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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-6234431

Elizabeth N Crane Foundation

A private foundation in La Mesa, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $260,000 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.

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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

    $260,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $7,411,581

  • Tax year 2024

    $260,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $6,602,626

  • Tax year 2023

    $245,204

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $6,109,775

  • Tax year 2022

    $269,825

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $5,492,607

  • Tax year 2021

    $251,716

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $6,947,442

  • Tax year 2020

    $253,346

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,329,669

  • Tax year 2019

    $253,477

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $5,963,726

  • Tax year 2018

    $253,099

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $5,295,893

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Abraham Low Self Help SystemsOak Brook, IL

    Mental health

    $220,000
  2. The San Diego FoundationSan Diego, CA

    Mental health

    $27,500
  3. The San Diego FoundationSan Diego, CA

    Foster children mental health

    $12,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $40,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois1 grant $220,000
  2. California2 grants $40,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Jill UnderwoodPRESIDENT/TRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $2,500
  • Lincoln H BanksTREASURER/TRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $84,188

The return

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