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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 83-1739301

Ibex Foundation

A private foundation in Salt Lake City, UT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $78,621 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.

Assets and giving by year

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

    $78,621

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $376,620
  • Tax year 2024

    $74,201

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $455,241
  • Tax year 2023

    $35,110

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $529,442
  • Tax year 2022

    $38,222

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $564,552
  • Tax year 2021

    $43,598

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $602,774
  • Tax year 2020

    $45,227

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $625,311
  • Tax year 2019

    $33,839

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $616,342
  • Tax year 2018

    $30,391

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $608,501

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of UtahSalt Lake City, UT

    Support engineering education

    $55,500
  2. Rowland HallSalt Lake City, UT

    Support education

    $10,600
  3. The Dreyer FoundationBerlin, Germany

    To help develope burkina faso

    $5,000
  4. Ian Burkardt FoundationDublin, OH

    Charitable donation

    $3,000
  5. Utah Youth SymphonySalt Lake Cty, UT

    To support the mission of the uysoe

    $2,000
  6. University of UtahSalt Lake City, UT

    Support dept. Of biomed engineering

    $1,500
  7. Inter'l Table Tennis FoundationLeipzig, Germany

    To support mission of the ittf

    $521
  8. Wikimedia EndowmentSan Francisco, CA

    To support wikipedia

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $2,00080% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $50020% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Utah4 grants $69,600
  2. Ohio1 grant $3,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Florian SolzbacherPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Xiaoxin ChenTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Marcus C GerhardtVICE PRESIDE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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