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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 83-2521180

Saenz Family Foundation

A private foundation in Dallas, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $243,191 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.

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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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $243,191

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $3,620,306

  • Tax year 2024

    $183,850

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $3,774,483

  • Tax year 2023

    $151,931

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $3,612,071

  • Tax year 2022

    $116,140

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $3,213,981

  • Tax year 2021

    $76,217

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,773,191

  • Tax year 2020

    $51,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,047,695

  • Tax year 2019

    $35,700

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,404,820

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. DAFGIVING360Dallas, TX

    Support of various 501(c)(3) organizations

    $102,191
  2. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    Support of higher education

    $71,000
  3. Dallas Theater CenterDallas, TX

    Support of the arts & sciences

    $33,000
  4. Perot MuseumDallas, TX

    Support of education

    $7,500
  5. St MarksDallas, TX

    Support of healthcare

    $5,000
  6. Hockaday SchoolDallas, TX

    Support of education

    $4,000
  7. UNICEFDallas, TX

    Support of healthcare

    $4,000
  8. Dallas Holocaust MuseumDallas, TX

    Support of education

    $3,500
  9. Smu Tate Lecture SeriesDallas, TX

    Support of arts & sciences

    $3,000
  10. The Lamplighter SchoolDallas, TX

    Support of education

    $3,000
  11. Star Sponsorship ProgramFort Worth, TX

    Support of education

    $2,500
  12. The Giving TreeAubrey, TX

    Support of low income families

    $2,500
  13. Association Soy NinaWest Chester, PA

    Support of gender equality

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education4 grants $80,50069% of the total
  2. Arts and culture2 grants $36,50031% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas11 grants $170,191
  2. New York1 grant $71,000
  3. Pennsylvania1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Hernan JF Saenz IIITRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Silvia E CespedesTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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