Palm Beach Opera
West Palm Beach, FL
$2MTax year 2024
Building capital campaign and bailey artists program
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Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust Grants
Private foundation · EIN 88-6220451 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
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- Contact
- Grant Manager
- Phone
- (561) 308-3858
- Deadlines
- See website www.ctbfoundation.org
- Application materials
- Potential grantees should visit the foundation's website at www.ctbfoundation.org and read through both the faq and resources for grantees pages before submitting either an LOI or program grant application. Program and LOI guidelines are located on the website. The foundation offers three program funding options in additon to the letter of inquiry. Program applications are capped at the program funding level indicated by the program. Our separate form grant application will be sent to successful LOI submissions after board review.
- Restrictions
- See attached.
Original filing text
- Contact
- GRANT MANAGER
- Address
- 515 NORTH FLAGLER DRIVE NO 500 WEST PALM BEACH, FL, 33401
- Phone
- 5613083858
- Deadlines
- SEE WEBSITE WWW.CTBFOUNDATION.ORG
- Application materials
- POTENTIAL GRANTEES SHOULD VISIT THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE AT WWW.CTBFOUNDATION.ORG AND READ THROUGH BOTH THE FAQ AND RESOURCES FOR GRANTEES PAGES BEFORE SUBMITTING EITHER AN LOI OR PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION. PROGRAM AND LOI GUIDELINES ARE LOCATED ON THE WEBSITE. THE FOUNDATION OFFERS THREE PROGRAM FUNDING OPTIONS IN ADDITON TO THE LETTER OF INQUIRY. PROGRAM APPLICATIONS ARE CAPPED AT THE PROGRAM FUNDING LEVEL INDICATED BY THE PROGRAM. OUR SEPARATE FORM GRANT APPLICATION WILL BE SENT TO SUCCESSFUL LOI SUBMISSIONS AFTER BOARD REVIEW.
- Restrictions
- SEE ATTACHED.
Reported organization name: CORNELIA T BAILEY CHARITABLE TRUST
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 359 | $11M |
| 2024 | 322 | $9.8M |
Where Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Palm Beach Opera
West Palm Beach, FL
$1MTax year 2025
$750,000 underwrite production/ $250,000 palm beach opera apprentice artists program
Cultural Council for Palm Beach County
Lake Worth Beach, FL
$670KTax year 2025
Arts & culture education support
Cultural Council for Palm Beach County
Lake Worth Beach, FL
$665KTax year 2025
Arts & culture education support (2026 accelerated)
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
$500KTax year 2024
Cornelia t. Bailey global flora mezzanine and performance space
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (681 reported in all).
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Start freeAbout this data
Figures are aggregated from Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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