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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 95-6099150

Eunice Knight Saunders Foundation

A private foundation in Long Beach, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $28,225 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Jun 30, 2026), 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

    $28,225

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $668,601

  • Tax year 2024

    $23,550

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $673,187

  • Tax year 2023

    $27,200

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $662,783

  • Tax year 2022

    $37,850

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $651,270

  • Tax year 2021

    $27,950

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $685,277

  • Tax year 2020

    $17,850

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $714,747

  • Tax year 2019

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $733,953

  • Tax year 2018

    $24,550

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $750,854

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

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

  1. Interval HouseLong Beach, CA

    Abused children

    $10,000
  2. Steel MagnoliasLong Beach, CA

    Cancer research

    $5,000
  3. Aquarium of the PacificLong Beach, CA

    Children education

    $5,000
  4. American Cancer SocietyLong Beach, CA

    Cancer research

    $5,000
  5. Musical House Theatre WestLong Beach, CA

    Cancer research

    $3,000
  6. Individual

    Scholarships

    $225

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 $10,00050% of the total
  2. Animals1 grant $5,00025% of the total
  3. Youth development1 grant $5,00025% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California5 grants $28,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Ben KnightCEOCFO Hours 10Pay $0
  • Joan F KnightSEC Hours 10Pay $0

The return

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