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The Candelaria Fund Grants

Private foundation · EIN 94-3246086 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$1.5M
Grants reported
35
Typical grant
$20K
Future commitments
Not reported

Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.

How to apply

Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact
Candelaria Fund Richard Tower
Application materials
Application should be written and include the purpose of the requested funds and a brief history of the requesting organization.

Deadlines, materials and limits are not in the filing; check with the foundation.

Original filing text
Contact
CANDELARIA FUND RICHARD TOWER
Address
P O BOX 398 LITTLE RIVER, CA, 95456
Phone
4157221714
Deadlines
NONE
Application materials
APPLICATION SHOULD BE WRITTEN AND INCLUDE THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUESTED FUNDS AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE REQUESTING ORGANIZATION.
Restrictions
NONE

Reported organization name: THE CANDELARIA FUND

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
202515$677.5K
202420$815K

Where The Candelaria Fund gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

East Broad Top Foundation

Rock Hill Furnace, PA

$200KTax year 2024

General support

East Broad Top Foundation

Rock Hill Furnace, PA

$200KTax year 2025

General support

Congress of Country Music

Philadelphia, MS

$100KTax year 2024

General support

Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington Rr

Alma, ME

$100KTax year 2024

General support

Bay Area Electric Railroad Association

Suisun City, CA

$100KTax year 2025

General support

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Candelaria Fund's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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