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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 94-3290521

The Cantus Foundation

A private foundation in Woodland Hills, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $91,000 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

    $91,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,926,188
  • Tax year 2023

    $99,360

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,918,131
  • Tax year 2022

    $159,900

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,087,182
  • Tax year 2021

    $151,900

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,094,234
  • Tax year 2020

    $151,850

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,154,645
  • Tax year 2019

    $103,600

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,228,796
  • Tax year 2018

    $135,220

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,288,540

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Caspar Community CenterCaspar, CA

    Community center support

    $30,000
  2. Mendocino Land TrustFort Bragg, CA

    Open space acquisition

    $30,000
  3. Save the Redwoods LeagueSan Francisco, CA

    Environmental support

    $30,000
  4. Eileen Hawthorne FundFort Bragg, CA

    Support for stray/homeless animals

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment2 grants $60,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California4 grants $91,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Susan JuhlSECRETARY Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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