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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 94-3379122

Nepheli Foundation

A private foundation in Berkeley, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 18 grants and $62,683 paid in grants.

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

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests. It still lists the details below.

Contact
Dominic Montagu
823 Mendocino Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94707
(510) 558-3355

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $62,683

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $22,409,099
  • Tax year 2024

    $2,052,850

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $160,867
  • Tax year 2023

    $13,425

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $171,230
  • Tax year 2022

    $19,713

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $159,538
  • Tax year 2021

    $37,350

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $175,099
  • Tax year 2020

    $38,290

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $198,230
  • Tax year 2019

    $25,703

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $227,762
  • Tax year 2018

    $18,420

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $253,306

Grants paid in 2025

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Metrics for ManagementBerkeley, CA

    General purpose

    $54,675
  2. Possibility LabsConcord, CA

    General purpose

    $2,000
  3. Environmental Action Committee of West Marin (eac)Point Reyes Station, CA

    General purpose

    $1,000
  4. Planned Parenthood Mar MonteSan Jose, CA

    General purpose

    $1,000
  5. KqedSan Francisco, CA

    General purpose

    $500
  6. University of California Berkeley FoundationBerkeley, CA

    General purpose

    $500
  7. The Playwrights WorkshopHartsdale, NY

    General purpose

    $500
  8. West Marin Community ServicesPoint Reyes Station, CA

    General purpose

    $500
  9. Bay City News FoundationBerkeley, CA

    General purpose

    $500
  10. Commonwealth SchoolBoston, MA

    General purpose

    $258
  11. Prospect Sierra SchoolEl Cerrito, CA

    General purpose

    $250
  12. Amnesty InternationalNew York, NY

    General purpose

    $250
  13. Broadstreet InstituteMilwaukee, WI

    General purpose

    $200
  14. Shady Hill FundCambridge, MA

    General purpose

    $150
  15. American Himalayan FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    General purpose

    $150
  16. Wikimediafoundation IncSan Francisco, CA

    General purpose

    $100
  17. The West Marin FeedInverness, CA

    General purpose

    $100
  18. Inverness AssociationInverness, CA

    General purpose

    $50

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services3 grants $56,77594% of the total
  2. Health2 grants $1,2002% of the total
  3. Arts and culture2 grants $1,0002% of the total
  4. Education2 grants $7581% of the total
  5. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $500<1% of the total
  6. International aid1 grant $150<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California13 grants $61,325
  2. New York2 grants $750
  3. Massachusetts2 grants $408
  4. Wisconsin1 grant $200

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Dominic MontaguPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Diep DoanSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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