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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-3968895

Parsemus Foundation

A private foundation in San Francisco, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $86,385 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

    $86,385

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,674,916

  • Tax year 2024

    $2,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $2,894,305

  • Tax year 2023

    $39,480

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $3,563,075

  • Tax year 2022

    $39,100

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,279,583

  • Tax year 2021

    $4,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,855,001

  • Tax year 2020

    $370,926

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,635,620

  • Tax year 2019

    $38,813

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    -$543,862

  • Tax year 2018

    $38,606

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    -$329,872

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    General Support

    $65,385
  2. Novo School of ScienceCaparica, Portugal

    General Support

    $12,000
  3. Amici Cannis USAFort Collins, CO

    General Support

    $3,000
  4. University of Sarajevo Veterinary SSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    General Support

    $3,000
  5. Male Contraception InitiativeDurham, NC

    General Support

    $2,000
  6. University of Minnesota FoundationMinneapolis, MN

    General Support

    $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 $3,00050% of the total
  2. Civil rights1 grant $2,00033% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $1,00017% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado1 grant $3,000
  2. North Carolina1 grant $2,000
  3. Minnesota1 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.

  • Elaine A LissnerTrustee Hours 12Pay $0
  • Linda Brent PhD MBAExec. Dir. Hours 40Pay $164,642

The return

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