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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-6147589

Thomas N Felgner Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in San Marino, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $208,000 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

    $208,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $45,487
  • Tax year 2024

    $151,905

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $201,653
  • Tax year 2023

    $138,630

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $331,707
  • Tax year 2022

    $122,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $408,818
  • Tax year 2021

    $155,900

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $703,063
  • Tax year 2020

    $146,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $748,447
  • Tax year 2019

    $78,700

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $750,523
  • Tax year 2018

    $80,749

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $453,330

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

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

  1. Duke UniversityDurham, NC

    Educational

    $175,000
  2. Polytechnic SchoolPasadena, CA

    Educational

    $15,000
  3. Interwoven ChurchLos Angeles, CA

    Educational

    $6,000
  4. Pasadena HumanePasadena, CA

    Educational

    $5,000
  5. Individual

    Educational

    $5,000
  6. Individual

    Educational

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $190,00097% of the total
  2. Animals1 grant $5,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina1 grant $175,000
  2. California3 grants $26,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Thomas FelgnerTrustee Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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