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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 85-4189182

The Parallax Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $1.5 million 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

    $1,457,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,443,332

  • Tax year 2024

    $729,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,885,794

  • Tax year 2023

    $689,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,529,868

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,174,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $3,123,709

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,651,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,313,729

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $4,000,001

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Stanislaus Community FoundationModesto, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $750,000
  2. PolicylinkOakland, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $150,000
  3. Global Fund for A New Economy IncAlameda, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $100,000
  4. Liberation Ventures IncWilmington, DE

    General & Unrestricted

    $100,000
  5. Lift IncWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $100,000
  6. De Marillac AcademySan Francisco, CA

    Annual Tuition Support Scholarship Fund

    $50,000
  7. Friends of the Modesto LibraryModesto, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $50,000
  8. Global Fund for A New Economy IncAlameda, CA

    Essential Economics

    $50,000
  9. Liberation in A Generation IncLorton, VA

    General & Unrestricted

    $50,000
  10. Lift IncWashington, DC

    Emergency Cash Relief Fund

    $25,000
  11. The Philanthropy Workshop IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $12,000
  12. Philanthropic Ventures FoundationOakland, CA

    Reckon With

    $10,000
  13. Childrens Crisis Center of Stanislaus CountyModesto, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  14. McHenry Museum & Historical SocietyModesto, CA

    Printing of the StaniStory: Change and Continuity in Stanislaus County

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking3 grants $772,00057% of the total
  2. Civil rights2 grants $150,00011% of the total
  3. Community development1 grant $150,00011% of the total
  4. Social science2 grants $150,00011% of the total
  5. Jobs and employment2 grants $125,0009% of the total
  6. Arts and culture1 grant $5,000<1% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $5,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California7 grants $1,020,000
  2. Delaware3 grants $250,000
  3. District of Columbia2 grants $125,000
  4. Virginia1 grant $50,000
  5. New York1 grant $12,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Nicole Piccinini PescoDir, Pres Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jennifer StonierCFO, Sec Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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