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Form 990-PFTax year 2020EIN 27-0889149

Openness Foundation

A private foundation in Palo Alto, CA. Its return for tax year 2020 lists 1 grant and $128,449 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2020 (period ending Oct 28, 2020), 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

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

  • Tax year 2020

    $128,449

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $128,449

  • Tax year 2018

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $148,024

Grants paid in 2020

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Silicon Valley Community FoundationMountain View, CA

    Fund and support grants for science, education and other charitable purposes

    $128,449

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 $128,449100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $128,449

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Mark ZuckerbergPRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Priscilla ChanSECRETARY/CFO/DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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