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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 77-0261398

Jain Foundation

A private foundation in Santa Cruz, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $450,000 paid in grants.

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

    $450,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $66,258,410
  • Tax year 2024

    $1,065,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $9,691,743
  • Tax year 2023

    $276,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $10,427,119
  • Tax year 2022

    $14,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $10,120,362
  • Tax year 2021

    $326,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,374,013
  • Tax year 2020

    $268,815

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,672,061
  • Tax year 2019

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,629,068
  • Tax year 2018

    $1,759,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,561,461

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. DJ Sangh of Greater SacramentoFairfield, CA

    Construction of Place of Worship

    $200,000
  2. Sempervirens FundMountain View, CA

    Conservation of Redwood Trees

    $150,000
  3. Jain Center of Northern CaliforniaMilpitas, CA

    Religious

    $100,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment1 grant $150,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $450,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Navindra JainPresident Hours 2Pay $0
  • Madhu JainCFO Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Nalini JainSecretary Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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