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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 94-6187637

Peninsula Endowment

A private foundation in Mountain View, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $175,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending May 31, 2026), 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
Peninsula Endowment
FW LLP Attention Walter T Raineri, 801 California Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
(650) 335-7264
[email protected]
Form and materials
Innovation Grant application and information requested therein.
Deadlines
March 31st of each year
Restrictions
Restrictions found in Frequently Asked Questions documentation.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $175,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $3,114,611

  • Tax year 2024

    $134,661

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,769,166

  • Tax year 2023

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,646,801

  • Tax year 2022

    $94,400

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,425,924

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $2,523,242

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $4,249,839

  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $3,519,301

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Beneficent Technology IncPalo Alto, CA

    Fund innovation grant program award.

    $50,000
  2. Wichita State University FoundationWichita, KS

    Fund innovation grant program award.

    $50,000
  3. Society for the BlindSacramento, CA

    Fund innovation grant program award.

    $45,000
  4. Asian Art MuseumSan Francisco, CA

    Fund innovation grant program award.

    $30,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $50,00034% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $50,00034% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $45,00031% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $125,000
  2. Kansas1 grant $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

9 people as filed

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

  • Walter T RaineriBoard President Corporate President Hours 12Pay $0
  • Gary DunningBoard Vice President Corporate Vice President Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Barton W S BassettBoard Treasurer Corporate CFO Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Fred C KohlerBoard Member at Large Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Jimi GilroyBoard Secretary Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Alyah ThomasBoard Member At Large Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Michael SchwartzBoard Member At Large Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Elizabeth KellyBoard Member At Large Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Kevin ChaoBoard Member Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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