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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 01-0684612

David Neal Pennington Foundation

A private foundation in San Diego, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 15 grants and $48,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $48,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,020,450

  • Tax year 2024

    $35,600

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $978,708

  • Tax year 2023

    $32,500

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $797,060

  • Tax year 2022

    $28,200

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $702,392

  • Tax year 2021

    $16,450

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $556,066

  • Tax year 2020

    $14,950

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $351,184

  • Tax year 2019

    $14,950

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $309,343

  • Tax year 2018

    $14,950

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $298,309

Grants paid in 2025

15 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. AIDS Assistance ProjectPalm Springs, CA

    To provide assistance to AIDS victims

    $6,000
  2. The Trevor ProjectW Hollywood, CA

    To provide crisis and suicide prevention services

    $6,000
  3. The Asher HouseSalem, OR

    To rescue and rehabilitate animals that been abandon

    $6,000
  4. Special Delivery San Diego (meal Delivery)San Diego, CA

    To provide food to AIDS patients

    $5,000
  5. St JudesMemphis, TN

    To advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastophic diseases through research and treatment

    $5,000
  6. AmfarNew York, NY

    To further the research of a cure for AIDS

    $4,000
  7. Feeding AmericaChicago, IL

    To end hunger in the united states

    $3,000
  8. Project Angel FoodLos Angeles, CA

    To provide food to AIDS patients

    $3,000
  9. Make A WishPhoenix, AZ

    To grant the wish of every child diagnosed with a critical illness

    $2,000
  10. Toys for TotsTriangle, VA

    To distribute toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for christmas

    $2,000
  11. Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY

    To provide independent impartial medical humanitarian assistance

    $2,000
  12. American Cancer SocietyPalm Desert, CA

    To further the cancer research

    $1,000
  13. Hoag Hospital FoundationNewport Beach, CA

    To further the cancer research

    $1,000
  14. Olive CrestSanta Ana, CA

    To transform the lives of childern and families in crisis

    $1,000
  15. Wounded Warrior ProjectJacksonville, FL

    To support veterans, families and caregivers through programs, services and advocacy

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Animals1 grant $6,00026% of the total
  2. Civil rights1 grant $6,00026% of the total
  3. Health2 grants $4,00017% of the total
  4. Food and agriculture1 grant $3,00013% of the total
  5. International aid1 grant $2,0009% of the total
  6. Human services1 grant $1,0004% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $1,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California7 grants $23,000
  2. New York2 grants $6,000
  3. Oregon1 grant $6,000
  4. Tennessee1 grant $5,000
  5. Illinois1 grant $3,000
  6. Arizona1 grant $2,000
  7. Virginia1 grant $2,000
  8. Florida1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • David N PenningtonDIRECTOR, PRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
  • Donna B JordanDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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