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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 84-2371042

Benton-Yang Foundation

A private foundation in Seattle, WA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $240,210 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $240,210

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $5,099,506

  • Tax year 2024

    $217,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $4,544,514

  • Tax year 2023

    $223,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $4,235,401

  • Tax year 2022

    $182,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $3,940,465

  • Tax year 2021

    $216,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $4,555,689

  • Tax year 2020

    $245,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $4,438,289

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

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

  1. National LGBTQ Task ForceWashington, DC

    LGBTQ rights

    $50,000
  2. Individual

    Public health

    $35,000
  3. Individual

    Animal welfare

    $30,000
  4. Alliance for Gun Responsibility FDNSeattle, WA

    Gun safety

    $25,000
  5. Bushlife ConservancyDavis, CA

    Animal welfare

    $20,000
  6. Individual

    Philanthropy

    $20,000
  7. Aclu-Wa FoundationNew York, NY

    Education and litigation for constitutional rights

    $18,000
  8. NW Immigrant Rights ProjectSeattle, WA

    Immigrants rights

    $10,000
  9. Individual

    [individual] DEMOCRARY

    $10,000
  10. Basic Rights Education FundPortland, OR

    Education

    $10,000
  11. NY Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NY

    Funding the arts

    $3,210
  12. Individual

    Gun safety

    $3,000
  13. Individual

    Homelessness

    $3,000
  14. Individual

    Hunger prevention

    $3,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment1 grant $20,00067% of the total
  2. Civil rights1 grant $10,00033% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. District of Columbia1 grant $50,000
  2. Washington2 grants $35,000
  3. New York2 grants $21,210
  4. California1 grant $20,000
  5. Oregon1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Sandy YangBOARD MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Linda Goepple-ParrishBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
  • Rebecca BentonBOARD CHAIR Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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