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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 75-3208981

Ray Solem Foundation

A private foundation in Bellevue, WA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $90,000 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

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

Contact
Marianne Emerson
5403 46 Ave
Bellevue, WA 98006
(202) 486-4143
[email protected]
Form and materials
Adobe format,no longer then 5 pages, single or double spaced
Deadlines
April 26
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $90,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,667,807

  • Tax year 2024

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,411,969

  • Tax year 2023

    $65,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,118,930

  • Tax year 2022

    $165,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $921,238

  • Tax year 2021

    $108,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,194,456

  • Tax year 2020

    $99,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,140,030

  • Tax year 2018

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $927,154

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    [individual] and other aid to refugees

    $25,000
  2. Individual

    Legal and other aid to refugees

    $25,000
  3. Mabel CenterBoston, MA

    Legal and other aid to refugees

    $10,000
  4. Brave HouseBrooklyn, NY

    Legal and other aid to refugees

    $10,000
  5. Beyond 90Jacksonville, FL

    Legal and other aid to refugees

    $10,000
  6. GA Immigration Asylum NetworkAtlanta, GA

    Legal and other aid to refugees

    $5,000
  7. Individual

    Legal and other aid to refugees

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Civil rights1 grant $10,00050% of the total
  2. Housing and shelter1 grant $10,00050% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida1 grant $10,000
  2. Massachusetts1 grant $10,000
  3. New York1 grant $10,000
  4. Georgia1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Marianne EmersonPresident Hours 10Pay $0
  • Keith DisselkoenVP and Secretary Hours 1Pay $0
  • Audrey RussekTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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