Funding search · EIN 516015093 · Wilmington, DE

Sharp Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

237
grants reported
$1.0M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • University of Mary Washington1 grant · $100,000
  • Historic Odessa Foundation4 grants · $77,000
  • Ashville School1 grant · $50,000
  • Boca Grande United Methodist Church1 grant · $50,000
  • University of Delaware2 grants · $46,000
  • Irvine Natural Science Center4 grants · $40,000
  • Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation4 grants · $36,500
  • St Georges School4 grants · $29,200
  • Christiana Care Hospital System3 grants · $28,000
  • Tower Hill School2 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$146,350
2022
$590,815
2023
$161,200
2024
$145,225
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 237 grants.

  • $100,000

    University of Mary Washington · Fredicksburg, VA · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $50,000

    Boca Grande United Methodist Church · Boca Grande, FL · 2024

    Boca grande disaster fund

  • $50,000

    Ashville School · Ashville, NC · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $45,000

    University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $35,000

    Historic Odessa Foundation · Odessa, DE · 2022

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $26,000

    Christiana Care Hospital System · Newark, DE · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $25,000

    826 Boston · Roxbury, MA · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $25,000

    Hildegarde T Pischel Endowment Fund · Brooklyn, OH · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $25,000

    Salt Lake City Rotary Foundation · Kaysville, UT · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $20,500

    Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation · Boca Grande, FL · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $20,000

    Artists for Humanity · Boston, MA · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $20,000

    Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Fund · Boca Grande, FL · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $20,000

    Women'S Lunch Place · Boston, MA · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $15,000

    Historic Odessa Foundation · Odessa, DE · 2025

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $15,000

    Historic Odessa Foundation · Odessa, DE · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $15,000

    Tower Hill School · Wilmington, DE · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $15,000

    Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $12,000

    Historic Odessa Foundation · Odessa, DE · 2024

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,500

    Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation · Boca Grande, FL · 2025

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,250

    Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art · Chadds Ford, PA · 2022

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    Community Education Building · Wilmington, DE · 2025

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    Friends of Boca Grande · Boca Grande, FL · 2025

    To assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    Irvine Natural Science Center · Owings Mills, MD · 2025

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    The Island School · Boca Grande, FL · 2025

    To assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    Community Education Building · Wilmington, DE · 2024

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    Irvine Natural Science Center · Owings Mills, MD · 2024

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    Jktg Foundation · Highland, MD · 2024

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    The Gow School · South Wales, NY · 2024

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    Adolescent Consultation Services · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    Community Servings · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    Irvine Natural Science Center · Owings Mills, MD · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    Jewish Family and Children'S Service · Waltham, MA · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    Planned Parentood League of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    St Georges School · Middletown, DE · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    The Community Education Building Corporation · Wilmington, DE · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    Irvine Natural Science Center · Owings Mills, MD · 2022

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    The Community Education Building Corporation · Wilmington, DE · 2022

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $10,000

    Tower Hill School · Wilmington, DE · 2022

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $8,500

    St Georges School · Middletown, DE · 2025

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $7,250

    Delaware Wild Lands · Odessa, DE · 2022

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,700

    St Georges School · Middletown, DE · 2024

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,500

    Boys & Girls Club of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,500

    Stroud Water Research Center · Avondale, PA · 2022

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,250

    Tower Hill · Wilmington, DE · 2025

    To assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,000

    North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2025

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,000

    Sicangu Community Development · Mission, SD · 2025

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,000

    Synergy Houses · Wayne, PA · 2025

    To assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,000

    The Voyage Foundation · Jupiter, FL · 2025

    To assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,000

    First State Squash · Wilmington, DE · 2024

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,000

    North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2024

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,000

    Sicangu Community Development · Mission, SD · 2024

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,000

    International Institute of New England · Boston, MA · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,000

    North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,000

    Sicangu Community Development · Mission, SD · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,000

    The Children'S Room · Arlington, MA · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,000

    The Synergy Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,000

    Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation · Boca Grande, FL · 2022

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2022

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,000

    Gicia · Boca Grande, FL · 2022

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2022

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,000

    St Georges School · Middletown, DE · 2022

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $5,000

    University of Delaware - College of Earth Ocean & Environment · Newark, DE · 2022

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $4,810

    Fredricksburg Regional Food Bank · Fredicksburg, VA · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $4,810

    Palm Beach County Food Bank · Lake Worth Beach, FL · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $4,810

    Utah Food Bank · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $3,500

    Caring Hearts for Canines · Southern Pines, NC · 2025

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $3,500

    Lending Paws a Hand · Sanford, NC · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $3,000

    Stroud Water Research Center · Avondale, PA · 2025

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $3,000

    Caring Hearts for Canines · Southern Pines, NC · 2024

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $3,000

    Stroud Water Research Center · Avondale, PA · 2024

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,500

    Hagley Museum & Library · Wilmington, DE · 2024

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,500

    Haley House · Boston, MA · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,500

    Po Mar Lin Fire Company · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,500

    Hagley Museum & Library · Wilmington, DE · 2022

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,500

    Johann Fust Library Foundation · Boca Grande, FL · 2022

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,310

    The Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,300

    Penny'S Flight Foundation · Glen Cove, NY · 2024

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,250

    Delaware Wild Lands · Odessa, DE · 2025

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,250

    Delaware Wild Lands · Odessa, DE · 2024

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,000

    Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2025

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,000

    Coeur Academy · Olivette, MO · 2025

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,000

    Gicia · Boca Grande, FL · 2025

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,000

    Historical Society of Boca Grande · Boca Grande, FL · 2025

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,000

    Kvfd · Kilgore, NE · 2025

    To assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,000

    The Johann Fust Library Foundation · Boca Grande, FL · 2025

    To assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,000

    Lending Paws a Hand · Sanford, NC · 2024

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,000

    Gicia · Boca Grande, FL · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,000

    Historical Society of Boca Grande · Boca Grande, FL · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,000

    Johann Fust Library Foundation · Boca Grande, FL · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,000

    Stroud Water Research Center · Avondale, PA · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $2,000

    United Way of Southern Chester County · Kennett Square, PA · 2022

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $1,500

    Hagley Museum & Library · Wilmington, DE · 2025

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $1,500

    Heather'S Way · Landsdale, PA · 2025

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $1,500

    Lending Paws a Hand · Sanford, NC · 2025

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $1,500

    Heather'S Way · Landsdale, PA · 2024

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $1,500

    Caring Hearts for Canines · Southern Pines, NC · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $1,500

    Hagley Museum & Library · Wilmington, DE · 2023

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $1,300

    Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art · Chadds Ford, PA · 2025

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

  • $1,300

    Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art · Chadds Ford, PA · 2024

    Assist with financial help in their non-profit needs

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.