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The Palmer Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 36-3700897 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$1.8M
Grants reported
62
Typical grant
$25K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: THE PALMER FOUNDATION

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 yearGrants paidAmount
202534$950K
202428$800K

Where The Palmer Foundation 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.

The Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation

ROCKVILLE, MD

$113.3KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

General support and research support for ibd

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

ANNAPOLIS, MD

$92.8KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Help build a new state of the art oyster restoration center

The Crohn'S & Coalitis Foundation

ROCKVILLE, MD

$92KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General support and research support for ibd

Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business

WASHINGTON, DC

$65KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

The georgetown mcdonough small business corp and scholarship funds.

Fotokids

PALM SPRINGS, CA

$50KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

To further education and technology skills enabling options for a successful future and increased opportunities for employment.

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (62 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Palmer Foundation'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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