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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 82-4856313

Decoo Academic Foundation

A private foundation in Salt Lake City, UT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $25,000 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
Ellen Decoo
99 West South Temple No 1407
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
(801) 930-5101
Form and materials
Detailed correspondence with a grant request should initially be sent to the foundation. The foundation will then provide an application in follow up.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Grants generally should support academic pursuits related to social welfare, civil and human rights, lessening discrimination of LGBT communities

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $571,705

  • Tax year 2024

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $574,424

  • Tax year 2023

    $26,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $577,360

  • Tax year 2022

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $587,846

  • Tax year 2021

    $27,700

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $577,919

  • Tax year 2020

    $23,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $562,036

  • Tax year 2019

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $568,599

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, UT

    Support education program

    $10,000
  2. Westminster UniversitySalt Lake Cty, UT

    Support education program

    $10,000
  3. Utah Film CenterSalt Lake Cty, UT

    Support program helping disadvantaged group

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $10,00067% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $5,00033% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Utah3 grants $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Ellen DecooDirector Hours 5Pay $0
  • Wilfried DecooDirector Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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