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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 77-0528782

The Kelvin Foundation

A private foundation in Los Altos, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 9 grants and $103,572 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

    $103,572

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $7,082,465

  • Tax year 2023

    $338,172

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $7,277,494

  • Tax year 2022

    $592,920

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $7,593,566

  • Tax year 2021

    $401,634

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $7,938,385

  • Tax year 2020

    $373,843

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $7,994,388

  • Tax year 2019

    $233,931

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $8,063,299

  • Tax year 2018

    $118,250

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $8,019,878

Grants paid in 2024

9 grants, largest first

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

  1. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    General support

    $72,500
  2. Rancho Mirage Writers FestivalRancho Mirage, CA

    General support

    $9,000
  3. Eisenhower Med CenterRancho Mirage, CA

    General support

    $5,000
  4. Individual

    General support

    $5,000
  5. Palm Springs Art MuseumPalm Springs, CA

    General support

    $4,154
  6. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    General support

    $3,804
  7. Individual

    General support

    $1,725
  8. Individual

    General support

    $1,352
  9. Individual

    General support

    $1,037

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $85,30495% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $4,1545% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California4 grants $90,654
  2. New Jersey1 grant $3,804

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Mary BechmannPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Carol OlsenDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Dare VentrescaDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Guyan TighaDirector Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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