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The Clarence E & Marie W Dickey Foundation

Accepts applications Dubois, Pennsylvania · EIN 251563520

The Clarence E & Marie W Dickey Foundation is a private foundation in Dubois, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2025 it gave $40,618 in 3 grants; the typical grant was $15,000 and the largest $20,000. 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 $36,042 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$37,3492$799,811
2024$36,0423$873,522
2025$40,6183$1.0 million

How to apply

ContactDavid W Dickey
332 Joy Lane, West Chester, PA 19380
Phone or email(484) 467-3689
What to submitApplicants should submit a brief resume showing they are organized and operated for charitable purposes and are entitled to exemption from federal income tax under section 501 (c)(3) of the internal revenue code or by an organization, contributions to which are deductible under section 170 (c)(2) of such code and its regulations
DeadlinesApplications accepted any time
RestrictionsThe term charitable purposes shall be limited to and shall include only religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes within the meaning of those terms as used in section 501 (c)(3) of the internal revenue code and its regulations or by organizations to which are deductible under section 170 (c)(2) of such code and its regulations, but only such purposes as also constitute public charitable purposes under the law of trusts in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Clarence E & Marie W Dickey Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Pennsylvania.

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania2$25,618
North Carolina1$15,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 3 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
First Presbyterian Church
West Chester, PA
Operations$20,000
Davidson College
Davidson, NC
Scholarship; annual gift; and reunion gift$15,000
Chester County Food Bank
Exton, PA
Operations$5,618

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Clarence E & Marie W Dickey Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Applications accepted any time.

How much does The Clarence E & Marie W Dickey Foundation give?

$40,618 in tax year 2025, across 3 grants, with a typical grant of $15,000.

Who runs The Clarence E & Marie W Dickey Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists David W Dickey (Trustee), Ann G Dickey (Trustee) and R Steven Griffith (Trustee).

What does The Clarence E & Marie W Dickey Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities, education and food and hunger.

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