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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 95-4333283

Ernest Prete Jr Foundation

A private foundation in Encino, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 11 grants and $189,450 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending May 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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $189,450

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $5,656,882
  • Tax year 2023

    $216,038

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,618,322
  • Tax year 2022

    $217,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,813,210
  • Tax year 2021

    $216,503

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $6,133,083
  • Tax year 2020

    $215,003

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $6,346,612
  • Tax year 2019

    $224,015

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $6,168,063
  • Tax year 2018

    $199,072

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $6,251,982

Grants paid in 2024

11 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    FELLOWS FOR K-12 [individual] FUND/EDUCATION

    $105,000
  2. Individual

    Free housing for homeless

    $30,000
  3. Individual

    Partner with school to create environments where students are safe,supported, chalenged and healthy

    $11,950
  4. Los Angeles House of RuthEncino, CA

    Home for mothers/cildren seeking to rebuild lives

    $10,000
  5. Individual

    Bio trek equipmentmaintenance

    $10,000
  6. Learning with A DifferenceEncino, CA

    Scientific education for children w/ learning disability

    $5,000
  7. Individual

    Free surgeries & medical clinic

    $5,000
  8. Individual

    Project: canvasing the world

    $5,000
  9. Individual

    Help community prosper through educational events

    $5,000
  10. City of Santa PaulaVentura, CA

    Kids celebration for christmas

    $1,500
  11. Individual

    Medical charity

    $1,000

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 $10,00067% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $5,00033% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $16,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Mohammad J ViraniDirector Hours 20Pay $76,756
  • Rebecca NataliaDirector Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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