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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 88-3951674

Checkrorg

A private foundation in San Francisco, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $210,000 paid in grants.

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

4 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $210,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $671,238
  • Tax year 2024

    $268,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $840,499
  • Tax year 2023

    $144,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,546,114
  • Tax year 2022

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $900,000

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. UC BerkeleyBerkeley, CA

    Academic sponsorship

    $30,000
  2. Impact JusticeOakland, CA

    General support

    $25,000
  3. National Elder Fraud Coordination CenterCarlsbad, CA

    General support

    $25,000
  4. New EarthCulver City, CA

    General support

    $25,000
  5. Stop Scams AllianceVienna, VA

    General support

    $25,000
  6. Televerde FoundationPhoenix, AZ

    General support

    $25,000
  7. ThornEl Segundo, CA

    General support

    $25,000
  8. Arouet FoundationPhoenix, AZ

    Symposium sponsorship

    $10,000
  9. CropOakland, CA

    Future of work sponsorship

    $10,000
  10. National Reentry Workfoce CollaborativePhiladelphia, PA

    2025 NRWC conf sponsorship

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Crime and legal aid2 grants $50,00045% of the total
  2. Human services2 grants $35,00032% of the total
  3. Civil rights1 grant $25,00023% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California6 grants $140,000
  2. Arizona2 grants $35,000
  3. Virginia1 grant $25,000
  4. Pennsylvania1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Daniel YanisseDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Naeem Ishaq Until Oct 2025DIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Ken Oliver Until Jun 2025PRES AND EXEC DIR. Hours 40Pay $26,500
  • Jen NGTREASURER Hours 2Pay $0
  • Jen YehSECRETARY Hours 2Pay $0
  • Christina Louie Dyer From Jul 2025PRES AND EXEC DIR. Hours 15Pay $0

The return

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