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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-1237779

The Joseph Foundation

A private foundation in Piedmont, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $13,500 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

    $13,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $342,498
  • Tax year 2024

    $13,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $136,031
  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $131,407
  • Tax year 2022

    $9,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $109,341
  • Tax year 2021

    $1,420

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $117,080
  • Tax year 2020

    $24,299

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $115,693
  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $88,429
  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $87,103

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

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

  1. Piedmont Education FoundationPiedmont, CA

    Contribution to General Fund

    $10,500
  2. Individual

    Contribution to the general fund.

    $3,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $10,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $10,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Tom JosephPresident Hours 0Pay $0
  • April JosephSecretary Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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