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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 14-1863190

Fontana Foundation

A private foundation in Tiburon, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $12,288 paid in grants.

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

    $12,288

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $93,455
  • Tax year 2024

    $5,115

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $75,480
  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $63,795
  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $45,420
  • Tax year 2021

    $6,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $83,155
  • Tax year 2020

    $35,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $13,546
  • Tax year 2019

    $69,825

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $63,337
  • Tax year 2018

    $26,295

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $136,629

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Marin County Day SchoolCorte Madera, CA

    General operating support

    $5,000
  2. Reproductive Freedom F0R AllWashington, DC

    General operating support

    $5,000
  3. Chapel and York US FoundationNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $2,288

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 $2,288100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $5,000
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $5,000
  3. New York1 grant $2,288

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Charley Buntrock ZechesPRESIDENT/CEO/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Robert ZechesCFO/SECRETARY/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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