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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 77-0496541

Hinman Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Monte Sereno, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $135,000 paid in grants.

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

    $135,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $3,137,062
  • Tax year 2023

    $132,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,978,082
  • Tax year 2022

    $188,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,937,907
  • Tax year 2021

    $180,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,435,920
  • Tax year 2020

    $220,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $4,360,847
  • Tax year 2019

    $191,533

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $3,776,096
  • Tax year 2018

    $239,250

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $4,186,248

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

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

  1. Children of VietnamGreensboro, NC

    Support lifts children out of poverty by eliminati

    $90,000
  2. Individual

    Provide a safe supportive community where veteran

    $25,000
  3. University of Maryland College ParkCollege Park, MD

    Support to finance research work to hold and expl

    $10,000
  4. Wikimedia FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    Support to empower and engage people around the wo

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid1 grant $90,00082% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $20,00018% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina1 grant $90,000
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $10,000
  3. Maryland1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Brian L HinmanPresident Hours 0Pay $0
  • Megan MT NguyenDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Larry E HinmanDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Brian HinmanDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Joseph MercurioTreasurer Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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