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Hamilton Family Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Wayne, Pennsylvania · EIN 821671948

Hamilton Family Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Wayne, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2024 it gave $17.0 million in 1 grant; the typical grant was $17.0 million and the largest $17.0 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 $13.0 million the year before.

100% of its 2024 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$13.0 million1$254 million
2024$17.0 million1$307 million

How to apply

ContactChekemma-Fulmore Townsend President
200 Eagle Rd Suite 308, Wayne, PA 19087
Phone or email(610) 293-2225, ctownsend@hfctrust.org
What to submitGuidelines and checklists may be found on website, hfctrust.org. Incomplete applications will not be considered by the trustees.
DeadlinesCheck deadlines on the website, hfctrust.org directors meet quarterly.
RestrictionsThe trust considers requests from non-profits who provide, robust, evidence-based, services for academic-learning, career-learning, social-emotional learning, and educational support services to youth in grades K-12. Programs may serve youth in the following areas: the counties of philadelphia, Delaware, montgomery, chester, camden as well as the aquidneck island, ri, palm beach county, Florida and other priority areas identified by the trust. Services may occur in-school, after-school, during the schoolyear, and/or during the summer.

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

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Pennsylvania.

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania1$17.0 million

Grants paid in 2024

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
See Attached for Detail to Annual Grants
Wayne, PA
Charitable contributions$17.0 million

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Hamilton Family Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Check deadlines on the website, hfctrust.org directors meet quarterly..

How much does Hamilton Family Charitable Trust give?

$17.0 million in tax year 2024, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $17.0 million.

Who runs Hamilton Family Charitable Trust?

Its 2024 filing lists Margaret H Duprey (Board Chair, Trustee), Nathaniel P Hamilton (Co-Vice Chair, Trustee), S Matthews V Hamilton Jr (Co-Vice Chair, Trustee) and Barbara R Cobb (Treasurer, Trustee) among 8 officers and trustees.

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