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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 68-0428790

Farallon Islands Foundation

A private foundation in Berkeley, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $30,000 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
James Edward Bartley
439 Vermont Ave
San Francisco, CA 94107
Form and materials
Specific project title, location, milestones, budget and objectives
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Organization must be a 501c3, and the project must be consistent with our mission. See www.farallonislandsfoundation.org

Assets and giving by year

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $369,564

  • Tax year 2024

    $17,460

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $393,746

  • Tax year 2023

    $33,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $400,980

  • Tax year 2022

    $37,620

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $405,277

  • Tax year 2020

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $433,535

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Point BluePetaluma, CA

    For year round researchers on the Farallon Islands

    $15,000
  2. Friends of South Georgia IslandCarbondale, CO

    To support Marion Island's effort to enhance habitat

    $15,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $15,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $15,000
  2. Colorado1 grant $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • James Edward BartleyPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Robert A LewisTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jerry DanielSecretary Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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