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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-2153820

Benny's World

A private foundation in Solana Beach, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 1 grant and $468 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
Benny's World - Lisa Watters
249 Hwy 101 Suite 472
Solana Beach, CA 92075
(847) 910-9606
Form and materials
Letter
Deadlines
N/A
Restrictions
The mission of the foundation is to raise funds to further research of pediatric brain STEM tumors (e.g., diffuse potine glioma) and to increase public awareness of pediatric cancer and its limited public and private funding. The majority of the foundation's not-for-profit activities are conducted in california. Grants are not given directly to individuals or to provide operational funds for large charitable organizations. Rather, the heart of the foundation's exempt purpose lies in its financial support for not-for-profit organizations that align with the foundation's mission (as stated above).

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $468

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2024

    $5,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $470

  • Tax year 2023

    $5,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $822

  • Tax year 2022

    $5,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,205

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,443

  • Tax year 2020

    $2,500

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $686

  • Tax year 2019

    $5,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $692

  • Tax year 2018

    $21,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,869

Grants paid in 2025

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Cure Starts NowCincinnati, OH

    Dipg collaborative research donation

    $468

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $468100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio1 grant $468

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Brendan WattersPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lisa WattersVP, TREASURER & SECRETARY Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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