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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-1608596

The Perfect Moment Foundation

A private foundation in Laguna Beach, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $90,520 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

    $90,520

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,856,585

  • Tax year 2024

    $437,200

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,955,889

  • Tax year 2023

    $236,905

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,714,854

  • Tax year 2022

    $149,727

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,436,434

  • Tax year 2021

    $62,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,390,748

  • Tax year 2020

    $79,729

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,471,967

  • Tax year 2019

    $156,382

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,510,274

  • Tax year 2018

    $115,683

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,676,226

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Welfare relief

    $30,000
  2. Individual

    Religious

    $20,000
  3. School PowerLaguna Beach, CA

    Education

    $10,100
  4. Care for LifeMesa, AZ

    Poverty relief

    $10,000
  5. Pro Unviversity FoundationLaguna Beach, CA

    Education

    $10,000
  6. Individual

    Welfare

    $5,000
  7. Individual

    Welfare

    $2,920
  8. Edison High SchoolHuntington Beach, CA

    Education

    $2,500

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 $10,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $22,600
  2. Arizona1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Stephen E SamuelianTrustee Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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