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James C Gentle Foundation

Accepts applications Radnor, Pennsylvania · EIN 232612150

James C Gentle Foundation is a private foundation in Radnor, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2024 it gave $225,000 in 1 grant; the typical grant was $225,000 and the largest $225,000. 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 $200,000 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$200,0001$5.2 million
2024$225,0001$7.2 million

How to apply

ContactJoseph A O'Connor Jr - Co-Trustee
150 N Radnor-Chester Road - Suite A, Radnor, PA 19087
Phone or email(610) 247-6361
What to submitNo Special Form
RestrictionsThe Trustees are requested but not required to consider funding on an annual basis course(s) at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) based on the study of political parties existing in the United States at the times the courses are givin, their structure, aims, teaching and practices, their current significance and their possible future effect on the political structure and goverment of the United States. The Trustees may make distributions or expenditures exclusively for charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes as they deem proper but they are requested that any such distributions, including any such distribution to fund a course at Penn, be made for the purpose of forstering education in conservative political philosophy and thought.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What James C Gentle Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Pennsylvania.

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania1$225,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Defray cost of Penn-in-Washingtonprogram & support the coursesin Penn Arts & Sciences.$225,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does James C Gentle Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does James C Gentle Foundation give?

$225,000 in tax year 2024, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $225,000.

Who runs James C Gentle Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Joseph A O'Connor Jr (Co-Trustee) and Frederick M LaValley (Co-Trustee).

What does James C Gentle Foundation fund?

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

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