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The Thomas & Elsie Deeley Foundation

Accepts applications Ashburn, Virginia · EIN 541780341

The Thomas & Elsie Deeley Foundation is a private foundation in Ashburn, Virginia. In tax year 2025 it gave $96,698 in 14 grants; the typical grant was $6,678 and the largest $12,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $104,784 the year before.

15% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$123,49314$1.3 million
2024$104,78414$1.3 million
2025$96,69814$1.4 million

How to apply

ContactDeborah Deeley Randall
22467 Forest Manor Dr, Ashburn, VA 20148
Phone or email(703) 307-9299, deeleyfoundation@gmail.com
What to submitWrite or telephone for application
DeadlinesBy march 1 of the graduating year, i.e. March 1, 2026 for june 2026 graduating year.
RestrictionsEligible individuals will be limited to the graduating high school students in the greater Connecticut area, or any other educational institutions, who are seeking additional education but may lack the resources to do so. The organization seeks to provide monetary aid primarily in the form of scholarships and other assistance to the qualifying individuals defined above.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Thomas & Elsie Deeley Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 5 states, the most to Connecticut.

StateGrantsAmount
Connecticut6$48,348
Massachusetts3$23,600
New York3$13,500
Michigan1$7,500
Vermont1$3,750

Grants paid in 2025

All 14 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Scholarship$12,500
Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT
Scholarship$12,113
Worchester Polytechnic Institute
Worchester, MA
Scholarship$10,000
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
Scholarship$9,500
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
Scholarship$7,500
University of Saint Joesph
West Hartford, CT
Scholarship$7,500
Ecsu Foundation Inc
Willimantic, CT
Scholarship$7,350
So Connecticut State Univ
New Haven, CT
Scholarship$6,005
Marist University
Poughkeepsie, NY
Scholarship$6,000
St Lawrence University
Canton, NY
Scholarship$5,000
Regis College
Reading, MA
Scholarship$4,100
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
Scholarship$3,750
Individual
CT
Scholarship$2,880
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
Scholarship$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Thomas & Elsie Deeley Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: By march 1 of the graduating year, i.e. March 1, 2026 for june 2026 graduating year..

How much does The Thomas & Elsie Deeley Foundation give?

$96,698 in tax year 2025, across 14 grants, with a typical grant of $6,678.

Who runs The Thomas & Elsie Deeley Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Thomas E Deeley Jr (Director), Gayle K Deeley (Director), Brian T Deeley (Director) and Deborah Randall (Director) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does The Thomas & Elsie Deeley Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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