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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 68-0616611

Saunders Family Charitable Fund

A private foundation in San Francisco, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $406,000 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 person
On file
Phone
On file
Email
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
No specific deadline.
Restrictions
Recipients must be exempt as a public charity under irc 501(c)(3). Preference to educational purposes.

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $406,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,603,384

  • Tax year 2024

    $402,148

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,120,081

  • Tax year 2023

    $545,923

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,997,805

  • Tax year 2022

    $493,967

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,514,341

  • Tax year 2021

    $655,323

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,899,299

  • Tax year 2020

    $448,829

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,316,639

  • Tax year 2019

    $272,701

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,704,797

  • Tax year 2018

    $740,341

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,706,873

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Bay Education FundOakland, CA

    General support

    $250,000
  2. Marine Corps Scholarship FoundationAlexandria, VA

    General support

    $50,000
  3. Youth AliveOakland, CA

    General support

    $50,000
  4. The Basic FundOakland, CA

    Basic fund scholars program

    $25,000
  5. Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL

    Education

    $16,000
  6. Evanston Township High School Educational FoundationEvanston, IL

    General support

    $10,000
  7. Maui Preparatory AcademyLahaina, HI

    General support

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $325,00095% of the total
  2. Sports and recreation1 grant $16,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $325,000
  2. Virginia1 grant $50,000
  3. Illinois2 grants $26,000
  4. Hawaii1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Joseph W SaundersTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Sharon P SaundersTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Christine S BergTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $5,000
  • Thomas J SaundersTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $5,000

The return

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