Carl Del Signore Foundation Inc
Cumberland, MD · EIN 52-1489402. Reported 167 grants totalling $681,192 to 65 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Carl Del Signore Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $4,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $4,500; the smallest was $1,500 and the largest $14,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmont State University Foundation | Fairmont, WV | $53,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| West Virginia University Foundation | Morgantown, WV | $48,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| St Peter the Apostle Roman Catholic Church | Oakland, MD | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Frostburg State University Foundation | Frostburg, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Garrett College Foundation | Mc Henry, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Town of Bayard | Bayard, WV | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Town of Davis | Davis, WV | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Town of Thomas | Thomas, WV | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hillsborough Community College | Ruskin, FL | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Allegany College of Maryland Founda | Cumberland, MD | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tucker Community Foundation | Parsons, WV | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Gmc Global Online Leadership Colleg | Milledgeville, GA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bayard Church of God | Bayard, WV | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Beech Grove Cemetary | Weston, WV | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bridgeport Um Church | Bridgeport, WV | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Calvary Assembly of God | Fort Ashby, WV | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Church of the Assumption | Keyser, WV | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Davis & Elkins College | Elkins, WV | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Elk Garden Assembly of God | Elk Garden, WV | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| First Presbyterian Church of Thomas | Thomas, WV | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Locust Grove Church of the Brethren | Mt Storm, WV | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mt Storm Presbyterian Church | Mt Storm, WV | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| St Ann's Catholic Church | Shinnston, WV | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| St John Evangelical Lutheren Church | Oakland, MD | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church | Midland, WV | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| St Michael's Roman Catholic Church | Frostburg, MD | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| St Paul's United Methodist Church | Oakland, MD | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Town of Elk Garden | Elk Garden, WV | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Methodist Church of Davis | Davis, WV | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Waynesburg University | Waynesburg, PA | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wv Junior College | Morgantown, WV | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Davis Thomas Elementary Middle School | Thomas, WV | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Nature Conservancy in Wv | Elkins, WV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Joan of Arc Church | Aberdeen, MD | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Blue Ridge Community & Technical Co | Martinsburg, WV | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Frostburg State University | Frostburg, MD | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Huntington School of Beauty Culture | Huntington, WV | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Potomac State College of Wvu | Keyser, WV | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Walden University | Minneapolis, MN | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Western Governors University | Salt Lake City, UT | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tucker County High School | Hambleton, WV | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christopher Charitable Organization | Keyser, WV | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Garrett County Memorial Hospital Foundation | Oakland, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Garrett County Public Schools Found | Oakland, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Refection House | Oakland, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| California University of Pa | California, PA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Central Virginia Community College | Lynchburg, VA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eastern Wv Community & Technical College | Moorefield, WV | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Galen Health Institute | Louisville, KY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Glenvile State University | Glenville, WV | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Glenville State College | Glenville, WV | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Laurel Business Institute | Uniontown, PA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Laurel College of Technology | Morgantown, WV | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Philadelphia University | Philadelphia, PA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Randolph Technical Center | Elkins, WV | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Salem University | Salem, WV | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Virginia Tech University | Blacksburg, VA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wv Wesleyan College | Buckhannon, WV | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Garrett College | Mchenry, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Salisbury University | Salisbury, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of MD Global Campus | Adelphi, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wvu Potomac State College | Keyser, WV | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Western Govenors University | Salt Lake City, UT | $1,692 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Saddles and Smiles Inc | Davis, WV | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
41 of 65 (63%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 75%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- The Nature Conservancy in Wv
GENERAL DONATION - BEAR ROCKS TRAIL - Fairmont State University Foundation
SUSTAINABLE PAVILLION CLASSROOM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 27 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 42 | $180,692 | $4,000 |
| 2021 | 41 | $158,500 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 41 | $169,500 | $4,000 |
| 2023 | 43 | $172,500 | $4,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 64% of this one's giving went to organizations in West Virginia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in West Virginia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Carl Del Signore Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 927 Braddock Road, Cumberland, MD, 21502. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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