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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 33-0877196

The Mark Wade Choate III Foundation

A private foundation in Palos Verdes Estates, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 1 grant and $10,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $117,559

  • Tax year 2024

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $88,449

  • Tax year 2023

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $73,789

  • Tax year 2022

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $98,354

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $119,450

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $106,259

Grants paid in 2025

1 grant, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Mark ChoatePresident Hours 0Pay $0
  • Cynthia ChoateSec Treas Hours 0Pay $0
  • Courtney KnappDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Kaysie FitzpatrickDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Michael KnappDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Gary FitzpatrickDirector Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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