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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 45-4050417

Blits Foundation

A private foundation in Mill Valley, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $28,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Jun 30, 2026), 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

    $28,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $587,688

  • Tax year 2024

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $525,971

  • Tax year 2023

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $492,842

  • Tax year 2022

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $446,924

  • Tax year 2021

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $431,566

  • Tax year 2020

    $21,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $552,708

  • Tax year 2019

    $23,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $445,300

  • Tax year 2018

    $22,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $373,904

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Canticle FarmOakland, CA

    Funding for project adapt: publishing anthology of articles on sustainability and care for the earth.

    $18,000
  2. Zen Caregiving ProjectAlameda, CA

    General program support.

    $4,000
  3. Living Dying ProjectFairfax, CA

    General program support.

    $2,000
  4. San Francisco Zen CenterSan Francisco, CA

    Funding to support zen center programming.

    $2,000
  5. Spirit Rock Meditation CenterWoodacre, CA

    General program and center support.

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Food and agriculture1 grant $18,00090% of the total
  2. Religion1 grant $2,00010% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California5 grants $28,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Lynn L CamastralPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Brian M CamastralCFO AND SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ryan T CamastralPROJECT MANAGER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Caitlin A CamastralPROJECT MANAGER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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