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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 83-2837123

The Porter Foundation

A private foundation in Emeryville, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $2,540 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $2,540

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $470,016

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,300

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $154,891

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,235

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $132,326

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,195

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $133,008

  • Tax year 2020

    $705

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $98,201

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,320

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $59,215

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Project Color CorpsBerkeley, CA

    To Support Activities

    $1,200
  2. Individual

    To Support Activities

    $540
  3. Individual

    To support Activities

    $400
  4. Individual

    To support Activities

    $400

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $1,200100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $1,200

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • F Kathryn PorterCEO Hours 25Pay $0
  • Frank S PorterDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Sharan A PorterDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Serenity L ThompsonDirector Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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