The Eppes - Jefferson Foundation Inc
Wilmington, DE · EIN 26-2751096. Reported 128 grants totalling $1,220,493 to 52 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. The Eppes - Jefferson 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 $5,625. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $14,500; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $50,360. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashuelot Concerts | Keene, NH | $95,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Park Theatre Inc | Jaffrey, NH | $91,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Hampshire Theatre Project | Portsmouth, NH | $82,360 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Peterborough Players Inc | Peterborough, NH | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Edge Ensemble Theatre Company | Keene, NH | $65,450 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Colonial Theatre Group Inc | Keene, NH | $65,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Hampshire Dance Institute | Keene, NH | $64,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| AUSTIN17HOUSE | Brentwood, NH | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Goodwater | Goodwater, AL | $45,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Continuum Arts Collective | North Berwick, ME | $40,188 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Independence Center | Exter, NH | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Journeys in Education Inc | Peterborough, NH | $37,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Andys Summer Playhouse Inc | Wilton, NH | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Players Ring Company | Portsmouth, NH | $30,355 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Canterbury Shaker Village Inc | Canterbury, NH | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire | Epping, NH | $29,280 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Coosa County Board of Education | Rockford, AL | $29,060 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alabama Symphonic Association Inc | Birmingham, AL | $25,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Castle Preservation Society | Moultonboro, NH | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Hampshire Fiddle Ensemble Inc | Nottingham, NH | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Third Sector New England Inc | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Hampshire Public Broadcasting | Durham, NH | $23,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ibma Foundation Inc | Burlington, NC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arts Alive Inc | Keene, NH | $14,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tallacoosa Aid to People Inc | Alexander City, AL | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Historical Society of Cheshire Cty | Keene, NH | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bethlehem Redevelopment Assoc | Bethlehem, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Monadnock Community Hospital | Peterborough, NH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mount Caesar Union Library Association | Swanzey, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pflag Nh | Concord, NH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Monadnock Music | Peterborough, NH | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Moving Company Dance Center | Keene, NH | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Halcyon Music Festival Inc | Cambridge, MA | $6,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua Inc | Nashua, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Epsilon Spires Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Mary E Bartlett Memorial Library | Brentwood, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Monadnock Region Humane Society | Swanzey, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra Incorporated | Concord, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Country Center for the Arts Inc | Lincoln, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seacoast Outright | Portsmouth, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Community Kitchen Inc | Keene, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grand Monadnock Youth Choirs | Peterborough, NH | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authorit | Birmingham, AL | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New England Public Media Inc | Springfield, MA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Hampshire Public Radio Inc | Concord, NH | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Manchester Performing Arts Association | Manchester, NH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Monadnock Internation Film Festival | Keene, NH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Raylynmor Opera | Keene, NH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Pro | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Association of Small Foundations Dba Exponent Phil | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Neads Inc | Princeton, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
37 of 52 (71%) 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 76%, 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.
- Colonial Theatre Group Inc
To be applied towards renovations and expansion of the existing theatre and/or purchase and renovation of a second venue known as the "Showroom" - American Independence Center
Folsom Tavern roof replacement, gutter installation and other building repairs or maintenance - The Park Theatre Inc
Stage Rigging, Lighting and Sound in the Eppes Auditorium - Coosa County Board of Education
for a Part-Time Drama Teacher and Theater Supplies at Central High School - Canterbury Shaker Village Inc
Schoolhouse Restoration Work, STEM Workshop program, marketing the program and stem workshop scholarship fund - Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire
Mosaic Mural Project and the ATLAS Program at Epping Elementary School
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 108 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 32 | $292,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 37 | $366,578 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 26 | $273,500 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 33 | $288,415 | $6,300 |
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. 82% of this one's giving went to organizations in New Hampshire. 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 $5,625. 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 New Hampshire.
- 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 The Eppes - Jefferson Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Foundation Source 501 Silverside Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19809. 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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