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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-8104194

The Dominus Nihil Foundation

A private foundation in La Jolla, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $70,000 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

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

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $4,562,489
  • Tax year 2024

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $4,539,560
  • Tax year 2023

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $4,383,789
  • Tax year 2022

    $307,938

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,395,938
  • Tax year 2021

    $447,462

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $4,472,365
  • Tax year 2020

    $352,805

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,936,188
  • Tax year 2019

    $950,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,219,056
  • Tax year 2018

    $800,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,950,161

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Polestar Lifetime Learning Foundation IncEncinitas, CA

    General

    $50,000
  2. Canyon Crest Academy Foundation IncSan Diego, CA

    General

    $20,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $50,00071% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $20,00029% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California2 grants $70,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Jennifer MooresPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Cuauhtemoc RiveraSECRETARY/CFO Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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