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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 94-3371225

Cloud Nine Foundation

A private foundation in Orinda, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $93,000 paid in grants.

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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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Patricia McDowell
91 Lombardy Ln
Orinda, CA 94563
(415) 789-0178
Form and materials
See statement 4 - grant application
Deadlines
N/A
Restrictions
N/A

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $93,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $296,539

  • Tax year 2024

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $383,473

  • Tax year 2023

    $41,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $390,232

  • Tax year 2022

    $47,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $412,681

  • Tax year 2021

    $6,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $456,909

  • Tax year 2020

    $96,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $462,862

  • Tax year 2019

    $47,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $558,759

  • Tax year 2018

    $87,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $604,291

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Spirit Rock Meditation CenterWoodacre, CA

    General support

    $60,000
  2. Staying Alive Foundation IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $20,000
  3. Napa Valley Insight MeditationNapa, CA

    General support

    $12,000
  4. San Francisco Alliance of Black School EducatorsSan Francisco, CA

    General support

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $20,00061% of the total
  2. Religion1 grant $12,00036% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $1,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $73,000
  2. New York1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Patricia M McDowellPRESIDENT & DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Clare BlakeVICE PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Laura MoranTREASURER & DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Steve BlakeSECRETARY & DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Kearney CoghlanDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Callan CoghlanDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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