Private foundation
LOS ALTOS HILLS, CACity and state as stated on its FY2025 returnEIN
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 990-PF | $64,069 | $299,178 | $293,892 | $0 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 37% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAF GIVING 360 (FORMERLY SCHWAB CHARITABLE)SAN FRANCISCO, CA | FINAL DISTRIBUTION OF FOUNDATION ASSETS. | $215,142 | 2025 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Ciesinski | PRESIDENT | 2.00 | $0 |
| Stephen Ciesinski | SECRETARY | 1.00 | $0 |
| Diane Ciesinski | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Stephen Ciesinski | DIRECTOR |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $0 |
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $9,837 | $5,807 | $3,750 | $191,519 | $189,632 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $1,719 | $13,172 | $10,310 | $187,489 | $185,602 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $22,179 | $13,514 | $10,387 | $198,898 | $197,011 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $40,129 | $16,143 | $13,413 | $190,041 | $188,154 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $146 | $8,492 | $5,910 | $164,175 | $164,175 |
| FINAL DISTRIBUTION OF FOUNDATION ASSETS. |
| $78,000 |
| 2025 |
| LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATIONPALO ALTO, CA | PROGRAM FOR CHILDEN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS. | $6,000 | 2023 |
| DARAJA ACADEMYSAN RAFAEL, CA | PROVIDES SECONDARY EDUCATION TO GIRLS WHO HAVE NO OTHER MEANS OF CONTINUING SCHOOL.PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS THAT HELP BUILD SELF ESTEEM IN YOUNG PEOPLE. | $2,759 | 2021 |
| HIDDEN VILLAMatched to this organization because 6 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.LOS ALTOS HILLS, CA | SUMMER CAMP FOR DISADVANTED YOUTH. | $2,500 | 2023 |
| HIDDEN VILLAMatched to this organization because 6 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.LOS ALTOS HILLS, CA | SUMMER CAMP FOR DISADVANTED YOUTH. | $2,500 | 2022 |
| HIDDEN VILLAMatched to this organization because 6 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.LOS ALTOS, CA | VIRTUAL SUMMER CAMP. | $2,500 | 2020 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE PENINSULAMENLO PARK, CA | PROMOTING YOUTH GUIDANCE, MENTAL, AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. | $2,500 | 2021 |
| HELP ONE CHILDMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.LOS ALTOS, CA | PROVIDE YOUTH SUPPORT FOR CHALLENGED TEENS. | $2,253 | 2022 |
| EASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPEAST PALO ALTO, CA | ASSIST IN FUNDING SCHOOL LEARNING ACTIVITIES. | $1,500 | 2021 |
| OKIZU FOUNDATIONNOVATO, CA | TO HELP FAMILIES AFFECTED BY CHILDHOOD CANCER. | $1,500 | 2021 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL VOLUNTEERSMILPITIS, CA | SUMMER YOUTH READING. | $1,250 | 2021 |
| FRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTHMILPITIS, CA | HELPING CHILDREN BREAK THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE, CRIME, AND INCARCERATION. | $1,019 | 2021 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE PENINSULAMENLO PARK, CA | PROMOTING YOUTH GUIDANCE, MENTAL, AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. | $1,000 | 2024 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE PENINSULAMENLO PARK, CA | PROMOTING YOUTH GUIDANCE, MENTAL, AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. | $1,000 | 2022 |
| EASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPEAST PALO ALTO, CA | ASSIST IN FUNDING SCHOOL LEARNING ACTIVITIES. | $1,000 | 2024 |
| EASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPEAST PALO ALTO, CA | ASSIST IN FUNDING SCHOOL LEARNING ACTIVITIES. | $1,000 | 2022 |
| DARAJA ACADEMYSAN RAFAEL, CA | PROVIDES SECONDARY EDUCATION TO GIRLS WHO HAVE NO OTHER MEANS OF CONTINUING SCHOOL.PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS THAT HELP BUILD SELF ESTEEM IN YOUNG PEOPLE. | $1,000 | 2022 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL VOLUNTEERSMILPITIS, CA | SUMMER YOUTH READING. | $750 | 2020 |
| ABBA'S AMBASSADORSSOUTH SALEM, NY | SUPPORTING MISSIONARIES AROUND THE WORLD.SUPPORTING MISSIONARIES AROUND THE WORLD | $660 | 2020 |
| HELP ONE CHILDMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.LOS ALTOS, CA | PROVIDE YOUTH SUPPORT FOR CHALLENGED TEENS. | $650 | 2021 |
| OKIZU FOUNDATIONNOVATO, CA | TO HELP FAMILIES AFFECTED BY CHILDHOOD CANCER. | $500 | 2024 |
| HELP ONE CHILDMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.LOS ALTOS, CA | PROVIDE YOUTH SUPPORT FOR CHALLENGED TEENS. | $500 | 2023 |
| OKIZU FOUNDATIONNOVATO, CA | TO HELP FAMILIES AFFECTED BY CHILDHOOD CANCER. | $500 | 2020 |
| OKIZU FOUNDATIONNOVATO, CA | TO HELP FAMILIES AFFECTED BY CHILDHOOD CANCER. | $500 | 2022 |
| 1.00 |
| $0 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2024 · period ending Dec 31, 2024IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202530519349100123
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202440669349100329
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202321239349101722
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202232219349101003
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202112519349101156
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.