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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 22-6744884

The Radiant Hope

A private foundation in Mountain Lakes, NJ. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $504,577 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

    $504,577

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,512,257
  • Tax year 2024

    $430,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,827,827
  • Tax year 2023

    $375,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,094,653
  • Tax year 2022

    $453,250

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,321,561
  • Tax year 2021

    $277,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,845,286
  • Tax year 2020

    $247,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,742,203
  • Tax year 2019

    $531,200

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,851,391
  • Tax year 2018

    $319,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $3,252,827

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    General support

    $381,800
  2. University of PAPhiladelphia, PA

    General support

    $75,000
  3. Individual

    Genral support

    $16,527
  4. Foundation for MMCMorristown, NJ

    General support

    $15,000
  5. Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA

    General suppost

    $10,000
  6. Lucie's Mastiff MissionCream Ridge, NJ

    General support

    $5,000
  7. Sri Lanka Med Assn of NALivingston, NJ

    General support

    $1,250

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $10,00067% of the total
  2. Animals1 grant $5,00033% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania2 grants $85,000
  2. New Jersey3 grants $21,250

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • John R CaliTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
  • Amanda L CaliTrustee Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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