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Gingerbread Literacy Foundation Inc

Accepts applications North Palm Beach, Florida · EIN 931442935

Gingerbread Literacy Foundation Inc is a private foundation in North Palm Beach, Florida. In tax year 2024 it gave $2.9 million in 1 grant; the typical grant was $2.9 million and the largest $2.9 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $501,381 the year before.

0% of its 2024 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$501,3811$73,190
2024$2.9 million1$6,900

How to apply

ContactThomas S Desimone
136 Lakeshore Drive Apt 312, North Palm Beach, FL 33408
Phone or email(202) 277-5102, scott@reallygreatreading.com
What to submitLetter request
Deadlines12/15/2024
RestrictionsMost restricted to 30% of the cost of really great reading products, assessments, and teach training.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Gingerbread Literacy Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Maryland.

StateGrantsAmount
Maryland1$2.9 million

Grants paid in 2024

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Really Great Reading
Cabin John, MD
To improve literacy rates in economically disadvantages communities. List of allocation from really great reading available upon request.$2.9 million

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Gingerbread Literacy Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: 12/15/2024.

How much does Gingerbread Literacy Foundation Inc give?

$2.9 million in tax year 2024, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $2.9 million.

Who runs Gingerbread Literacy Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Barbara Desimone (Director), Michael Desimone (Director) and Thomas Desimone (Director).

What does Gingerbread Literacy Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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