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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 37-1465273

Community Building Foundation

A private foundation in Spokane, WA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $8,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Patty Gates
25 W Main Ste 210
Spokane, WA 99201
(509) 232-1950
Form and materials
Application form and list of required support materials found on website at www.community-building.org/foundation
Deadlines
Spring and fall deadlines vary slightly year to year. Current deadlines noted on website.
Restrictions
Spokane area focus encompassing the interior columbia basin. Grant size $1,200-$10,000. No grants to endowments, individuals, military, or religious activities.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $8,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,389,180

  • Tax year 2023

    $23,600

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,494,166

  • Tax year 2022

    $44,750

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,640,492

  • Tax year 2021

    $34,606

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,810,350

  • Tax year 2020

    $53,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $1,930,633

  • Tax year 2019

    $43,983

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $2,090,953

  • Tax year 2018

    $58,172

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $2,292,345

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Innovia Foundation - Priority SpokaneSpokane, WA

    General fund

    $2,500
  2. Compassionate Addiction TreatmentSpokane, WA

    General fund

    $2,000
  3. Greater Spokane ProgressSpokane, WA

    General fund

    $2,000
  4. Blueprints for LearningSpokane, WA

    Gneral fund

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Civil rights1 grant $2,00050% of the total
  2. Mental health1 grant $2,00050% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Washington4 grants $8,500

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Kathryn C SheehanEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 20Pay $11,718
  • James L SheehanPRESIDENT Hours 5Pay $0
  • Joseph M SheehanDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Patty GatesDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Matt SantangeloDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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