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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 95-4680145

Burnam Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Long Beach, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $235,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Mar 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.

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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

    $235,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,795,648

  • Tax year 2024

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,672,433

  • Tax year 2023

    $155,600

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $1,635,936

  • Tax year 2022

    $155,650

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $1,782,710

  • Tax year 2021

    $204,600

    Grants listed
    41
    Assets, end of year
    $2,365,458

  • Tax year 2020

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $674,442

  • Tax year 2019

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $713,918

  • Tax year 2018

    $24,745

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $842,069

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, NY

    Education

    $225,000
  2. Catalyst CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA

    Education

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Public affairs1 grant $10,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $225,000
  2. California1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Beth BurnamCEO Hours 0Pay $0
  • Margaret MilesSecretary Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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