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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 77-0202992

Poisson Fou Foundation

A private foundation in Los Altos, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 3 grants and $35,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 30, 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

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,143,186
  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,807,567
  • Tax year 2022

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $2,298,651
  • Tax year 2021

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $2,289,653
  • Tax year 2020

    $205,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,396,788

Grants paid in 2024

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Fifth Avenue Presbyterian ChurchNew York, NY

    charitable support

    $20,000
  2. Pship for After School EducationNew York, NY

    charitable support

    $10,000
  3. Princeton in AfricaPrinceton, NJ

    charitable 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. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York2 grants $30,000
  2. New Jersey1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Madeleine M FacklerPresident Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Stephen W FacklerTreasurer Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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