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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 33-4977820

Seren Foundation

A private foundation in Los Altos, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $32,838 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

1 return on file

Tax year 2025 is the only return we have read for this foundation so far.

  • Tax year 2025

    $32,838

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $713,023

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Innoview FoundationSacramento, CA

    General support for educational access and charitable education programs.

    $20,000
  2. Menlo SchoolAtherton, CA

    General educational support for the schools charitable and educational programs.

    $6,500
  3. Woodland SchoolPortola Vally, CA

    General educational support for the schools charitable and educational programs.

    $5,338
  4. Feiyu TheaterSunnyvale, CA

    Support for theater arts education cultural programming and community performances.

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $25,33896% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $1,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California4 grants $32,838

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Shizhe ShenTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ying ChenTrustee Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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