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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 94-3287969

Otter Cove Foundation

A private foundation in Carmel, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $325,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $325,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $9,394,757
  • Tax year 2023

    $465,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $8,497,603
  • Tax year 2022

    $460,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $8,407,260
  • Tax year 2021

    $220,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $8,754,566
  • Tax year 2020

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $7,944,208
  • Tax year 2019

    $265,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $7,481,551
  • Tax year 2018

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $7,383,448

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Stevenson SchoolPebble Beach, CA

    TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, Scholarship program

    $100,000
  2. Think WildBend, OR

    Think Wild provides a wildlife support system in Central Oregon

    $100,000
  3. The Marine Mammal CenterSausalito, CA

    Marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation, research and education

    $100,000
  4. Community Foundation for Monterey CMonterey, CA

    To support programs in the local community

    $25,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals2 grants $200,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $225,000
  2. Oregon1 grant $100,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • James P Read JrPRESIDENT Hours 3Pay $0
  • Mark PlumleySecretary Hours 1Pay $0
  • Megan G LindbergDIRECTOR Hours 3Pay $0
  • Gilan M ReadDIRECTOR/CFO Hours 25Pay $55,000

The return

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