Skip to content
ProPublica Donate
ProPublica Donate

Eon Charitable Foundation

  • Wilmington, DE
  • Tax-exempt since June 2011
  • EIN: 27-4094169

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations / Private Grantmaking Foundations (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$834k (2024)

Expenses
$439k (2024)

Total Assets
$9.37M (2024)

Total Liabilities
$0 (2024)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 to 2024

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2024

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF
Revenue
$834,462
Expenses
$439,273
Net Income
$395,189
Net Assets
$9,369,117
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received $0
Interest Revenue $22,705
2.7%
Dividends $205,520
24.6%
Sales of Assets $606,237
72.7%
Other Income $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements $354,219
80.6%
Compensation of Officers* $0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $9,369,117
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $9,369,117
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Brian K Bess (Pres, Dir, Sec) $0 $0
Christine J Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Conrad C Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Morgan B Bess (Vp) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-PF
Filed on May 9, 2025

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF
Revenue
$340,922
Expenses
$775,092
Net Income
-$434,170
Net Assets
$8,973,928
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received $0
Interest Revenue $10,435
3.1%
Dividends $209,846
61.6%
Sales of Assets $120,641
35.4%
Other Income $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements $694,608
89.6%
Compensation of Officers* $0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $8,973,928
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $8,973,928
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Brian K Bess (Pres, Dir, Sec) $0 $0
Christine J Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Conrad C Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Morgan B Bess (Vp) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-PF
Filed on June 14, 2024

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF
Revenue
$282,982
Expenses
$432,532
Net Income
-$149,550
Net Assets
$9,408,098
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received $0
Interest Revenue $3,198
1.1%
Dividends $200,799
71.0%
Sales of Assets $78,985
27.9%
Other Income $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements $341,783
79.0%
Compensation of Officers* $0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $9,408,098
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $9,408,098
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Brian K Bess (Pres, Dir, Sec) $0 $0
Christine J Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Conrad C Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Morgan B Bess (Vp) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-PF
Filed on Aug. 15, 2023

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF
Revenue
$1,386,281
Expenses
$193,625
Net Income
$1,192,656
Net Assets
$9,557,648
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received $0
Interest Revenue $395
0.0%
Dividends $153,203
11.1%
Sales of Assets $1,232,683
88.9%
Other Income $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements $87,534
45.2%
Compensation of Officers* $0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $9,559,747
Total Liabilities $2,099
Net Assets $9,557,648
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Brian K Bess (Pres, Dir, Sec) $0 $0
Christine J Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Conrad C Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Morgan B Bess (Vp) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-PF
Filed on Oct. 6, 2022

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF
Revenue
$1,075,300
Expenses
$682,620
Net Income
$392,680
Net Assets
$8,364,992
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received $645,000
60.0%
Interest Revenue $898
0.1%
Dividends $178,140
16.6%
Sales of Assets $251,262
23.4%
Other Income $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements $600,463
88.0%
Compensation of Officers* $0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $8,365,764
Total Liabilities $772
Net Assets $8,364,992
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Brian K Bess (Pres, Dir, Sec) $0 $0
Christine J Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Conrad C Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Morgan B Bess (Vp) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-PF
Filed on Nov. 12, 2021

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF
Revenue
$406,874
Expenses
$182,719
Net Income
$224,155
Net Assets
$7,972,311
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received $0
Interest Revenue $5,777
1.4%
Dividends $186,461
45.8%
Sales of Assets $214,636
52.8%
Other Income $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements $115,023
63.0%
Compensation of Officers* $0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $7,972,312
Total Liabilities $1
Net Assets $7,972,311
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Brian K Bess (Pres, Dir, Sec) $0 $0
Christine J Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Conrad C Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Morgan B Bess (Vp) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-PF
Filed on May 21, 2020

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF
Revenue
$127,435
Expenses
$271,491
Net Income
-$144,056
Net Assets
$7,748,157
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received $0
Interest Revenue $4,594
3.6%
Dividends $204,376
> 100%
Sales of Assets -$81,535
Other Income $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements $199,755
73.6%
Compensation of Officers* $0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $7,748,157
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $7,748,157
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Brian K Bess (Pres, Dir, Sec) $0 $0
Christine J Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Conrad C Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Morgan B Bess (Vp) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-PF
Filed on May 7, 2019

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF
Revenue
$645,658
Expenses
$125,113
Net Income
$520,545
Net Assets
$7,892,213
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received $150,030
23.2%
Interest Revenue $1,628
0.3%
Dividends $197,622
30.6%
Sales of Assets $296,378
45.9%
Other Income $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements $57,039
45.6%
Compensation of Officers* $0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $7,892,213
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $7,892,213
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Brian K Bess (Pres, Dir, Sec) $0 $0
Christine J Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Conrad C Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Morgan B Bess (Vp) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-PF
Filed on May 11, 2018

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF
Revenue
-$506
Expenses
$466,736
Net Income
-$467,242
Net Assets
$7,371,668
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received $0
Interest Revenue $342
Dividends $194,313
Sales of Assets -$196,037
Other Income $876
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements $408,341
87.5%
Compensation of Officers* $0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $7,371,668
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $7,371,668
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Brian K Bess (Pres / Dir / Sec) $0 $0
Christine J Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Conrad C Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Morgan B Bess (Vp) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-PF
Filed on Oct. 6, 2017

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF
Revenue
$168,181
Expenses
$864,078
Net Income
-$695,897
Net Assets
$7,838,910
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received $0
Interest Revenue $1,061
0.6%
Dividends $200,484
> 100%
Sales of Assets -$55,598
Other Income $22,234
13.2%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements $788,177
91.2%
Compensation of Officers* $0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $7,838,910
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $7,838,910
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Brian K Bess (Pres / Dir / Sec) $0 $0
Christine J Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Conrad C Bess (Vp) $0 $0
Morgan B Bess (Vp) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-PF
Filed on Aug. 2, 2016

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML
PDF (2 of 2)
990-T

For unrelated business income from activities not substantially related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF
Revenue
$6,255,847
Expenses
$351,853
Net Income
$5,903,994
Net Assets
$8,534,807
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received $5,985,998
95.7%
Interest Revenue $289
0.0%
Dividends $100,730
1.6%
Sales of Assets $173,611
2.8%
Other Income -$4,781
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements $316,983
90.1%
Compensation of Officers* $0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $8,534,807
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $8,534,807
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Brian K Bess (Pres / Dir / Sec) $0 $0

Document Links

990-PF
Filed on July 29, 2015

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML
990-T

For unrelated business income from activities not substantially related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF
Revenue
$141,774
Expenses
$200,156
Net Income
-$58,382
Net Assets
$2,630,813
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received $0
Interest Revenue $382
0.3%
Dividends $87,693
61.9%
Sales of Assets $55,516
39.2%
Other Income -$1,817
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements $165,134
82.5%
Compensation of Officers* $0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $2,630,813
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $2,630,813
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Brian K Bess (Pres / Dir / Sec) $0 $0

Document Links

990-PF
Filed on Oct. 20, 2014

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML
990-T

For unrelated business income from activities not substantially related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF
Revenue
$80,447
Expenses
$602,671
Net Income
-$522,224
Net Assets
$2,689,194
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received $0
Interest Revenue $1,891
2.4%
Dividends $66,108
82.2%
Sales of Assets $14,956
18.6%
Other Income -$2,508
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements $564,399
93.6%
Compensation of Officers* $0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $2,689,195
Total Liabilities $1
Net Assets $2,689,194

Document Links

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF
990-T

For unrelated business income from activities not substantially related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF
Revenue
$809,792
Expenses
$98,373
Net Income
$711,419
Net Assets
$3,211,419
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received $750,000
92.6%
Interest Revenue $3,695
0.5%
Dividends $72,616
9.0%
Sales of Assets $0
Other Income -$3,629
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements $70,833
72.0%
Compensation of Officers* $0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $3,211,419
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $3,211,419

Document Links

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2010

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

About This Data

What Is This Data?

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Which Organizations Are Here?

Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

Types of Nonprofits

There are 27 nonprofit designations based on the numbered subsections of section 501(c) of the tax code. See the list »

Get the Data

For those interested in acquiring the original data from the source, here’s where our data comes from:

  • Raw filing data. Includes EINs and summary financials as structured data.
  • Exempt Organization profiles. Includes organization names, addresses, etc. You can merge this with the raw filing data using EIN numbers.
  • Form 990 documents. Prior to 2017, these documents were obtained and processed by Public.Resource.org and ProPublica. Bulk PDF downloads since 2017 are available from the IRS.
  • Form 990 documents as XML files. Includes complete filing data (financial details, names of officers, tax schedules, etc.) in machine-readable format. Only available for electronically filed documents. Electronic data released prior to October 2021 is also available through Amazon Web Services.
  • Audits. PDFs of single or program-specific audits for nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year. Available for fiscal year 2015 and later.

API

The data powering this website is available programmatically, via an API. Read the API documentation »

See an issue with the data?

Contact Us

About Nonprofit Explorer

Nonprofit Explorer

Browse millions of annual returns filed by tax-exempt organizations with ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer. See details like executive compensation, revenue, expenses and more. Search for an organization or a person, or search the full text of filings.

By Andrea Suozzo, Alec Glassford, Ash Ngu and Brandon Roberts.

Design by Jeff Frankl. Additional development by Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, and Sisi Wei.

E-file viewer adapted from IRS e-File Viewer by Ben Getson. Code for scraping audit documents adapated from Govwiki.

Updated