San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc
EIN 77-0229665 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 5 grants · $48.5k
Who it funds most
55 of its 165 grantees were funded in more than one year.
San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2023, filing 202412989349301611
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Form 990 | $345.2k | — | $1.3m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns5 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202533159349304803 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202412989349301611 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202302659349301415 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202203189349306800 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202103149349302545 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc made 249 grants across 2020–2024, totalling $6.8m as filed.
- Grants
- 249
- Total, as filed
- $6.8m
- Years
- 2020–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH | 3 | $152.7k |
| BEYOND EMANCIPATION | 4 | $129.4k |
| MARTHA'S KITCHEN | 2 | $126.0k |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY | 2 | $110.0k |
| JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY | 2 | $109.2k |
| SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY | 2 | $97.0k |
| PIVOTAL | 1 | $95.0k |
| SHELTER INC | 4 | $94.0k |
| LOAVES & FISHES FAMILY KITCHEN | 2 | $89.9k |
| BAY AREA COMMUNITY HEALTH | 2 | $88.2k |
| HUNGER AT HOME | 2 | $88.0k |
| LIFEMOVES | 2 | $88.0k |
| IMMIGRATION INSTITUTE OF THE BAY AREA | 3 | $87.8k |
| HEARTS & MINDS ACTIVITY CENTER | 2 | $86.4k |
| OPPORTUNITY JUNCTION | 4 | $83.0k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 21 | $997.6k |
| 2021 | 84 | $1.4m |
| 2022 | 59 | $1.9m |
| 2023 | 45 | $1.2m |
| 2024 | 40 | $1.2m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-770229665. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified