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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 84-6570595

Susan Michaels Compassion Trust

A private foundation in Seattle, WA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 11 grants and $158,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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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 2024

    $158,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,233,918

  • Tax year 2023

    $111,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,075,895

  • Tax year 2022

    $110,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,647,265

  • Tax year 2021

    $101,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,474,763

  • Tax year 2020

    $160,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,961,449

  • Tax year 2019

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,689,664

Grants paid in 2024

11 grants, largest first

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

  1. Project Animal FreedomEureka, MO

    Grant

    $24,000
  2. Open Sanctuary ProjectNiwot, CO

    Grant

    $20,000
  3. Center for Humane EconomyWashington, DC

    Grant

    $17,500
  4. Individual

    Grant

    $15,000
  5. Direct Action EverywhereBerkeley, CA

    Grant

    $15,000
  6. Pasados Safe HavenSultan, WA

    Grant

    $15,000
  7. Individual

    Grant

    $15,000
  8. Individual

    Grant

    $10,000
  9. Animal Recovery MissionPort St Lucie, FL

    Grant

    $10,000
  10. Individual

    Grant

    $10,000
  11. Better Food FoundationWashington, DC

    Grant

    $7,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals5 grants $84,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. District of Columbia2 grants $24,500
  2. Missouri1 grant $24,000
  3. Colorado1 grant $20,000
  4. California1 grant $15,000
  5. Washington1 grant $15,000
  6. Florida1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Mitchell FoxCo-Trustee Hours 3Pay $0
  • Bill RusCo-Trustee Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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