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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 84-3104012

Hard Yaka Foundation

A private foundation in Berkeley, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 13 grants and $52,000 paid in grants.

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

3 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $52,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $867,831
  • Tax year 2023

    $53,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $899,848
  • Tax year 2022

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $912,215

Grants paid in 2024

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Insight Photography ProjectsBrattleboro, VT

    Support

    $9,000
  2. Swop Behind BarsBrandon, FL

    Support

    $9,000
  3. Georgetown UniveristyWashington, DC

    Support

    $5,000
  4. Food for ThoughtForestville, CA

    Support

    $5,000
  5. Feeding WestchesterElmsford, NY

    Support

    $5,000
  6. National Immigration Law CenterLos Angeles, CA

    Support

    $4,000
  7. Equal Justice InitiativeMontgomery, AL

    Support

    $4,000
  8. Western States Trail EndowmentAuburn, CA

    Support

    $3,000
  9. The Center for Vilonce Free RelationshipsPlacerville, CA

    Support

    $2,000
  10. Journey to the Hear Horse SanctuaryGeorgetown, CA

    Support

    $2,000
  11. Georgetown Divide Equestrian Trails FoundationGreenwood, CA

    Support

    $2,000
  12. Marin County Bicycle CoalitionFairfax, CA

    Support

    $1,000
  13. LeapNew Haven, CT

    Support

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Civil rights2 grants $8,00057% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture1 grant $5,00036% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $1,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California7 grants $19,000
  2. Florida1 grant $9,000
  3. Vermont1 grant $9,000
  4. District of Columbia1 grant $5,000
  5. New York1 grant $5,000
  6. Alabama1 grant $4,000
  7. Connecticut1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Emily CastelliPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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