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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 94-6642644

The Jay DeFeo Foundation

A private foundation in San Francisco, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $39,000 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

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 2025

    $39,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $22,063,016

  • Tax year 2024

    $317,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $21,750,730

  • Tax year 2023

    $30,250

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $22,467,729

  • Tax year 2022

    $235,200

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $22,393,855

  • Tax year 2021

    $43,250

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $21,461,108

  • Tax year 2020

    $39,620

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $21,267,385

  • Tax year 2019

    $60,250

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $20,456,613

  • Tax year 2018

    $172,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $20,748,013

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

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

  1. Getty MuseumLos Angeles, CA

    LA Arts Fire Relief Fund

    $10,000
  2. Oakland Museum of California ArtOakland, CA

    Mildred Howard exhibition catalogue

    $5,000
  3. Berkeley Art Museum UC RegentsBerkeley, CA

    Fellowship Theresa Hak Kyung Cha exhibit

    $5,000
  4. The Drawing CenterNew York, NY

    Trisha Donnelly exhibit

    $5,000
  5. Individual

    New College catalogue

    $5,000
  6. California College of the ArtsOakland, CA

    WattisSTEADY exhibit

    $2,500
  7. Individual

    Further Triennial

    $2,500
  8. SFAI Legacy Foundation and ArchiveSan Francisco, CA

    SFAI Legacy Foundation and Archive

    $2,500
  9. The Aspen InstituteWashington, DC

    Aspen Institute AEFI

    $1,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $7,50083% of the total
  2. Social science1 grant $1,50017% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California5 grants $25,000
  2. New York1 grant $5,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $1,500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Leah LevyTrustee/Dir. Hours 45Pay $221,000
  • Jane GreenTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Diane FrankelTrustee Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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