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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-2360622

Willette Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Irvine, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $210,100 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

    $210,100

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,791,134
  • Tax year 2024

    $210,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,648,562
  • Tax year 2023

    $275,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $4,294,572
  • Tax year 2022

    $170,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $4,231,020
  • Tax year 2021

    $215,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,956,852
  • Tax year 2020

    $220,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,805,309
  • Tax year 2019

    $350,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $3,973,589
  • Tax year 2018

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $4,136,861

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Donation for military families in need

    $150,000
  2. Individual

    Donation will underwrite college readiness

    $50,100
  3. Orange County Rescue MissionTustin, CA

    Assist homelessness

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Housing and shelter1 grant $10,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Kristi L WilletteCOO Hours 20Pay $67,524

The return

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