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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-1645279

Skipping Stone Foundation

A private foundation in Honolulu, HI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $249,890 paid in grants.

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

    $249,890

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $0
  • Tax year 2024

    $418,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $289,362
  • Tax year 2023

    $4,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $680,844
  • Tax year 2022

    $31,150

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $685,233
  • Tax year 2021

    $26,187

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $717,242
  • Tax year 2020

    $23,105

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $744,288
  • Tax year 2019

    $9,970

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $276,053
  • Tax year 2018

    $18,368

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $36,683

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

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

  1. Hawai'i Community FoundationHonolulu, HI

    General funds

    $178,315
  2. Whatcom Community College FoundatioBellingham, WA

    General funds

    $35,000
  3. Evergreen State CollegeOlympia, WA

    General funds

    $30,000
  4. Individual

    Champion interconnected regional trails

    $2,575
  5. Western Wa UniversityBellingham, WA

    General funds

    $2,000
  6. University of Hawai'iHonolulu, HI

    Art, Equity and Environment Student Support 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. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $178,315100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Hawaii2 grants $180,315
  2. Washington3 grants $67,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • David JohnstonPresident Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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