How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Candelaria Fund Richard Tower
P O Box 398
Little River, CA 95456
(415) 722-1714
- Form and materials
- Application should be written and include the purpose of the requested funds and a brief history of the requesting organization.
- Deadlines
- None
- Restrictions
- None
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$677,500
- Grants listed
- 15
- Assets, end of year
- $983,783
-
Tax year 2024
$815,000
- Grants listed
- 20
- Assets, end of year
- $944,701
-
Tax year 2023
$660,000
- Grants listed
- 15
- Assets, end of year
- $834,879
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Tax year 2022
$675,000
- Grants listed
- 21
- Assets, end of year
- $1,139,198
-
Tax year 2021
$300,000
- Grants listed
- 16
- Assets, end of year
- $834,801
-
Tax year 2020
$660,000
- Grants listed
- 15
- Assets, end of year
- $700,054
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Tax year 2019
$207,500
- Grants listed
- 18
- Assets, end of year
- $1,164,682
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Tax year 2018
$812,648
- Grants listed
- 24
- Assets, end of year
- $1,105,975
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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East Broad Top FoundationRock Hill Furnace, PA
General support
$200,000 -
Bay Area Electric Railroad AssociationSuisun City, CA
General support
$100,000 -
Railroaders Memorial MuseumAltoona, PA
General support
$100,000 -
Center of Southwest CultureAlbuquerque, NM
General support
$75,000 -
Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington RRAlma, ME
General support
$75,000 -
Friends of the East Broad TopCincinnati, OH
General support
$50,000 -
San Francisco Chronicle Season of SharingSan Francisco, CA
General support
$20,000 -
Nevada Northern Railway FoundationEly, NV
General support
$15,000 -
The Community Foundation of Mendocino CountyUkiah, CA
General support
$10,000 -
Oakland Museum of CaliforniaOakland, CA
General support
$10,000 -
American Red Cross Gold Country RegionSacramento, CA
General support
$5,000 -
The Salvation Army Del Oro DivisionSacramento, CA
General support
$5,000 -
The Salvation Army Golden Gate DivisionSan Francisco, CA
General support
$5,000 -
Think New MexicoSanta Fe, NM
General support
$5,000 -
California Budget & Policy CenterSacramento, CA
General support
$2,500
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Arts and culture3 grants $185,00091% of the total
- Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $10,0005% of the total
- Human services1 grant $5,0002% of the total
- Education1 grant $2,5001% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Pennsylvania2 grants $300,000
- California8 grants $157,500
- New Mexico2 grants $80,000
- Maine1 grant $75,000
- Ohio1 grant $50,000
- Nevada1 grant $15,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Richard TowerDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
- Caroline TowerDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
The return
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