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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 95-3447950

The Esseff Foundation

A private foundation in Camarillo, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $12,000 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
George Esseff Jr
1650 Calle Tierra Vista
Camarillo, CA 93010
(805) 298-3029
Form and materials
No standard form. Applications should contain detailed activities of applicant's organization and planned use of requested funds
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $12,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,127,827

  • Tax year 2024

    $37,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,131,930

  • Tax year 2023

    $44,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,139,004

  • Tax year 2022

    $11,049

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,137,489

  • Tax year 2021

    $50,310

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,150,321

  • Tax year 2020

    $42,823

    Grants listed
    51
    Assets, end of year
    $1,149,997

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Spiritual and Social Programs

    $8,200
  2. The Institute for Priestly FormatioOmaha, NE

    Spiritual and Social Programs

    $2,000
  3. The Life Centers of Ventura CountyVentura, CA

    Spiritual and Social Programs

    $1,800

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $1,800100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Nebraska1 grant $2,000
  2. California1 grant $1,800

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • George Esseff Jr PRESIDENTPresident Hours 0Pay $0
  • George Esseff Jr SECRETARYSecretary Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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