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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-5629663

The Principio Foundation

A private foundation in Laguna Beach, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $30,500 paid in grants.

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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

    $30,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $529,131

  • Tax year 2024

    $43,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $549,476

  • Tax year 2023

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $580,992

  • Tax year 2022

    $56,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $615,599

  • Tax year 2021

    $77,810

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $657,074

  • Tax year 2020

    $32,138

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $651,790

  • Tax year 2019

    $56,682

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $685,536

  • Tax year 2018

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $739,055

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Laguna Beach Youth FootballLaguna Beach, CA

    Charitable purpose

    $15,000
  2. Kid WorksSanta Ana, CA

    Charitable purpose

    $10,000
  3. Calvary South OcSan Clemente, CA

    Charitable purpose

    $3,000
  4. Community Bible StudyColorado SPGS, CO

    Charitable purpose

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Religion1 grant $2,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $28,000
  2. Colorado1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Paul GallagherPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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