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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-3618680

The Ark Watch Foundation

A private foundation in Los Altos, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 10 grants and $1.6 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,570,908

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $6,925

  • Tax year 2023

    $743,337

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $4,151

  • Tax year 2022

    $678,825

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $21,366

  • Tax year 2021

    $317,217

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $88,316

  • Tax year 2020

    $498,900

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $89,610

  • Tax year 2019

    $479,189

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $83,630

  • Tax year 2018

    $488,380

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $8,085

Grants paid in 2024

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Red Bell Run FoundationColumbus, NC

    For care and vetting of ark watch rescued equines & general operating expenses

    $1,007,080
  2. Fund for Animals IncWashington, DC

    Care of ark watch rescued equines and duchess sanctuary operations

    $200,000
  3. Black Hills Wild Horse SanctuaryHot Springs, SD

    Feeding and care of ark watch placed rescued horses

    $150,000
  4. Fund for Animals IncWashington, DC

    Concrete pads for hay and storage barns

    $111,500
  5. Turning Pointe Donkey RescueDansville, MI

    Care of rescued donkeys; purchase and transport of 3 feedlot donkeys

    $56,600
  6. Humane Society of North TexasFort Worth, TX

    Capital improvements to equine facility & shelter supplies

    $18,000
  7. Farmhouse Fresh Animal SanctuaryMcKinney, TX

    Care of an ark watch rescue horse

    $15,000
  8. Humanity for HorsesMontague, CA

    For feeding and care of ark watch sanctuaried animals

    $10,000
  9. Hasty's HavenBelton, SC

    Vetting expenses for group of rescued donkeys

    $2,500
  10. Fund for Animals IncWashington, DC

    Donkey blankets

    $228

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals5 grants $1,099,180100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina1 grant $1,007,080
  2. New York3 grants $311,728
  3. South Dakota1 grant $150,000
  4. Michigan1 grant $56,600
  5. Texas2 grants $33,000
  6. California1 grant $10,000
  7. South Carolina1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Celine MyersEXEC. DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT Hours 60Pay $310,000
  • Chris HjelmSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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