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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 91-1939909

Mark Torrance Foundation

A private foundation in Seattle, WA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 16 grants and $820,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $820,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $11,231,667

  • Tax year 2023

    $689,950

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $11,130,841

  • Tax year 2022

    $798,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $11,462,893

  • Tax year 2021

    $646,333

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $10,741,446

  • Tax year 2020

    $639,756

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $10,355,379

  • Tax year 2019

    $534,209

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $10,379,690

  • Tax year 2018

    $575,527

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $10,371,099

Grants paid in 2024

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. UW FoundationSeattle, WA

    Program support - social services

    $250,000
  2. Makeway FoundationVancouver, Canada

    Program support - social services

    $100,000
  3. Seattle Children's FoundationSeattle, WA

    Program support - social services

    $100,000
  4. Recovery CafeSeattle, WA

    Program support - social services

    $82,500
  5. IslandwoodBainbridge Is, WA

    Program support - social services

    $50,000
  6. New Venture FundWashington, DC

    Program support - social services

    $50,000
  7. San Juan Islands Museum of ArtFriday Harbor, WA

    Program support - social services

    $50,000
  8. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNew York, NY

    Program support - social services

    $24,000
  9. HealthpointRenton, WA

    Program support - social services

    $22,500
  10. Treehouse Fund IncSeattle, WA

    Program support - social services

    $20,000
  11. African Community Housing & DevelopmentRenton, WA

    Program support - social services

    $20,000
  12. Street Business SchoolBoulder, CO

    Program support - social services

    $20,000
  13. Terracycle Global FoundationTrenton, NJ

    Program support - social services

    $20,000
  14. Seattle Children's Theater AssociationSeattle, WA

    Program support - social services

    $7,500
  15. Mountain Climate FundSeattle, WA

    Program support - social services

    $2,500
  16. Lake Forest Park PTALake Forest Park, WA

    Program support - social services

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment2 grants $100,00037% of the total
  2. Mental health1 grant $82,50030% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $24,0009% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $22,5008% of the total
  5. Community development1 grant $20,0007% of the total
  6. Education1 grant $20,0007% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $2,500<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Washington11 grants $606,000
  2. Maryland1 grant $50,000
  3. New York1 grant $24,000
  4. Colorado1 grant $20,000
  5. New Jersey1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

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

  • Mark TorrancePRESIDENT, DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Dana Bass SolomonDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Chris BirkelandDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Michael MathieuDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Paul OknerDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Karin CirilloOFFICER, SECRETARY Hours 5Pay $0
  • Richard BurkhardtTREASURER Hours 3Pay $0

The return

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