Funding search · EIN 237830263 · Saint Louis, MO

The Elmer R Deaver Foundation Idt

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

103
grants reported
$2.5M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$15,000
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.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Lincoln University4 grants · $491,748
  • Center for Scholarship Admin1 grant · $328,211
  • United Negro College Fund4 grants · $122,937
  • Temple University4 grants · $122,937
  • Univ of Florida Fbo Kristin Deaver2 grants · $58,500
  • Pratt Institute School of Arch Fbo2 grants · $56,600
  • Operation Warm4 grants · $55,500
  • Villanova University2 grants · $48,453
  • George Wash Univ Law School Fbo1 grant · $48,200
  • Purdue Univ Fbo Eric Todorow2 grants · $45,800

Giving over time

$600,000
2022
$600,000
2023
$655,077
2024
$600,106
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 103 grants.

  • $328,211

    Center for Scholarship Admin · Taylors, SC · 2024

    Scholarship

  • $131,284

    Lincoln University · Lincoln University, PA · 2024

    Scholarships

  • $120,464

    Lincoln University · Lincoln University, PA · 2025

    Scholarships

  • $120,000

    Lincoln University · Lincoln University, PA · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $120,000

    Lincoln University · Lincoln University, PA · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $48,200

    George Wash Univ Law School Fbo · Washington, DC · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $42,340

    George Washington University · Ashburn, VA · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $37,878

    Auburn University · Auburn, AL · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $35,586

    Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $33,500

    Loyola Marymount Univ Fbo Brynn Doyle · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General operating

  • $32,821

    Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Scholarship

  • $32,821

    United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Scholarships

  • $31,800

    Southern Adventist University · Collegedale, TN · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $30,116

    Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $30,116

    United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2025

    Scholarships

  • $30,000

    Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $30,000

    United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $30,000

    Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $30,000

    United Negro College Fund · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $30,000

    Univ of Florida Fbo Kristin Deaver · Gainesville, FL · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $29,500

    Ohio St Univ Fbo Owen Burk · Columbus, OH · 2023

    General operating

  • $28,800

    Pratt Institute School of Arch Fbo · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $28,500

    Univ of Florida Fbo Kristin Deaver · Gainesville, FL · 2023

    General operating

  • $28,400

    Purdue Univ Fbo Eric Todorow · West Lafayette, IN · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $28,000

    American Univ Fbo Julia Shoey · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating

  • $28,000

    Ohio State Univ Fbo Owen Burk · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $27,971

    East Carolina University · Greenville, NC · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $27,800

    Pratt Institute School of Arch Fbo · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $23,238

    Saint Josephs University · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $23,000

    Auburn Univ Fbo Tyler McLaughlin · Auburn, AL · 2023

    General operating

  • $22,500

    Chapman Univ School of Law Fbo · Orange, CA · 2023

    General operating

  • $21,650

    Immaculata University · Immaculata, PA · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $20,600

    Univ of the Sciences Fbo Madison · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $20,000

    People Advancing Reintegration · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Humangood Pennsylvania · Lafayette Hill, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Humangood Pennslyvania · Lafayette, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $19,800

    Villanova Univ Fbo Emmett Young · Villanova, PA · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $19,000

    Pratt Institute School of Arc Fbo · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General operating

  • $18,520

    James Madison University · Harrisonburg, VA · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $18,135

    West Chester University · West Chester, PA · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $18,000

    Operation Warm · Glen Mills, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $17,463

    Sharing Excess · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $17,400

    Purdue Univ Fbo Eric Todorow · West Lafayette, IN · 2023

    General operating

  • $17,000

    Inner Strength Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $17,000

    Saint Josephs Univ Fbo Madison McPhill · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Broad Street Ministry · Augusta, GA · 2025

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Brighter Horizon Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Operation Warm · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Philadelphia Vip · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Broad Street Ministry · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Hospitality collaborative

  • $15,000

    Hope Phl · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $15,000

    People Advancing Reintegration · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Broad Street Ministry · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Hospitality collaborative

  • $15,000

    Philabundance · Phildalephia, PA · 2022

    Fresh produce distribution

  • $15,000

    Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $14,500

    Auburn Univ Fbo Alexis McLaughlin · Auburn, AL · 2023

    General operating

  • $14,260

    Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $13,500

    Chapman Univ Fowlder School of Law Fbo · Orange, CA · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $13,500

    Univ of Maryland Fbo Vernon Burk Iv · College Park, MD · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $12,940

    Chestnut Hill Meals On Wheels · Flourtown, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $12,867

    Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $12,500

    Operation Warm · Glen Mills, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $12,000

    Immaculata Univ Fbo Caroline Moran · Immaculata, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $12,000

    Southern Adventist Univ Fbo Grayson No · Collegedale, TN · 2023

    General operating

  • $11,500

    Univ of Pittsburgh Fbo Jessica Shoey · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $11,100

    American Univ Fbo Julia Shoey · Washington, DC · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $10,000

    Depaul USA · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Family Promise of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $10,000

    First Stop Recovery · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $10,000

    Gentle Gratitude · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Philadelphia Corporation for Aging · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Women Against Abuse · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Family Service of Chester County · West Chester, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Philadelphia Corporation for Aging · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Yourpath for Adult Learners · Philadelphia Pa, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Temple Univ Fbo Michael Wing · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Tricounty Community Network · Pottstown, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Women Against Abuse · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $10,000

    College Unbound · Providence, RI · 2022

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Family Service of Chestery County · West Chester, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Jewish Relief Agency · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Maternity Care Coalition · Paoli, PA · 2022

    Early head start

  • $10,000

    Operation Warm · Glen Mills, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $9,000

    Andrews Univ Fbo Alexander Noble · Berrien Springs, MI · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $8,800

    Villanova Univ Fbo Emmett Young · Villanova, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $8,800

    Neumann Univ Fbo Caroline Moran · Aston, PA · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $8,400

    Saint Josephs Univ Fbo Alyssa Marchand · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $8,000

    Ordinarie Heroes · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $6,790

    Miami University · Oxford, OH · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $6,500

    Andrews Univ Fbo Alexander Noble · Berrien Springs, MI · 2023

    General operating

  • $6,000

    North Light Community Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,700

    Delaware County Community College · Media, PA · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $5,000

    Baby Bureau · Warminster, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $5,000

    One House at a Time · Ambler, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Baby Bureau · Warminster, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Bethesda Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    North Light Community Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,500

    Baby Bureau · Warminster, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,300

    Univ of Delaware Fbo Caleb Marvel · Newark, DE · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,000

    West Chester Univ Fbo Hailee Moran · West Chester, PA · 2023

    General operating

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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.