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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-5990006

The Hebeler Foundation

A private foundation in Santa Cruz, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $165,000 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
Marie C Hebeler
108 Moore Creed Road
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(831) 427-2725
Form and materials
None
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 2025

    $165,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $879,215
  • Tax year 2024

    $95,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $803,852
  • Tax year 2023

    $87,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $780,061
  • Tax year 2022

    $89,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $855,095
  • Tax year 2021

    $73,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $894,694
  • Tax year 2020

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $874,994
  • Tax year 2019

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $854,212
  • Tax year 2018

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $800,790

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The UC Davis FoundationDavis, CA

    General

    $100,000
  2. Bellarmine College PreparatorySan Jose, CA

    General

    $20,000
  3. McLindon Family FoundationBaton Rouge, LA

    General

    $20,000
  4. Palo Alto Medical FoundationPalo Alto, CA

    General

    $15,000
  5. Bellarmine College PreparatorySan Jose, CA

    General

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $100,00083% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $20,00017% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California4 grants $145,000
  2. Louisiana1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Marie C HebelerDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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