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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 68-0233907

The Binkley Foundation

A private foundation in Mill Valley, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 17 grants and $257,216 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

    $257,216

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $2,908,891

  • Tax year 2024

    $146,065

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $2,708,571

  • Tax year 2023

    $42,100

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,708,748

  • Tax year 2022

    $7,873,709

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,569,943

  • Tax year 2021

    $500,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $11,135,758

  • Tax year 2020

    $22,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $9,240,258

  • Tax year 2019

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $443,363

  • Tax year 2018

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $458,195

Grants paid in 2025

17 grants, largest first

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

  1. UCSF Foundation Cancer CenterSan Francisco, CA

    Donation

    $150,000
  2. Foundation to Advance Vascular CureRedwood City, CA

    Donation

    $19,000
  3. Compassion Without BordersSanta Rosa, CA

    Donation

    $10,000
  4. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  5. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  6. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  7. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  8. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  9. Individual

    Scholarship

    $8,500
  10. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,693
  11. Individual

    Scholarship

    $3,274
  12. Individual

    Scholarship

    $3,210
  13. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,707
  14. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  15. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,232
  16. Vern Glenn InvitationalMill Valley, CA

    Donation

    $1,100
  17. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals1 grant $10,00090% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $1,10010% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California4 grants $180,100

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Sharon Binkley StrausPRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
  • Lauren HowardSECRETARY/TR Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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