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Arguild Foundation

Accepts applications Greenville, Delaware · EIN 516016487

Arguild Foundation is a private foundation in Greenville, Delaware. In tax year 2025 it gave $181,600 in 4 grants; the typical grant was $8,300 and the largest $160,000. 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 $131,600 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$81,6002$2.3 million
2024$131,6005$2.5 million
2025$181,6004$2.6 million

How to apply

ContactMary Connolly Braun
PO Box 4007, Greenville, DE 19807
Phone or email(302) 652-6854
What to submitLetter format requesting a grant. Additional materials at donee's option.
RestrictionsOrganizations operated for religious, charitable or educational purposes as provided under irc section 501 (c)(3)

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Arguild Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Pennsylvania.

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania1$160,000
New York1$10,000
Delaware1$6,600
Maine1$5,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 4 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
The University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Educational purpose$160,000
The International Friends of the London Library
New York, NY
Educational purpose$10,000
Christ Church Christiana Hundred
Wilmington, DE
Religous purpose$6,600
The Agawam Council
Raymond, ME
Recreation purpose$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Arguild Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Arguild Foundation give?

$181,600 in tax year 2025, across 4 grants, with a typical grant of $8,300.

Who runs Arguild Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Mary Connolly Braun (President), Wilson JC Braun Jr (Executive Vice President), Courtney C Braun (Vice President) and Wilson JC Braun III (Vice President).

What does Arguild Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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