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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 82-5424071

Tarlton Foundation

A private foundation in Menlo Park, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $95,500 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $95,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $287,044

  • Tax year 2024

    $108,160

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $365,997

  • Tax year 2023

    $72,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $451,783

  • Tax year 2022

    $104,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $368,729

  • Tax year 2021

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $166,320

  • Tax year 2020

    $116,468

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $100,584

  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $116,516

  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Peninsula College FundSan Jose, CA

    Scholarships

    $66,000
  2. Rotary Club of Menlo Park FoundationMenlo Park, CA

    Scholarships

    $29,000
  3. City of Menlo ParkMenlo Park, CA

    City of menlo park youth college/career fair

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $66,00069% of the total
  2. Community development1 grant $29,00031% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $95,500

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • John TarltonCHAIRMAN Hours 1Pay $0
  • Elizabeth KrietemeyerPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Raymond ZhuTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ronald KrietemeyerDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • David JohnsonDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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