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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-4733627

Pacifica Foundation

A private foundation in Warwick, RI. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 1 grant and $35,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Mar 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 2024

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $91,316
  • Tax year 2023

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $126,101
  • Tax year 2022

    $83,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $65,877
  • Tax year 2021

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $48,862
  • Tax year 2020

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $84,057
  • Tax year 2019

    $2,870,113

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $34,220
  • Tax year 2018

    $650,200

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $1,643,847
  • Tax year 2017

    $1,810,500

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $1,282,117

Grants paid in 2024

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. School of Choice Education OrganizationChicago, IL

    General fund contribution

    $35,000

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 $35,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois1 grant $35,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • E Paul SorensenTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Joan W SorensenTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Alice A SorensenDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Christian P SorensenDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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