The Edward E. & Lillian H. Bishop Foundation operates primarily as a grantmaker to other philanthropic entities rather than to operating nonprofits. Its giving is overwhelmingly concentrated in one very large award to The Mary Parker Foundation, with a second, much smaller grant to another foundation/recipient. This pattern suggests the Bishop Foundation functions largely as a funder-of-funders or a pass-through vehicle for substantial endowment transfers.
Highly concentrated: only two grants on record with a single recipient receiving ~95% of total giving; infrequent, large, institutional transfers rather than many small, program-level grants.
$99.3M
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$7.7M
$100.7M
Most grants fall between $27.1M and $72.2M, with a median of $49.7M.
25th Percentile
$27.1M
Median
$49.7M
75th Percentile
$72.2M
About 100% of grants go to recipients in DE.
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Notable grantees: The Mary Parker Foundation, See Attached (unnamed recipient of $4.64M)
2023
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2023.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE MARY PARKER FOUNDATION | WILMINGTON, DE | $94,664,296 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SEE ATTACHED | WILMINGTON, DE | $4,642,241 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
THE MARY PARKER FOUNDATION
$94,664,296GENERAL SUPPORT
SEE ATTACHED
$4,642,241GENERAL SUPPORT