How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Laura Svienty
189 Miller Avenue
Mill Valley, CA 94941
(415) 302-1556
[email protected] - Form and materials
- N/A
- Deadlines
- N/A
- Restrictions
- N/A
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$43,825
- Grants listed
- 9
- Assets, end of year
- $7,738
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Tax year 2024
$36,800
- Grants listed
- 8
- Assets, end of year
- $4,363
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Tax year 2023
$49,500
- Grants listed
- 11
- Assets, end of year
- $14,664
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Tax year 2022
$62,500
- Grants listed
- 13
- Assets, end of year
- $6,682
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Tax year 2021
$189,500
- Grants listed
- 9
- Assets, end of year
- $12,404
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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National Poetry SeriesSpring Lake, NJ
Literary awards program that sponsors the publication of five books of poetry each year.
$10,000 -
San Francisco-Marin Food BankSan Francisco, CA
Distribution of food to address hunger and empower people in need.
$5,000 -
Henry Street SettlementNew York, NY
To provide social services, arts programs and health care services to New Yorkers of all ages.
$5,000 -
The Tank Center for Sonic ArtsRangely, CO
Support of the Rangely community.
$5,000 -
Literature to Life IncNew York, NY
Provide books to inspire young people to read and become authors of their own lives.
$5,000 -
World Central Kitchen IncWashington, DC
To provide meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises as the first to the frontlines.
$5,000 -
Music In PlaceSanta Rosa, CA
To create opportunities for musical performances to occur in nontraditional venues and for the public to access such performances, whether in place or remotely, thereby educating the public about, and expanding access to, the musical arts.
$3,825 -
Prader-Willi Homes of CaliforniaNovato, CA
To provide a state of the art residential group home setting.
$2,500 -
FDN for Independent ArtistsNew York, NY
To provide an immediate corporate structure to unincorporated/independent artists, putting them in compliance with employment laws and providing access to new funding opportunities, member artists receive comprehensive fiscal administration of their professional activities. Working in Quickbooks Pro software, FIA will create and maintain a complete general ledger and administer all inflows and outflows of funds.
$2,500
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Human services2 grants $7,50033% of the total
- Arts and culture1 grant $5,00022% of the total
- Health1 grant $5,00022% of the total
- International aid1 grant $5,00022% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- New York3 grants $12,500
- California3 grants $11,325
- New Jersey1 grant $10,000
- Colorado1 grant $5,000
- District of Columbia1 grant $5,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Laura SvientyPresident Hours 0Pay $0
The return
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