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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 95-6193584

Blackburn Foundation

A private foundation in Carlsbad, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $6,250 paid in grants.

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
Keith Blackburn
6473 Seaport Place
Carlsbad, CA 92011
(760) 431-5550
Form and materials
No prescribed form
Deadlines
No prescribed deadline
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $6,250

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $5,401
  • Tax year 2024

    $12,560

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $7,239
  • Tax year 2023

    $7,257

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $6,752
  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $271
  • Tax year 2021

    $100

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,070
  • Tax year 2020

    $5,700

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,390
  • Tax year 2019

    $4,344

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,855
  • Tax year 2018

    $1,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $2,373

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Low income family

    $5,000
  2. Brother Benno FoundationOceanside, CA

    Charitable

    $1,000
  3. Food Pantry of Waukesha CountyWaukesha, WI

    Charitable

    $150
  4. Hope SchoolCarlsbad, CA

    Food drive

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Food and agriculture1 grant $1,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California2 grants $1,100
  2. Wisconsin1 grant $150

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Keith BlackburnCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Hours 4Pay $0
  • Lorette PerkinsSECRETARY Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Dawn BlackburnCFO Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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