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Form 990-PFTax year 2023EIN 93-6037058

The Adams Foundation

A private foundation in Portland, OR. Its return for tax year 2023 lists 3 grants and $9,900 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2023 (period ending Nov 4, 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 2023

    $9,900

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2022

    $47,400

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $632,671

  • Tax year 2021

    $22,400

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $640,863

  • Tax year 2020

    $181,300

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $612,471

  • Tax year 2019

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $720,554

  • Tax year 2018

    $17,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $699,236

  • Tax year 2017

    $92,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $677,106

Grants paid in 2023

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Hermosa Beach Education FoundationHermosa Beach, CA

    Educational

    $5,000
  2. The Ainsworth FoundationPortland, OR

    Educationaleducational

    $2,500
  3. Bosia Scholarship FundRollingbay, WA

    Educational

    $2,400

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $2,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $5,000
  2. Oregon1 grant $2,500
  3. Washington1 grant $2,400

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Charles A AdamsDIRECTOR Hours 3Pay $0
  • Charles F Adams IIIDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • J Portland AdamsDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Heidi Y BeebeDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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