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Ellsworth Hovey Getchell Foundation

Accepts applications Auburn, California · EIN 852953554

Ellsworth Hovey Getchell Foundation is a private foundation in Auburn, California. In tax year 2025 it gave $220,136 in 7 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $151,100. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $165,762 the year before.

67% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$108,5343$0
2024$165,7624$0
2025$220,1367$0

How to apply

ContactChristopher Luvara
10556 Combie Rd PMB 6123, Auburn, CA 95602
Phone or email(408) 389-0489
What to submit990PF
Deadlines5/15/2025

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Ellsworth Hovey Getchell Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in California.

StateGrantsAmount
California7$220,136

Grants paid in 2025

All 7 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Auburn Aviation Association
Auburn, CA
Flight training scholarships through aaa and grants to aviation maintenance students$151,100
Aerospace Museum of California
McClellan Park, CA
Flight training scholarships$25,000
Castle Air Museum Foundation
Atwater, CA
Plane maintenance donation$16,000
California Warbirds Inc
Hollister, CA
Plane maintenance donation$10,000
Cal-Aerofab Flight Academy Inc
Chino, CA
Flight training scholarships$10,000
Pacific Coast Air Museum
Santa Rosa, CA
Plane maintenance donation$5,000
Individual
CA
Plane maintenance donation$3,036

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Ellsworth Hovey Getchell Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: 5/15/2025.

How much does Ellsworth Hovey Getchell Foundation give?

$220,136 in tax year 2025, across 7 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs Ellsworth Hovey Getchell Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Christopher Luvara (Vice President), Kenneth H Dwelle (Chairman) and Benjamin H Marsh (Director).

What does Ellsworth Hovey Getchell Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and arts and culture.

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