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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
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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
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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
As listed on the return.
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The Mariners' MuseumNewport News, VA
Purchase of cold storage unit
$30,000 -
Boys & Girls Club of Lake TahoeS Lake Tahoe, CA
Building sailboats
$25,000 -
Western Flyer FoundationMoss Landing, CA
Hvac system for western flyer
$25,000 -
Antique Boat MuseumClayton, NY
Tools for new boat building
$24,000 -
Call of the SeaSausalito, CA
Partial funding for purchase of new carb mandated engine for schooner seaward
$23,000 -
Minnesota Lakes Maritime SocietyAlexandria, MN
Part-time musuem program director to review and update launching learning programs
$20,000 -
Wooden Boats for Veterans FoundationSausalito, CA
Partial support for restoration of clover
$20,000 -
Peninsula Youth Sailing FoundationWoodside, CA
Partial support for new dinghy
$18,000 -
League to Save Lake TahoeS Lake Tahoe, CA
Partial support for edrr invasive species erradication education
$15,000 -
North Lake Tahoe Historical SocietyTahoe City, CA
Exhibit cases
$15,000 -
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.
- Arts and culture4 grants $89,00051% of the total
- Education1 grant $25,00014% of the total
- Youth development1 grant $23,00013% of the total
- Sports and recreation1 grant $18,00010% of the total
- Religion1 grant $15,0009% of the total
- Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5,0003% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- California7 grants $141,000
- Virginia1 grant $30,000
- New York1 grant $24,000
- Minnesota1 grant $20,000
- Nevada1 grant $5,000
Officers, directors and trustees
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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