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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 84-3215732

The Daba Fund

A private foundation in Bethesda, MD. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $580,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $580,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $13,189,696

  • Tax year 2024

    $480,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $11,820,234

  • Tax year 2023

    $485,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $11,169,219

  • Tax year 2022

    $315,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $10,286,772

  • Tax year 2021

    $175,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $12,366,798

  • Tax year 2020

    $400,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $11,095,241

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Black and Pink IncBoston, MA

    Unrestricted grant award

    $50,000
  2. Griffin-Gracy Educational Retreat & Historical CenterLittle Rock, AR

    House of gg/the oasis unrestricted award

    $50,000
  3. The Center for an Agricultural EconomyHardwick, VT

    Hardwick food hub unrestricted award

    $50,000
  4. Gays and Lesbians Living in A Transgender Society IncOzone Park, NY

    Unrestricted grant award

    $50,000
  5. Susu Community Farm IncNewfane, VT

    Unrestricted grant award

    $50,000
  6. SisterreachMemphis, TN

    My sistah's house unrestricted award

    $50,000
  7. PlenitudLas Marias, PR

    Unrestricted grant for plenitud VT

    $50,000
  8. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncWashington, DC

    Emergent fund unrestricted grant award

    $50,000
  9. Soul Fire Farm Institute IncPetersburg, NY

    Unrestricted grant award

    $50,000
  10. For the GworlsBrooklyn, NY

    Unrestricted grant award

    $50,000
  11. The Okra Project IncBrooklyn, NY

    Unrestricted grant award

    $50,000
  12. Possibility LabsConcord, CA

    New seneca village unrestricted grant

    $30,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services5 grants $230,00053% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $50,00012% of the total
  3. Environment1 grant $50,00012% of the total
  4. Food and agriculture1 grant $50,00012% of the total
  5. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $50,00012% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York4 grants $200,000
  2. Vermont2 grants $100,000
  3. Arkansas1 grant $50,000
  4. District of Columbia1 grant $50,000
  5. Nebraska1 grant $50,000
  6. Puerto Rico1 grant $50,000
  7. Tennessee1 grant $50,000
  8. California1 grant $30,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Devorah A AlfondDIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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