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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 81-1226739

The Golden Memorial Foundation

A private foundation in Chowchilla, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $98,691 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 person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $98,691

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $348,180

  • Tax year 2024

    $44,260

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $438,255

  • Tax year 2023

    $62,427

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $483,805

  • Tax year 2022

    $47,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $547,590

  • Tax year 2021

    $30,700

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $521,385

  • Tax year 2020

    $62,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $403,423

  • Tax year 2019

    $46,840

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $317,012

  • Tax year 2018

    $62,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $215,316

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

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

  1. Chowchilla Athletic FoundationChowchilla, CA

    Sports

    $25,000
  2. Chowchilla Madera County FairChowchilla, CA

    Water Truck

    $20,000
  3. Chowchilla Elementary School DistriChowchilla, CA

    Attendance challenge

    $14,241
  4. Individual

    Scholarships

    $12,000
  5. Chowchilla Police DepartmentChowchilla, CA

    Police appreciation lunch

    $8,500
  6. Individual

    Support

    $6,000
  7. City of ChowchillaChowchilla, CA

    Summer Events

    $5,000
  8. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  9. Chowchilla District Chamber of CommChowchilla, CA

    Concerts in the Park

    $2,500
  10. CHSRA District 6Sanger, CA

    Support

    $450

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $25,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California7 grants $75,691

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Raymond Barragan JrPresident Hours 4Pay $0
  • Natalia BarraganSecretary Hours 4Pay $0
  • Lisa D BarraganTreasurer Hours 4Pay $0

The return

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