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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 94-3073894

Tahoe Maritime Foundation

A private foundation in San Jose, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $220,000 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

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

    $220,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $4,278,384
  • Tax year 2024

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $4,206,490
  • Tax year 2023

    $200,850

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $4,302,740
  • Tax year 2022

    $215,050

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $4,553,028
  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $4,701,924

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Mariners' MuseumNewport News, VA

    Purchase of cold storage unit

    $30,000
  2. Boys & Girls Club of Lake TahoeS Lake Tahoe, CA

    Building sailboats

    $25,000
  3. Western Flyer FoundationMoss Landing, CA

    Hvac system for western flyer

    $25,000
  4. Antique Boat MuseumClayton, NY

    Tools for new boat building

    $24,000
  5. Call of the SeaSausalito, CA

    Partial funding for purchase of new carb mandated engine for schooner seaward

    $23,000
  6. Minnesota Lakes Maritime SocietyAlexandria, MN

    Part-time musuem program director to review and update launching learning programs

    $20,000
  7. Wooden Boats for Veterans FoundationSausalito, CA

    Partial support for restoration of clover

    $20,000
  8. Peninsula Youth Sailing FoundationWoodside, CA

    Partial support for new dinghy

    $18,000
  9. League to Save Lake TahoeS Lake Tahoe, CA

    Partial support for edrr invasive species erradication education

    $15,000
  10. North Lake Tahoe Historical SocietyTahoe City, CA

    Exhibit cases

    $15,000
  11. Tahoe Community Sailing Foundation IncReno, NV

    Four new sails for sailboats

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture4 grants $89,00051% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $25,00014% of the total
  3. Youth development1 grant $23,00013% of the total
  4. Sports and recreation1 grant $18,00010% of the total
  5. Religion1 grant $15,0009% of the total
  6. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California7 grants $141,000
  2. Virginia1 grant $30,000
  3. New York1 grant $24,000
  4. Minnesota1 grant $20,000
  5. Nevada1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

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

  • Stephen CaplanDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Richard StoutDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jeffrey PetersonTREASURER Hours 3Pay $0
  • Kirk PumphreyPRESIDENT Hours 3Pay $0
  • Cheryl CaplanSECRETARY Hours 3Pay $0
  • Lora Nadolski HansonDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Todd JefferyDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Darren KramerDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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