Delaware Atlantis Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Delaware Atlantis Foundation funds mainly health care and medical services, alongside some university projects, botanical garden support, community-foundation funds, educational scholarships, child development and local community programmes, so a request should fit one of these areas.
- Most grants to organisations fall between $50,000 and $2,250,000, with a median of $200,000, so a modest request in that range is realistic, though the largest grant reported was $5,350,000.
- The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so nonprofits should not send in applications but should instead wait to be approached.
- Although no geographic focus is stated, the filings show that most grant dollars have gone to organisations in Delaware.
- With 40% of grant dollars going to organisations also funded in the two previous filings, the foundation looks relationship-led rather than open to competitive applications.
Overview
Delaware Atlantis Foundation is a US private foundation based in Pennington, NJ.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation's grants are concentrated in health care and medical services, including cancer-centre development, physician training, clinic expansion, patient support and clinical facilities. Its record also includes university projects involving a creamery and a botanical garden, as well as support for botanical gardens' general operations. Other funding has gone to community-foundation funds, educational scholarships, child development, local programmes and unrestricted support for charitable organisations. Recipients include medical providers and foundations, a university, an educational institution, a community foundation, a child-development organisation and local community groups. Most reported grant dollars went to Delaware.
Themes
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Healthcare
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Delaware.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 40% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 24 grants to organisations were $200,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 32% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 40% of grant dollars went to organisations Delaware Atlantis Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 9% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 12 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $125k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Beebe Healthcare Medical Foundation · Cancer ctr, res physicians,$5,350,0002024 tax year
- University of Delaware · Creamery, botanic gdn,$2,351,0002024 tax year
- Nemours Children's Health · Milford clinic expansion$800,0002024 tax year
- Delaware Community Foundation · Atlantis fund$640,7002024 tax year
- Blood Center United · Patient support fund$200,0002024 tax year
- Children's Beach House · Child development ctr$150,0002024 tax year
- La Red Health Center · Unrestricted general$100,0002024 tax year
- Delaware Technical Educational Foundation · Nursing scholarships$100,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Charles P Townsend III — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $2,323,676 | $1,013,000 | $164,867,479 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $7,483,505 | $5,565,000 | $249,689,337 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $12,264,614 | $9,891,700 | $256,455,691 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Contact
- Pennington, NJ