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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 41-1694707

Samsara Foundation

A private foundation in Minneapolis, MN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $210,000 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.

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

    $210,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $4,025,744

  • Tax year 2024

    $204,211

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $3,904,284

  • Tax year 2023

    $220,676

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $3,958,017

  • Tax year 2022

    $206,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $4,103,372

  • Tax year 2021

    $225,000

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $4,263,962

  • Tax year 2020

    $216,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $4,345,858

  • Tax year 2019

    $222,000

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $4,512,634

  • Tax year 2018

    $231,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $4,595,978

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

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

  1. Missions Inc Home Free ProgramPlymouth, MN

    Support for victims of domestic violence

    $46,000
  2. Individual

    [individual] SERVICES

    $40,000
  3. Nonviolent PeaceforceRichfield, MN

    End world violence

    $30,000
  4. Individual

    Educational

    $20,000
  5. Connecticut Food BankNew Haven, CT

    Food shelf

    $20,000
  6. Individual

    Social justice advocacy

    $20,000
  7. Icwa Law CenterMinneapolis, MN

    Legal defense

    $10,000
  8. Fiercely EmbracedPlymouth, MN

    General operating

    $10,000
  9. Individual

    General support

    $8,000
  10. Second Harvest HeartlandBrooklyn Park, MN

    Food shelf

    $5,000
  11. Plymouth Congregational ChurchMinneapolis, MN

    General operating

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid1 grant $30,00067% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $10,00022% of the total
  3. Food and agriculture1 grant $5,00011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Minnesota6 grants $102,000
  2. Connecticut1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Tineka KurthPresident Hours 0Pay $0
  • William T MessingerTreasurer Hours 0Pay $0
  • Kera MessingerSecretary Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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