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CISMAS FOUNDATION

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2025 · Form 990PF · revenue $1.0M · expenses $149K · assets $4.0M

EIN
74-3032016
Address
14696 VIA DE MARCOS, SARATOGA, CA 95070-6150
Website
cismas.org
NTEE code
O20
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2023
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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 3 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

3 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Octavia Cismas President2020-2025 10 $0 reported 1
Sorin Cismas Treasurer2020-2025 10 $0 reported 1
Cristina Florea Secretary2020-2025 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Octavia Cismas President10 $0-$0 $01
Sorin Cismas Treasurer10 $0-$0 $01
Cristina Florea Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
2024 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Octavia Cismas President10 $0-$0 $01
Sorin Cismas Treasurer10 $0-$0 $01
Cristina Florea Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Octavia Cismas President10 $0-$0 $01
Sorin Cismas Treasurer10 $0-$0 $01
Cristina Florea Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Octavia Cismas President10 $0-$0 $01
Sorin Cismas Treasurer10 $0-$0 $01
Cristina Florea Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Octavia Cismas President10 $0-$0 $01
Sorin Cismas Treasurer10 $0-$0 $01
Cristina Florea Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Octavia Cismas President10 $0-$0 $01
Sorin Cismas Treasurer4 $0-$0 $01
Cristina Florea Secretary1 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2025 · 7 grants to organizations · $79K · 4 grants to individuals · $25K
2024 · 0 grants to organizations · $0 · 6 grants to individuals · $75K
2023 · 0 grants to organizations · $0 · 4 grants to individuals · $60K
2022 · 0 grants to organizations · $0 · 7 grants to individuals · $39K
2021 · 0 grants to organizations · $0 · 9 grants to individuals · $44K
2020 · 0 grants to organizations · $0 · 3 grants to individuals · $69K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributors listed on Schedule B of the Form 990-PF: name, city and state as filed (street addresses are not shown), with total and noncash contributions for the year. A link to an organization's page is tagged Fuzzy with its name-similarity score (0 to 1) when it rests on name and state; Schedule B lists no EIN, so no link here is an exact identifier match.

2025 · 1 contributor · $427K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 Sorin and Octavia Cismas Person Saratoga, CA $427,279- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2025 · filing
2024 · 1 contributor · $487K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 Sorin and Octavia Cismas Person Saratoga, CA $486,710- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2024 · filing
2023 · 1 contributor · $392K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 Sorin Octavia Cismas Person Saratoga, CA $392,467- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2023 · filing
2022 · 2 contributors · $210K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 Sorin Octavia Cismas Person Saratoga, CA $179,651- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2022 · filing
2 American Online Giving Foundation Inc DBA Benevity Organization or other Clearwater, FL $30,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2022 · filing
2021 · 2 contributors · $535K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 Sorin Octavia Cismas Person Saratoga, CA $514,953- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2021 · filing
2 American Online Giving Foundation Inc DBA Benevity Organization or other Clearwater, FL $20,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2021 · filing
2020 · 3 contributors · $540K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 Sorin and Octavia Cismas Person Saratoga, CA $471,620- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2020 · filing
2 American Online Giving Foundation Person Clearwater, FL $35,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2020 · filing
3 Sabrina Cismas Person Saratoga, CA $33,168- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2020 · filing

Contributors listed here are as reported on the filing. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990PF period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,027,263$149,488 $4,046,609$4,046,609 $452,079- $0--
2024 · Form 990PF period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,280,752$116,147 $3,168,834$3,168,834 $507,910- $0--
2023 · Form 990PF period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$501,316$95,264 $2,004,229$2,004,229 $393,720- $0--
2022 · Form 990PF period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$227,836$62,567 $1,598,177$1,598,177 $209,651- $0--
2021 · Form 990PF period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$545,947$53,083 $1,432,908$1,432,908 $538,253- $0--
2020 · Form 990PF period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$557,778$79,026 $940,044$940,044 $541,438- $0--

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $158,500 in all, tax years 2016 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2019-2021, 2023-2024 5$125,000 2024$20,000
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AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2016 1$33,500 2016$33,500
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Who funds organizations like this

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990PF · $149,488 spent · pay $0 · grants $104,003 · events $7,298
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $104,003 69.6%
Taxes $18,942 12.7%
Occupancy $16,924 11.3%
Travel, conferences and meetings $7,298 4.9%
Interest $1,401 0.9%
Depreciation and depletion $683 0.5%
Fees: accounting $237 0.2%
Total$149,488100%

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2024 · Form 990PF · $116,147 spent · pay $0 · grants $75,371 · events $21,880
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $75,371 64.9%
Travel, conferences and meetings $21,880 18.8%
Occupancy $12,811 11.0%
Interest $2,474 2.1%
Depreciation and depletion $1,855 1.6%
Taxes $1,586 1.4%
Fees: accounting $170 0.1%
Total$116,147100%

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2023 · Form 990PF · $95,264 spent · pay $0 · grants $60,354 · events $13,759
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $60,354 63.4%
Occupancy $16,659 17.5%
Travel, conferences and meetings $13,759 14.4%
Interest $2,141 2.2%
Depreciation and depletion $1,325 1.4%
Taxes $856 0.9%
Fees: accounting $170 0.2%
Total$95,264100%

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2022 · Form 990PF · $62,567 spent · pay $0 · grants $39,222 · events $11,679
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $39,222 62.7%
Travel, conferences and meetings $11,679 18.7%
Occupancy $7,315 11.7%
Interest $1,773 2.8%
Other expenses $1,339 2.1%
Depreciation and depletion $1,325 2.1%
Fees: accounting $171 0.3%
Taxes -$257 -0.4%
Total$62,567100%

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2021 · Form 990PF · $53,083 spent · pay $0 · grants $43,688 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $43,688 82.3%
Occupancy $6,470 12.2%
Depreciation and depletion $1,384 2.6%
Taxes $977 1.8%
Interest $343 0.6%
Fees: accounting $221 0.4%
Total$53,083100%

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2020 · Form 990PF · $79,026 spent · pay $0 · grants $69,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $69,000 87.3%
Occupancy $7,884 10.0%
Depreciation and depletion $1,985 2.5%
Interest $93 0.1%
Taxes $64 0.1%
Total$79,026100%

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