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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 84-3061048

Taffae Family Foundation

A private foundation in Santa Barbara, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $60,000 paid in grants.

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

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $4,391,887
  • Tax year 2024

    $301,166

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $4,261,519
  • Tax year 2023

    $216,422

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,211,743
  • Tax year 2022

    $189,252

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $4,081,501
  • Tax year 2021

    $104,250

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $4,025,077
  • Tax year 2020

    $39,750

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $637,792

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Montecito Retirement AssociationSanta Barbara, CA

    Supporting the oak woodlands revitalization project

    $50,000
  2. Museum of Tolerance JerusalemDenver, CO

    General purposes

    $5,000
  3. Center for Hearing and CommunicationNew York, NY

    General purposes

    $3,000
  4. Simon Wiesenthal CenterLos Angeles, CA

    General purposes

    $1,000
  5. Human Rights WatchNew York, NY

    General purposes

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $50,00096% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $1,0002% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $1,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $52,000
  2. Colorado1 grant $5,000
  3. New York1 grant $3,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Peter R TaffaeCHAIR/TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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