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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 82-3229060

Bellwether Farms Foundation

A private foundation in Petaluma, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 2 grants and $75,000 paid in grants.

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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $9,980
  • Tax year 2023

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $30,017
  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $6,192
  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $6,217
  • Tax year 2020

    $2,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $5,967
  • Tax year 2019

    $3,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $4,277

Grants paid in 2024

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Redwood Empire Food BankSanta Rosa, CA

    To support funding for redwood empire food bank's food assistance programs, providing nutritious meals to children, seniors, and families in sonoma, lake, mendocino, humboldt, and del norte counties. Of the $50,000 total donation, $25,000 was approved in 2023 and paid via check in 2023 however, the checks did not clear until january 2024.

    $50,000
  2. CeresSebastopol, CA

    To support funding for ceres in its mission to improve health equity and food access by integrating nutritious, sustainably sourced food as part of healthcare solutions for low-income communities.

    $25,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Food and agriculture1 grant $50,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California2 grants $75,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Dale LewisSECRETARY/DIR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Diana CallahanTREASURER/DIR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Edward CallahanPRESIDENT/DIR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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