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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 83-2599773

The Saisei Foundation

A private foundation in Austin, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $657,000 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

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

    $657,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $6,417,220

  • Tax year 2024

    $442,373

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,039,239

  • Tax year 2023

    $2,402,266

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $3,493,360

  • Tax year 2022

    $3,338,015

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,044,783

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,529,622

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,538,129

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,175,223

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,167,227

  • Tax year 2019

    $747,982

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,214,556

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA

    Annual fundraising

    $142,000
  2. Stanford University DevelopmentStanford, CA

    Annual fundraising

    $120,000
  3. Indigenous Medicine Conservation FundSanta Rosa, CA

    Annual fundraising

    $100,000
  4. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Annual fundraising

    $100,000
  5. St Jude's Children's ResearchMemphis, TN

    Annual fundraising

    $100,000
  6. LSU Health FoundationNew Orleans, LA

    Annual fundraising

    $50,000
  7. University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX

    Annual fundraising

    $45,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $142,00059% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $100,00041% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $362,000
  2. Massachusetts1 grant $100,000
  3. Tennessee1 grant $100,000
  4. Louisiana1 grant $50,000
  5. Texas1 grant $45,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Timothy FerrissPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jason C GrahamTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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