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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 33-0829812

Faulkner Foundation

A private foundation in Solana Beach, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $226,500 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

    $226,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,247,761
  • Tax year 2024

    $172,544

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,993,336
  • Tax year 2023

    $135,419

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $2,075,273
  • Tax year 2022

    $146,578

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,121,372
  • Tax year 2021

    $122,839

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,254,277
  • Tax year 2020

    $104,423

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,420,343
  • Tax year 2019

    $87,465

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,536,853
  • Tax year 2018

    $152,238

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,636,801

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsProvo, UT

    General

    $226,000
  2. Julian PathwaysJulian, CA

    General fund

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Utah1 grant $226,000
  2. California1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Craig J FaulknerPRESIDENT Hours 4Pay $0
  • Marilyn G FaulknerSECRETARY & TREASURER Hours 4Pay $0

The return

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