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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 94-1628934

The Yasme Foundation

A private foundation in Indianola, WA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 18 grants and $61,675 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Charles K Epps
PO Box 592
Indianola, WA 983420592
(650) 207-4454
[email protected]
Form and materials
A letter explaining the purpose for which the grant is requested and its relationship to the Foundations amateur radio related scientific or educational purpose.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $61,675

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $1,846,955

  • Tax year 2024

    $72,474

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $1,615,358

  • Tax year 2023

    $73,670

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $1,570,656

  • Tax year 2022

    $48,606

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $1,439,387

  • Tax year 2021

    $55,247

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,690,685

  • Tax year 2020

    $88,255

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $1,538,381

Grants paid in 2025

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Electronic Applications Radio ServiceUnion, KY

    YOTA booth at Hamvention YOTA R2 Summer Camp

    $15,775
  2. Radio Club de ProvinsChalautre la Grande, France

    Region I YOTA Summer Camp

    $11,500
  3. WWROF IncFredericksburg, TX

    WRTC-26

    $10,500
  4. Contest University IncW Middlesex, PA

    Hamvention audio-visual support

    $5,000
  5. Individual

    Frying Pan Tower Project

    $4,000
  6. Individual

    Malawi Training Project

    $4,000
  7. Individual

    ZD9BV Reverse Beacon Network Project

    $2,873
  8. Individual

    RM Noise Project

    $2,000
  9. Pacific Island DX GroupMorganton, GA

    Youth support for PJ6Y DXpedition

    $1,000
  10. Dayton HamventionDayton, OH

    HamSCI booth at Dayton Hamvention

    $796
  11. Ethiopian Amateur Radio SocietyStafford, Ethiopia

    ET3AA WSPR Project

    $671
  12. Jeffrey Dahn Memorial FoundationWashington, DC

    Malawi Amateur Radio License Exams

    $560
  13. Individual

    Yasme Excellence Award

    $500
  14. Individual

    Yasme Excellence Award

    $500
  15. Individual

    Yasme Excellence Award

    $500
  16. Individual

    Yasme Excellence Award

    $500
  17. Individual

    Yasme Excellence Award

    $500
  18. Individual

    Yasme Excellence Award

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $5,560100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Kentucky1 grant $15,775
  2. Texas1 grant $10,500
  3. Pennsylvania1 grant $5,000
  4. Georgia1 grant $1,000
  5. Ohio1 grant $796
  6. Alabama1 grant $560

Officers, directors and trustees

10 people as filed

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

  • H Ward SilverDirector and President Hours 4Pay $0
  • Kenneth J ClaerboutDirector VP and Secretary Hours 4Pay $0
  • Charles K EppsDirector and Treasurer Hours 4Pay $0
  • Robert B VallioDirector Hours 4Pay $0
  • Martti LaineDirector Hours 4Pay $0
  • Hans Blondeel TimmermanDirector Hours 4Pay $0
  • Martin A WollDirector Hours 4Pay $0
  • James A BrooksDirector Hours 4Pay $0
  • David G SumnerDirector Hours 4Pay $0
  • Mark D BeckwithDirector Hours 4Pay $0

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