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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 56-2549819

Cable Family Foundation

A private foundation in Newport Beach, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 22 grants and $240,000 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Kristie Polos
PO Box 12794
Newport Beach, CA 92658
(949) 706-7144
Form and materials
The applicant should send a letter stating its charitable purpose, the amount of monies requested, and documentation sustaining its tax-exempt status under the internal revenue code.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

    $240,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $6,061,396
  • Tax year 2024

    $246,500

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $5,195,155
  • Tax year 2023

    $179,150

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $2,764,533
  • Tax year 2022

    $47,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,302,104
  • Tax year 2021

    $59,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,342,670
  • Tax year 2020

    $140,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,475,238

Grants paid in 2025

22 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Long Beach State FoundationLong Beach, CA

    Program support

    $20,000
  2. Orange County Community FoundationIrvine, CA

    Program support

    $20,000
  3. Magical BuildersNewport Beach, CA

    Program support

    $20,000
  4. The UCI FoundationIrvine, CA

    Program support

    $10,000
  5. Wounded Warrior ProjectJacksonville, FL

    Program support

    $10,000
  6. West Coast Labrador Retriever RescueRiverside, CA

    Program support

    $10,000
  7. K 9'S for WarriorsPonte Vedra, FL

    Program support

    $10,000
  8. City of HopeDuarte, CA

    Program support

    $10,000
  9. California Homebuilding FoundationSacramento, CA

    Program support

    $10,000
  10. Better Together Animal AlliancePonderay, ID

    Program support

    $10,000
  11. Pebble Beach Company FoundationPebble Beach, CA

    Program support

    $10,000
  12. Panhandle Alliance for EducationSandpoint, ID

    Program support

    $10,000
  13. Cystic Fibrosis FoundationBethesda, MD

    Program support

    $10,000
  14. Tunnels to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY

    Program support

    $10,000
  15. Bradley Rofer FoundationCoto de Caza, CA

    Program support

    $10,000
  16. St Jude Childrens Research HospitalMemphis, TN

    Program support

    $10,000
  17. Building Futures & FriendsNewport Beach, CA

    Program support

    $10,000
  18. Patrick's Purpose FoundationNewport Beach, CA

    Program support

    $10,000
  19. Newport Beach Police AllianceNewport Beach, CA

    Program support

    $10,000
  20. Gigi's Playhouse IncHoffman Est, IL

    Program support

    $10,000
  21. Child HelpScottsdale, AZ

    Program support

    $7,500
  22. National Meningitis AssociationFort Myers, FL

    Program support

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education4 grants $50,00033% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking3 grants $50,00033% of the total
  3. Animals1 grant $10,0007% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $10,0007% of the total
  5. Human services1 grant $10,0007% of the total
  6. Mental health1 grant $10,0007% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $10,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California12 grants $150,000
  2. Florida3 grants $22,500
  3. Idaho2 grants $20,000
  4. Illinois1 grant $10,000
  5. Maryland1 grant $10,000
  6. New York1 grant $10,000
  7. Tennessee1 grant $10,000
  8. Arizona1 grant $7,500

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Wade CableTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Susan CableTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Kristie PolosTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Mollie ButcherTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Stacy BillupsTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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