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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 30-0948144

The John Martin Foundation

A private foundation in San Francisco, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 16 grants and $13.2 million 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

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

    $13,179,040

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $29,681,940

  • Tax year 2024

    $13,904,678

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $40,466,518

  • Tax year 2023

    $11,216,120

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $52,447,292

  • Tax year 2022

    $8,014,926

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $60,530,854

  • Tax year 2021

    $2,889,055

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $43,630,322

  • Tax year 2020

    $4,568,726

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $45,924,293

  • Tax year 2019

    $3,091,103

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $43,280,868

  • Tax year 2018

    $4,327,896

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $40,468,511

Grants paid in 2025

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Institute of Human Virology University of Maryland School of MedicineBaltimore, MD

    Endowments in honor of john c. Martin at institute of human virology: a.ihv chair professorship $5 million; b. Ihv annual lectureship $500,000

    $5,500,000
  2. Myriad USA IncNew York, NY

    American friends of caprisa

    $1,500,000
  3. Aranda Org IncNew York, NY

    Extending the aranda model and enhancing stewardship and surveillance service to new countries

    $1,250,000
  4. Center for Disease Analysis Foundation IncLafayette, CO

    Polaris observatory to support hepatitis elimination

    $1,000,000
  5. Pharmaccess FoundationAmsterdam, Netherlands

    Improve quality of maternal and childcare through m-tiba care bundles

    $1,000,000
  6. The Scripps Research InstituteLa Jolla, CA

    Clinical proof-of-concept of an affordable, oral cancer immunotherapy (ox-4224) in india for low- and middle-income countries

    $1,000,000
  7. Integral Global ConsultingAtlanta, GA

    Linkage to care and health education in underserved communities of islamabad, pakistan

    $394,478
  8. The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityPalo Alto, CA

    Support for asian liver center 2024-2027

    $250,000
  9. The Scripps Research InstituteLa Jolla, CA

    Amended: endowed graduate fellowships

    $250,000
  10. Task Force for Global Health Coalition for Global Hepatitis EliminationDecatur, GA

    Un group of friends to eliminate hepatitis 2025-2027

    $238,563
  11. Integral Global ConsultingAtlanta, GA

    Mitigation the spread of covid-19 among garment factory and textile mill populations in bangladesh: phase II translating results into sustained sector practice

    $236,348
  12. Task Force for Global Health Coalition for Global Hepatitis EliminationDecatur, GA

    Un group of friends to eliminate hepatitis

    $150,000
  13. The Global Hepatitis AssociationToronto, Canada

    19th international symposium of viral hepatitis & liver diseases - global hepatitis summit 2025

    $150,000
  14. World Hepatitis AllianceGeneva, Switzerland

    Community impact programme

    $150,000
  15. Society on Liver Disease in AfricaUtrecht, Netherlands

    Conference on liver disease in africa

    $58,771
  16. IcalmaBuenos Aires, Argentina

    Antimicrobial resistance patterns of bacterial infections in patients with cirrhosis: a surveillance project from argentina and uruguay

    $50,880

Approved for future payment

3 grants

Approved in 2025 and not yet paid.

  1. Task Force for Global Health Coalition for Global Hepatitis EliminationDecatur, GA

    Un group of friends to eliminate hepatitis 2025-2027

    $769,591
  2. The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityPalo Alto, CA

    Support for asian liver center 2024-2027

    $750,000
  3. Integral Global ConsultingAtlanta, GA

    Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HBV in islamabad's urban slums: antiviral (tenofovir) intervention and hepatitis b birth dose administration

    $400,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Medical research3 grants $2,250,00060% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $1,500,00040% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maryland1 grant $5,500,000
  2. New York2 grants $2,750,000
  3. California3 grants $1,500,000
  4. Georgia4 grants $1,019,389
  5. Colorado1 grant $1,000,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Lillian LouPRESIDENT & DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $300,000
  • Taiyin YangSECRETARY & TREASURER Hours 5Pay $0
  • Clifford SamuelDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0

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