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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-4485313

Uncle Kory Foundation

A private foundation in El Segundo, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 16 grants and $585,579 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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $585,579

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $888,000
  • Tax year 2024

    $435,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $967,961
  • Tax year 2023

    $121,190

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $708,992
  • Tax year 2022

    $800,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $386,715
  • Tax year 2021

    $212,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $411,710
  • Tax year 2020

    $390,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $522,196

Grants paid in 2025

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. City of HopeDuarte, CA

    Targeting non-coding rna pseudouridine modification for glioblastoma therapy

    $50,000
  2. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    To fund project "regulation of myeloid cells by fatty acid metabolism in irradiated glioblastoma." 2nd year renewal

    $50,000
  3. Duke UniversityDurham, NC

    Sirpiglenastat for treating glioblastoma

    $50,000
  4. Regents University of California Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA

    Characterizing PTPRZ1 mechanism in cancer as a therapeutic target, 3rd year funding

    $50,000
  5. The UCLA FoundationLos Angeles, CA

    Hapten-modified neoantigens as immune targets for glioblastoma treatment

    $50,000
  6. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, TX

    Project FP00009152 - repurposing migraine treatments for dipg - 5th year funding

    $50,000
  7. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, TX

    Autophagy inhibition to sensitize medulloblastoma to enhance NK cell immunotherapy

    $50,000
  8. University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, AL

    Targeting recurrent glioblastoma cells using collagen-binding il-12 and il-7

    $50,000
  9. University of California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA

    Defining neural dependent vulnerabilities in GBM radiation sensitization using functional genomics

    $50,000
  10. University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA

    The role of gaba transaminase in medulloblastoma local recurrence and its potential as a therapeutic target in medulloblastoma metastasis 3rd year funding

    $50,000
  11. Duke UniversityDurham, NC

    "the care-bear proposal." 2nd year renewal; portion transferred to university of colorado. Remaining funds reimbursed and then allocated to university of colorado regents.

    $33,584
  12. The Mark Foundation for Cancer ResearchNew York, NY

    Foundation gift for the GBM initiative

    $25,000
  13. Regents of the University of ColoradoAurora, CO

    "the care-bear proposal." 2nd year renewal

    $16,416
  14. Brain Tumor Epidemiology ConsortiumHinsdale, IL

    Characterizing PTPRZ1 mechanism in cancer as a therapeutic target, 3rd year funding

    $5,000
  15. Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United StatesHinsdale, IL

    General support

    $5,000
  16. The UCLA FoundationLos Angeles, CA

    To support the work of DR. Cloughesy and DR. Liau at the brain tumor center of UCLA.

    $579

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education5 grants $184,16388% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $25,00012% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California6 grants $250,579
  2. Texas2 grants $100,000
  3. North Carolina2 grants $83,584
  4. New York2 grants $75,000
  5. Alabama1 grant $50,000
  6. Colorado1 grant $16,416
  7. Illinois2 grants $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Amanda H GregoryVP, DIR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Heath H GregoryPRES, DIR, SEC, TREAS Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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