Opportunity Overview
Crystal Trust is accepting grant requests under its current IRS-derived grantmaking instructions, with a September 30, 2026 deadline. Crystal Trust is a Montchanin, Delaware private foundation (EIN 51-6015063). Its current application instructions state that Delaware needs receive first, though not exclusive, priority and that funding emphasizes capital and other one-time special-purpose needs rather than continuing operating expenses or deficits.
Deadline and Submission
The published deadline is September 30, 2026. The current instructions do not state a closing clock time or time zone, so Atlas does not infer one. Requests are mailed to Kevin O’Brien, Director, Crystal Trust, P.O. Box 39, Montchanin, DE 19710-0039. The published telephone number is 302-651-0533. No public online application portal is identified in the current instructions.
Application Requirements
Requests need not follow a special format, but the current instructions require adequate information on the applicant organization’s background, purposes, activities, governing group, staff and finances, plus details of the proposal and its priority among the organization’s needs. Applicants must provide certification of tax-exempt and foundation status.
Funding and Cost Controls
No universal per-applicant award ceiling is published in the current instructions. Crystal Trust’s latest available IRS Form 990-PF, for tax year 2025 and filed April 30, 2026, reports $12,120,590 in charitable disbursements and $269,793,744 in net assets. Those are foundation-level figures and are not an applicant award cap or expected grant size. No mandatory applicant match or cost share is stated in the current published instructions.
Healthcare and Equipment Fit
The opportunity is relevant to Delaware healthcare nonprofits with genuine capital or other one-time special-purpose needs. Capital facilities, clinical equipment and technology may be plausible within the Trust’s stated capital focus, but allowability must be confirmed for the applicant’s specific project. Atlas does not assume that telehealth, remote physical-examination equipment, N9+ technology, physician staffing or any other vendor-specific cost is automatically eligible.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 93/100. This is a strong Delaware-focused private-foundation pathway because the current instructions explicitly prioritize Delaware needs and capital or other one-time special purposes, and the foundation has substantial current charitable disbursements.
N9+ Fit: 35/100 conditional. A legitimate pathway may exist when an eligible Delaware nonprofit has a documented one-time clinical equipment or connected-care capital project and the Trust confirms that use as appropriate. QC Healthcare Fit: 10/100 conditional. The instructions do not establish a physician-coverage or recurring staffing pathway. Direct Dr. Miltie applicant fit: 0/100. Dr. Miltie should be considered only as an applicant-selected vendor or partner when the nonprofit’s project and the funder’s rules support it.
Next Action
Eligible Delaware tax-exempt organizations with a real capital or one-time special-purpose need should confirm the current mailing/submission instructions with Crystal Trust, assemble the required organizational, governance, staffing, financial, proposal-priority and tax-status information, and submit in advance of September 30, 2026.
Current sources: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer – Crystal Trust / IRS Form 990-PF data; Grantmakers.io – IRS-derived grantmaking instructions; and Impala – current application instructions.