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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 94-3381286

Oumu Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Palo Alto, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 20 grants and $17,170 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 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.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $17,170

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $75,176

  • Tax year 2023

    $18,550

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $79,866

  • Tax year 2022

    $16,900

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $90,200

  • Tax year 2021

    $21,700

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $96,668

  • Tax year 2020

    $24,050

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $108,933

  • Tax year 2019

    $19,700

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $122,680

  • Tax year 2018

    $16,114

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $131,047

  • Tax year 2017

    $16,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $136,403

Grants paid in 2024

20 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. The Cal Fund UC Berkeley FoundationBerkeley, CA

    Support nonprofit activities - engineering fund

    $5,000
  2. Rocky Mountain InstituteBoulder, CO

    Support nonprofit activities

    $2,500
  3. University of IllinoisUrbana, IL

    Support nonprofit activities

    $2,500
  4. Del Mar Schools Education FoundatioSan Diego, CA

    Support nonprofit activities

    $1,600
  5. San Diego French American SchoolLa Jolla, CA

    Charitable purpose

    $800
  6. Alliance Francaise of San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA

    Support nonprofit activities

    $500
  7. Habitat for HumanityChampaign, IL

    Support nonprofit activities

    $500
  8. Individual

    Support nonprofit activities

    $500
  9. Urbana Parks FoundationUrbana, IL

    Support nonprofit activities

    $500
  10. Urbana Free Library FoundationUrbana, IL

    Support nonprofit activities

    $500
  11. Individual

    Support nonprofit activities

    $300
  12. Chicago Architecture CenterChicago, IL

    Support nonprofit activities

    $300
  13. Ridges SanctuaryBaileys Harbor, WI

    Support nonprofit activities

    $250
  14. UC San Diego FoundationLa Jolla, CA

    Support nonprofit activities

    $250
  15. Ovarian Cancer Research InstituteNew York, NY

    Support nonprofit activities

    $250
  16. Individual

    Charitable purpose

    $250
  17. Adopt A Classroom IncMinneapolis, MN

    Support nonprofit activities

    $225
  18. Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL

    Support nonprofit activities

    $210
  19. Individual

    Charitable mission

    $175
  20. Individual

    Support nonprofit activities

    $60

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $1,00045% of the total
  2. Education3 grants $68531% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $30013% of the total
  4. Animals1 grant $25011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California5 grants $8,150
  2. Illinois6 grants $4,510
  3. Colorado1 grant $2,500
  4. New York1 grant $250
  5. Wisconsin1 grant $250
  6. Minnesota1 grant $225

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Mark OppermanPresident Hours 2Pay $0

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