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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 72-1211104

Sequoia Foundation

A private foundation in New Orleans, LA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $198,000 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

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

    $198,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $252,851

  • Tax year 2024

    $198,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $252,997

  • Tax year 2023

    $198,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $252,733

  • Tax year 2022

    $198,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $252,240

  • Tax year 2021

    $186,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $251,801

  • Tax year 2020

    $186,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $439,359

  • Tax year 2019

    $198,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $627,946

  • Tax year 2018

    $173,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $348,235

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Tulane Department of OrthopaedicsNew Orleans, LA

    General operational support

    $100,000
  2. Stetson University - J Ollie Edmunds Scholarship ProgramDeland, FL

    General operational support

    $75,000
  3. Duke Orthopaedic SurgeryDurham, NC

    General operational support

    $12,000
  4. Orthopaedic Research and Education FoundationRosemont, IL

    General operational support

    $5,000
  5. Vanderbilt Dept of Orthopaedic SurgeryNashville, TN

    General operational support

    $5,000
  6. Piedmont Orthopaedic FoundationDurham, NC

    General operational support

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Medical research1 grant $5,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Louisiana1 grant $100,000
  2. Florida1 grant $75,000
  3. North Carolina2 grants $13,000
  4. Illinois1 grant $5,000
  5. Tennessee1 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.

  • J Ollie Edmunds JrPRESIDENT Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Karen Oser EdmundsDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Christopher Francis EdmundsSECRETARY/TREASURER/DIRECT Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Anne Edmunds AguirreDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0

The return

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