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Form 990-PFTax year 2023EIN 95-6019527

Josephine de Karman Trust

A private foundation in Pasadena, CA. Its return for tax year 2023 lists 5 grants and $3.7 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2023 (period ending Dec 31, 2023), 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 person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
See above statement.
Restrictions
See above statement.

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2023

    $3,700,944

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2022

    $150,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $3,220,905

  • Tax year 2021

    $137,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $3,292,317

Grants paid in 2023

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA

    Scholarship

    $50,000
  2. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Scholarship

    $25,000
  3. UC Regents - UC BerkeleyOakland, CA

    Scholarship

    $25,000
  4. UC Regents - UC Santa BarbaraOakland, CA

    Scholarship

    $25,000
  5. UC Regents - UC Santa CruzOakland, CA

    Scholarship

    $25,000

1 grant of $3,550,944 is held for a check and not listed

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $75,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California5 grants $150,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Comerica BankTrustee (End 08/23) Hours 2Pay $0
  • Pasadena Community FoundationTrustee (Start 09/23) Hours 2Pay $16,642

The return

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