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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-3227718

Padosi Foundation

A private foundation in Portland, OR. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $86,000 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

    $86,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $529,469
  • Tax year 2024

    $1,295,079

    Grants listed
    69
    Assets, end of year
    $567,704
  • Tax year 2023

    $3,973,453

    Grants listed
    159
    Assets, end of year
    $1,429,836
  • Tax year 2022

    $3,537,056

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $1,656,188
  • Tax year 2021

    $3,704,438

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $5,239,837
  • Tax year 2020

    $5,097,497

    Grants listed
    152
    Assets, end of year
    $7,868,853
  • Tax year 2019

    $2,009,500

    Grants listed
    48
    Assets, end of year
    $12,490,795
  • Tax year 2018

    $1,962,648

    Grants listed
    46
    Assets, end of year
    $14,210,420

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Elbow RoomWest Hollywood, CA

    To support the organization

    $50,000
  2. Uh Foundation - Art Department Student Aid FundHonolulu, HI

    To provide scholarship assistance to students enrolled in the art department at the university of hawai'i

    $25,000
  3. Women Cross DMZLos Angeles, CA

    To support the organization

    $10,000
  4. Hawaii Center for Food SafetyWashington, DC

    To support the organization

    $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 $10,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $50,000
  2. Hawaii2 grants $35,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Pamela LichtyTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Simone LichtyTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Andrew MerzTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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