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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-3537545

Vital Spark Foundation

A private foundation in Forestville, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $723,934 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jul 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Bruce Mitteldorf
720 Giovanetti Road
Forestville, CA 95436
(408) 373-3694
Form and materials
No particular form
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $723,934

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2023

    $25,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $878,648

  • Tax year 2022

    $45,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $893,855

  • Tax year 2021

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $903,580

  • Tax year 2020

    $38,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $885,131

  • Tax year 2019

    $37,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $814,416

  • Tax year 2018

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $802,020

  • Tax year 2017

    $38,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $802,381

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    General purpose grant

    $357,793
  2. SMJ Spark FoundationPhiladelphia, PA

    General purpose grant

    $357,793
  3. White Coat Waste ProjectWashington, DC

    General purpose grant

    $5,000
  4. Individual

    General Purpose Grant

    $3,348

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $357,79399% of the total
  2. Animals1 grant $5,0001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania1 grant $357,793
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Bruce MitteldorfPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Josh MitteldorfTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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