Aetas Mirabilis Foundation directs essentially all of its giving to a single higher-education institution, DePauw University, providing multi-year support across multiple gifts. Its funding appears focused on sustaining a private liberal-arts university through sizable, repeat grants rather than broad philanthropic diversification. The foundation’s giving profile suggests a strong institutional affiliation or concentrated interest in DePauw’s programs, students, or campus priorities.
Highly concentrated: all funds to a single grantee (DePauw University), delivered as several large, repeat grants rather than many small or geographically diverse awards.
Aetas Mirabilis Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by a very large, repeated commitment to DePauw University, with general-support grants of $490,000 in 2023, $526,650 in 2024, and $755,000 in 2025. That three-year pattern makes the foundation’s profile unusually concentrated for a private funder of its size. Beyond DePauw, the only other higher-education grants in the recent record are much smaller, including support for Harvard Business School, the University of Michigan, and Vanderbilt University, which reinforces the impression of a university-centered grantmaker rather than a broad program funder. The foundation also appears to use flexible support as its main vehicle, with “general support” or “general support” language attached to nearly every listed grant. Smaller gifts extend into human services, student-related needs, and community support, but they sit far below the scale of the university funding. The pattern suggests a funder that prioritizes institutional stability and recurring support, with DePauw University as the clear center of gravity in the recent grant record.
Higher education dominates the foundation’s recent grant list. In 2025, Aetas Mirabilis Foundation gave $755,000 to DePauw University for general support, continuing a multi-year pattern of large unrestricted gifts to the same institution. The foundation also backed other universities with much smaller awards, including $30,300 to Harvard Business School for general support and $12,500 to the University of Michigan for general support. The grant record also includes direct support for community and emergency-response organizations. In 2024, the foundation gave $20,000 to Feeding America and $20,000 to Americares, both for general support. It made additional gifts to World Central Kitchen, Food for Others, Homeaid National Capital Region, and Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington, showing that its non-university giving is still oriented toward broad operating support rather than restricted projects.
Typical grant size is modest relative to the largest awards: the 25th percentile is $1,000, the median is $5,000, and the 75th percentile is $15,000. At the same time, the distribution includes a small number of very large university gifts, which pull the top end far above the median. The foundation’s recent record also shows repetition: DePauw University appears in three consecutive years, Harvard Business School appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Vanderbilt University appears in 2023 and 2024. The pattern is consistent with a grantmaker using general support, with no individual grants and no program-related investments in the profile data.
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Most grants fall between $1K and $15K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$15K
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Notable grantees: DePauw University
The foundation gives nationally, and every listed recent grant goes to a U.S. recipient. Grant locations cluster heavily around the Midwest because of DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, while other named recipient cities include Boston, Ann Arbor, Nashville, Washington, DC, and several Northern Virginia communities such as Sterling, Chantilly, Fairfax, Vienna, Falls Church, Alexandria, and Great Falls. Missouri is the top state by grant count, but the recent recipient list shows a wider spread across multiple states rather than a single-state-only pattern.
The recent record is dominated by higher education, especially DePauw University, which received three large general-support grants across 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation also makes smaller general-support grants to universities such as Harvard Business School, the University of Michigan, and Vanderbilt University.
The foundation primarily uses general support. That wording appears on most recent grants, including its largest university awards and its gifts to human-services organizations such as Feeding America, Americares, and World Central Kitchen.
The grant-size distribution is $1,000 at the 25th percentile, $5,000 at the median, and $15,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent record also includes much larger awards, especially to DePauw University.
No. The recipient-country distribution shows 33 grants in the US, accounting for 100% of the recent grants listed.
The record shows repeated support to the same recipients across multiple years. DePauw University appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Harvard Business School appears in all three years; and Vanderbilt University appears in 2023 and 2024.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depauw University | GREENCASTLE, IN | $755,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Harvard Business School | boston, MA | $30,300 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| American Friends of the School of St Jude | Rapid City, SD | $12,640 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Shelter House | Fairfax, VA | $5,000 | 2025 | general support |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | $2,500 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Fairfax Diaper | Vienna, VA | $1,000 | 2025 | general support |
| Northern Virginia Mental Health Foundation | Falls Church, VA | $500 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Depauw University | GREENCASTLE, IN | $526,650 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Harvard Business School | boston, MA | $30,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Feeding America | POTOMAC, MD | $20,000 | 2024 | general support |
| AMERICARES | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Food for Others | STERLING, VA | $15,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| World Central Kitchen | washington, DC | $15,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $12,500 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington | WASHINGTON, DC | $5,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | $2,500 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| The Arts of Great Falls | GREAT FALLS, VA | $500 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| John Burroughs School | St Louis, MO | $250 | 2024 | general support |
| JDRF International | New York, NY | $120 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Depauw University | GREENCASTLE, IN | $490,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Harvard Business School | boston, MA | $30,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| AMERICARES | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Feeding America | POTOMAC, MD | $10,000 | 2023 | general support |
| Homeaid National Capital Region | chantilly, VA | $10,000 | 2023 | general support |
| World Central Kitchen | washington, DC | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE SCHOOL OF ST JUDE | RAPID CITY, SD | $3,600 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Home Street Foundation | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $2,500 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Legacy Farms | SAN DIEGO, CA | $1,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Family Pass | vienna, VA | $1,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Planned Parenthood | WASHINGTON, DC | $500 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SMA llc | Jackson WY, WY | $250 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | SEATTLE, WA | $250 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Community Foundation of Northern Virginia | fairfax, VA | $105 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
Depauw University
$755,000GENERAL SUPPORT
Harvard Business School
$30,300GENERAL SUPPORT
American Friends of the School of St Jude
$12,640GENERAL SUPPORT
Shelter House
$5,000general support
Vanderbilt University
$2,500GENERAL SUPPORT
Fairfax Diaper
$1,000general support
Northern Virginia Mental Health Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
Depauw University
$526,650GENERAL SUPPORT
Harvard Business School
$30,000GENERAL SUPPORT
Feeding America
$20,000general support
AMERICARES
$20,000GENERAL SUPPORT
Food for Others
$15,000GENERAL SUPPORT
World Central Kitchen
$15,000GENERAL SUPPORT
University of Michigan
$12,500GENERAL SUPPORT
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington
$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
Vanderbilt University
$2,500GENERAL SUPPORT
The Arts of Great Falls
$500GENERAL SUPPORT
John Burroughs School
$250general support
JDRF International
$120GENERAL SUPPORT
Depauw University
$490,000GENERAL SUPPORT
Harvard Business School
$30,000GENERAL SUPPORT
AMERICARES
$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT
Feeding America
$10,000general support
Homeaid National Capital Region
$10,000general support
World Central Kitchen
$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE SCHOOL OF ST JUDE
$3,600GENERAL SUPPORT
Home Street Foundation
$2,500GENERAL SUPPORT
Legacy Farms
$1,000GENERAL SUPPORT
Family Pass
$1,000GENERAL SUPPORT
Planned Parenthood
$500GENERAL SUPPORT
SMA llc
$250GENERAL SUPPORT
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
$250GENERAL SUPPORT
Community Foundation of Northern Virginia
$105GENERAL SUPPORT