The Margaret Foti Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Wilmington, DE EIN: 47-2400869

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The Margaret Foti Foundation at a glance

In short: The Margaret Foti Foundation gave $57K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $57K), mostly in Pennsylvania. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$56,500
+41.3% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$56,500
+41.3% vs 2024
Median grant
$56,500
Total assets
$1,937,015
+22.9% vs 2024
Primary geography
Pennsylvania (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026.

Who The Margaret Foti Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

American Association for Cancer Research: $57KAmerican Association forCancer Research$57K

The largest 2025 recipient was American Association for Cancer Research ($57K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

4<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 5 (80%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Philadelphia

How The Margaret Foti Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 88% from 2022 to 2025. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 74% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K4 grants2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $20K (2021) to $57K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $57K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
American Association for Cancer Research Philadelphia, PAGeneral & Unrestricted$56,500
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$1,937,015$450,893$90,065$56,5001$64,354$398,040$87,237
2024$1,576,187$571,333$64,607$40,0001$47,700$447,711$60,639
2023$1,069,461$180,305$52,669$35,0001$42,550$146,765$45,620
2022$941,819$154,572$48,768$30,0001$37,514$88,407$42,398
2021$836,015$332,925$35,999$20,0001$26,716$178,582$37,863
2020$539,089$72,624$33,001$21,1614—$34,828$27,199

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, The Margaret Foti Foundation reported a distributable amount of $87K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

About The Margaret Foti Foundation

Based on IRS filings

The Margaret Foti Foundation is a private foundation, based in Wilmington, DE. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.9M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $57K. Net investment income was $398K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

The Margaret Foti Foundation is led by Margaret Foti, President, Director, Secretary & Treasurer on every filing since 2020; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Margaret Foti

    President, Director, Secretary & Treasurer

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Donna Certo-Mirabelli

    Vice President

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Peter A Certo Jr.

    Vice President

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about The Margaret Foti Foundation

How much does The Margaret Foti Foundation give each year?

The Margaret Foti Foundation gave $57K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $40K across 1 grant.

How large is The Margaret Foti Foundation?

The Margaret Foti Foundation reported $1.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $64K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $87K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.

Where does The Margaret Foti Foundation operate?

The Margaret Foti Foundation has awarded grants in Pennsylvania.

What is The Margaret Foti Foundation's EIN?

The Margaret Foti Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 47-2400869. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 24, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 30, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 5, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 18, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS September 25, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 8, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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