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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 77-0547330

Sharanam Foundation

A private foundation in Watsonville, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $44,000 paid in grants.

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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

    $44,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $811,390

  • Tax year 2024

    $41,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $660,514

  • Tax year 2023

    $52,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $591,502

  • Tax year 2022

    $48,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $641,031

  • Tax year 2021

    $46,867

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $566,326

  • Tax year 2020

    $31,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $536,765

  • Tax year 2019

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $493,355

  • Tax year 2018

    $26,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $492,119

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Public benefit

    $20,000
  2. Cabrillo College FoundationAptos, CA

    Public benefit

    $8,000
  3. Women Donors NetworkSan Francisco, CA

    Public benefit

    $4,000
  4. Individual

    Public benefit

    $4,000
  5. World Central KitchenWashington, DC

    Public benefit

    $3,000
  6. Individual

    Public benefit

    $2,500
  7. Individual

    Public benefit

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $8,00053% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $4,00027% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $3,00020% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California2 grants $12,000
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $3,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Patricia ColePresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Iris KachukSecretary Hours 1Pay $0
  • Diane PaceyAssistant Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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