door County Wi Inc | Sturgeon Bay, WI | To support the back-to-school fair by providing athletic shoes and socks, grade level school supplies, shirts, toiletries, backpacks and other essentials for 600 students (workforce) | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Somerset County Historical Trust | Princess Anne, MD | To hold an off-site meeting for the board and a professional facilitator to develop a unified strategic plan for somerset county's rich heritage and legacy of preserving historic properties | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $167,750 |
| Housing and shelter | $70,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $60,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $55,000 |
| Youth development | $50,000 |
| Mental health and crisis intervention | $33,000 |
| Health care | $30,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $30,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Maryland | $357,000 |
| Wisconsin | $194,000 |
| Virginia | $167,000 |
| District of Columbia | $148,000 |
| North Carolina | $145,000 |
| Massachusetts | $133,000 |
| California | $100,000 |
| New York | $78,000 |
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Updated July 1, 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.