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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 94-1701568

The Macfarlane Foundation

A private foundation in Bainbridge Island, WA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $51,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 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 2024

    $51,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $743,798

  • Tax year 2023

    $54,700

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $752,336

  • Tax year 2022

    $39,050

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $321,022

  • Tax year 2021

    $58,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $215,857

  • Tax year 2020

    $52,800

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $226,092

  • Tax year 2019

    $47,188

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $253,338

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA

    Charitable

    $19,500
  2. Friday Harbor LaboratoriesFriday Harbor, WA

    Charitable

    $13,000
  3. Vanguard Charitable FundWarwick, RI

    Charitable

    $10,000
  4. Orcas Island Community FoundationEastsound, WA

    Charitable

    $8,000
  5. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Charitable

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $8,00089% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $1,00011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Washington2 grants $21,000
  2. California1 grant $19,500
  3. Rhode Island1 grant $10,000
  4. New Jersey1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Janet C MacfarlaneSECRETARY & Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Duncan C MacfarlanePRESIDENT Hours 1.5Pay $0

The return

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