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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 81-5007053

Truth to Power Foundation

A private foundation in Arlington, VA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $348,976 paid in grants.

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. It still lists the details below.

Contact
Truth to Power Foundation
1001 Wilson Blvd Apt 707
Arlington, VA 22209
(917) 251-8708
Form and materials
To be determined
Deadlines
To be determined
Restrictions
To be determined

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $348,976

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $189,944
  • Tax year 2024

    $256,907

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $41,857
  • Tax year 2023

    $343,387

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $302,251
  • Tax year 2022

    $315,837

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $659,002
  • Tax year 2021

    $135,642

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $976,577
  • Tax year 2020

    $117,540

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,116,191
  • Tax year 2019

    $62,946

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,239,109
  • Tax year 2018

    $125,930

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,302,890

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Palmera Overseas AidStrathfield, Australia

    Assisting the impoverished

    $227,800
  2. Shiva Arul Children's HomeMannar, Sri Lanka

    Care and shelter

    $50,000
  3. Emerge GlobalLeicester, NC

    Childhood sexual abuse

    $37,697
  4. Women in NeedColombo, Sri Lanka

    Essential support and crisis interve

    $30,479
  5. Ahead TrustNallur, Sri Lanka

    Care for elderly individuals

    $3,000

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 $37,697100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina1 grant $37,697

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Vathani AmirthanayagamEXECUTIVE DI Hours 5Pay $0
  • Maya RajaratnamPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Easwari AmirthanayagamVICE PRESIDE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Anisha RajaratnamTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Asha PablaSECRETARY Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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