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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 84-1251809

The Chinook Foundation

A private foundation in La Quinta, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $88,000 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

    $88,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,068,675

  • Tax year 2024

    $59,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,131,418

  • Tax year 2023

    $52,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,199,173

  • Tax year 2022

    $51,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,267,572

  • Tax year 2020

    $64,500

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $1,450,844

  • Tax year 2019

    $56,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $801,325

  • Tax year 2018

    $58,850

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $839,625

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Rocky Mountain Black ConservativesColorado SPGS, CO

    Educational

    $20,000
  2. Lutheran Disaster ReliefMerrifield, VA

    Charitable

    $10,000
  3. Desert Scholarship FDN for RLQPalm Desert, CA

    Charitable

    $10,000
  4. Bergen Family CenterEnglewood, NJ

    Educational

    $7,000
  5. Table to TableSaddle Brook, NJ

    Charitable

    $7,000
  6. Center for Food ActionEnglewood, NJ

    Charitable

    $7,000
  7. Nature Track FoundationLos Olivos, CA

    Charitable

    $5,000
  8. Salvation Army California SouthCarson, CA

    Charitable

    $5,000
  9. 826LALos Angeles, CA

    Charitable

    $5,000
  10. Hey I'm Here for YouAnn Arbor, MI

    Charitable

    $5,000
  11. Turning Point USAIndianapolis, IN

    Charitable

    $5,000
  12. Koinonia MinistryRancho Mirage, CA

    Charitable

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Public affairs1 grant $20,00045% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $10,00023% of the total
  3. Food and agriculture1 grant $7,00016% of the total
  4. Human services1 grant $7,00016% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California5 grants $27,000
  2. New Jersey3 grants $21,000
  3. Colorado1 grant $20,000
  4. Virginia1 grant $10,000
  5. Arizona1 grant $5,000
  6. Michigan1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Laura G MarvinPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Thomas K MarvinDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Julia DitoSECRETARY/TR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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