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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 77-0359520

The Corrigan-Walla Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 30 grants and $310,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Oct 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

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

    $310,000

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $7,788,131
  • Tax year 2023

    $280,000

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $7,909,834
  • Tax year 2022

    $350,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $5,256,974
  • Tax year 2021

    $457,500

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $5,252,839
  • Tax year 2020

    $292,500

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $5,661,714
  • Tax year 2019

    $305,500

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $5,724,007
  • Tax year 2017

    $288,500

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $5,696,185

Grants paid in 2024

30 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Kainos Home & Training Center for the DevelopmentaRedwood City, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $50,000
  2. Truckee RoundhouseTruckee, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $30,000
  3. Parker Institute for Cancer ImmunotherapySan Francisco, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  4. Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, TX

    Endowed Scholarship Fund

    $25,000
  5. University of California San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    Mitchel S. Berger, MD Endowed Professorship in Neurosurgery Event

    $25,000
  6. Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, CA

    CBA Dean's Discretionary fund

    $20,000
  7. Circuit EpaE Palo Alto, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  8. El Camino Hospital FoundationMt View, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  9. Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, CA

    Lion Emergency Fund

    $10,000
  10. San Francisco Forty Niners FoundationSanta Clara, CA

    Charitable Event

    $10,000
  11. Tahoe Truckee Community FoundationTruckee, CA

    to support the Donor Party Event

    $10,000
  12. Bellarmine College PreparatorySan Jose, CA

    Charitable Event

    $7,500
  13. Truckee Donner Land TrustTruckee, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $7,500
  14. Atlas Cultural FoundationBozeman, MT

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  15. Bus Barn Stage Company A California Non Profit PubLos Altos, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  16. Hale Ranch FoundationLos Altos, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  17. International Rescue CommitteeNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  18. Los Altos Community FoundationLos Altos, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  19. Protect Our WintersBoulder, CO

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  20. Shane McConkey FoundationOlympic Vly, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  21. Sierra Nevada Childrens MuseumTruckee, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  22. Tahoe Ability ProgramTruckee, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  23. Tahoe Food HubTruckee, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  24. World Central Kitchen IncorporatedWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  25. Heartsoul Horses Helping Humans IncGenoa, NV

    General & Unrestricted

    $4,500
  26. Padrino Childrens Foundation IncSan Diego, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  27. Silicon Valley Bicycle ExchangePalo Alto, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  28. Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue Team Inc Po Box 770Tahoe City, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  29. Sos GlenshireTruckee, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  30. International Community FoundationNational City, CA

    to support Pescadero Bomberos

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education5 grants $82,00035% of the total
  2. Human services7 grants $40,00017% of the total
  3. Arts and culture2 grants $35,00015% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $25,00011% of the total
  5. Philanthropy and grantmaking4 grants $21,0009% of the total
  6. Environment2 grants $12,5005% of the total
  7. 3 other causes4 grants $19,5008% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California25 grants $265,500
  2. Texas1 grant $25,000
  3. Colorado1 grant $5,000
  4. District of Columbia1 grant $5,000
  5. Montana1 grant $5,000
  6. Nevada1 grant $4,500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Elsa CorriganDir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Erik CorriganDir, Sec Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sean CorriganDir, Treas Hours 1Pay $0
  • Wilfred James CorriganDir, Pres Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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