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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 77-0443629

The Wanda Bobowski Fund

A private foundation in Mountain View, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 14 grants and $240,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

    $240,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $4,423,205

  • Tax year 2023

    $150,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $3,335,208

  • Tax year 2022

    $160,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,938,584

  • Tax year 2021

    $205,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $3,613,017

  • Tax year 2020

    $245,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $3,054,805

  • Tax year 2019

    $205,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,560,278

  • Tax year 2018

    $400,940

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,366,715

Grants paid in 2024

14 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    General Support

    $65,000
  2. The Jane Goodall InstituteVienna, VA

    General Support

    $25,000
  3. Individual

    General Support

    $25,000
  4. Individual

    General Support

    $25,000
  5. International Committee of the RedGeneva, Eswatini

    General Support

    $25,000
  6. Science Spirit InstituteGreenbank, WA

    General Support

    $20,000
  7. Individual

    General Support

    $10,000
  8. The Lawyering Project co Tides CentSan Francisco, CA

    General Support

    $10,000
  9. YWCAWashington DC, DC

    General Support

    $10,000
  10. Individual

    General Support

    $5,000
  11. KqedSan Francisco, CA

    General Support

    $5,000
  12. Wikimedia FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    General Support

    $5,000
  13. National Women's Law CenterWashington, DC

    General Support

    $5,000
  14. Individual

    General 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. Arts and culture1 grant $5,00050% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $5,00050% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia1 grant $25,000
  2. California3 grants $20,000
  3. Washington1 grant $20,000
  4. District of Columbia2 grants $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Debra SimonsPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Erica J SimonsVicePresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Daniel R CorbetTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lyndsey SimonsSecretary Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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