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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 77-0548306

The Radford Foundation

A private foundation in Los Altos, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $16,950 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
John Radford
13810 La Paloma Road
Los Altos Hills, CA 940222626
(650) 740-2250
Form and materials
Grant application procedures available upon request
Deadlines
Grant application procedures available upon request
Restrictions
Grant application procedures available upon request

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $16,950

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $15,362

  • Tax year 2024

    $10,700

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $26,278

  • Tax year 2023

    $14,400

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $27,253

  • Tax year 2022

    $44,850

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $33,463

  • Tax year 2021

    $56,050

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $69,550

  • Tax year 2020

    $25,150

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $106,226

  • Tax year 2019

    $20,850

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $129,242

  • Tax year 2018

    $20,050

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $148,292

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Next Door SolutionsSan Jose, CA

    Provide innovative prevention and intervention services to all families in santa clara county

    $7,750
  2. Ronald McDonald House at StanfordPalo Alto, CA

    Create, find, and support programs that directly improve the health and well being of children

    $5,000
  3. Northern California Pga FoundationVacaville, CA

    Serving veterans, providing resources to pga members and their communities.

    $2,500
  4. YMCAMountain View, CA

    Provide programs and services to strengthen the foundations of our community.

    $1,500
  5. Project AvarySan Rafael, CA

    Surrounding children with a community of belonging where they feel safe enough to begin healing and where they are supported by other children and adult counselors who have a similar life experience as they do.

    $200

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $2,50093% of the total
  2. Crime and legal aid1 grant $2007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California5 grants $16,950

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • John RadfordPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kathy RadfordCFO Hours 1Pay $0
  • Douglas DuncanVICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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