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Cadence Giving Foundation Inc: 27 grants to organizations, $1.6 million (tax year ended December 2025)
Cadence Giving Foundation Inc, a private foundation in Wilmington, DE, paid 27 grants to organizations totaling $1,594,000 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on September 15, 2026. The largest was $200,000 to Regents of the University of California at Berkele in Berkeley, CA for department of electrical engineering and computer science at the university of california atberkeley to support the berkeley wireless research center ("bwrc") at thedirection of the bwrc scientific di.
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- EIN
- 874111764
- Based in
- Wilmington, DE
- Assets
- $58,146,447
- Grants paid
- $1,594,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed September 15, 2026, IRS object ID 202622589349101202. It reported $1,594,000 in grants paid; 27 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of California at Berkele | Berkeley, CA | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California atBerkeley to support the Berkeley Wireless Research Center ("BWRC") AT thedirection of the BWRC Scientific Di | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | To support the creation of the Cadence Faculty Fellow Fund | Education | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Last Mile Education Fund | Lafayette, CO | General & Unrestricted | Human services | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Extreme Tech Challenge | Palo Alto, CA | General & Unrestricted | Science and technology | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Iit Delhi Endowment Fund Us | Jersey City, NJ | To support the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer's (FITT) Cadence Innovation Lab | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkele | Berkeley, CA | General & Unrestricted | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junio | Stanford, CA | General & Unrestricted | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cambridge in America | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | International, foreign affairs and national security | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Notre Dame Du Lac | Notre Dame, IN | Support STEM Outreach and Education in Computer Science and Engineering | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fachhochschule Reutlingen | Reutlingen, GM | To support the University's Electronics and Drives Institute at the Faculty of Technology | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Moms First Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkele | Berkeley, CA | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California at Berkeley to support the work of Prof John Wawrzynek | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkele | Berkeley, CA | UC Berkeley AI Research Lab | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stichting Wetlands International | Ede, NL | To optimize the availability and timeliness of mangrove loss alerts and integrate additional data on mangrove benefits and mangrove condition maps to facilitate early intervention and restoration effo | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Taiwan University Academic Development Fo | Willowbrook, IL | Cadence Lecture at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering | $33,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Taiwan University Academic Development Fo | Willowbrook, IL | General & Unrestricted | $33,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | To support your department's work in developing curriculum for world class semiconductor education, especially in microelectronics design, and sharing that curriculum, along with establishing a teachi | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Morgan State University Foundation Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | for the Cybersecurity Assurance & Policy Center in support of travel, equipment purchases, students, and additional center activities | Education | $26,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Foundation for NC A&T State Uni Versi | Greensboro, NC | Purposes of supporting the Helping Orient and Mentor Engineers program | $26,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Georgia Tech Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | The GT Research Collaboration Forum | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Indiaspora | San Francisco, CA | General & Unrestricted | Human services | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pledge 1 Percent Org Inc | San Francisco, CA | General & Unrestricted | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Veggielution | San Jose, CA | General & Unrestricted | Community improvement and capacity building | $21,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fotc - SF Bay Area | San Francisco, CA | General & Unrestricted | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineer | Bellingham, WA | Scholarship fund | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Makerere University | Kampala, UG | To support the STEM outreach and education program in Electrical and Computer Engineering and the completion of the embedded systems lab | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Team4tech Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | for Team4Tech project with Bindi International in India for additional volunteer to go on the project/trip | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 14, 2025, IRS object ID 202523189349102342. It reported $2,228,660 in grants paid; 22 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc | Boston, MA | Start-Up and Scaling of CHAI's Clean Cooling Initiative | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkele | Berkeley, CA | Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC) | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | creation of the Cadence Faculty Fellow fund | Education | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Iit Delhi Endowment Fund Us | Philadelphia, PA | Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer's (FITT) Cadence Innovation Lab | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkele | Berkeley, CA | 3 DIC-related technology research by the cyber physical system and design automation (CPSDA) group | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN | Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer engineering to support the consortium on electromagnetics technologies at Purdue (CEMT) | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Eth Zurich Foundation USA Inc | New York, NY | research on digital systems and design | Science and technology | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Massachusetts Institute of Tech | Cambridge, MA | General & Unrestricted | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Morgan State University Foundation Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | Cybersecurity Assurance & Policy Center | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stichting Wetlands International | Ede, NL | To optimize the availability and timeliness of mangrove loss alerts and integrate additional data on mangrove benefits and mangrove condition maps to facilitate early intervention and restoration effo | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Foundation for NC A&T State Uni Versi | Greensboro, NC | Helping Orient Minorities in Engineering program (H.O.M.E) | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Taiwan University Academic Development Fo | Willowbrook, IL | General & Unrestricted | $33,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | General & Unrestricted | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Notre Dame Du Lac | Notre Dame, IN | STEM Outreach and Education in Computer Science and engineering | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hidden Genius Project | Oakland, CA | Charitable event | Education | $16,080 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Heart Association | Santa Barbara, CA | General & Unrestricted | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fotc - SF Bay Area | San Francisco, CA | Charitable Event | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | STEM outreach and education program in electrical & computer engrineering led by Dr. Tawfiq | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Bristol Foundation Inc | New York, NY | Dept. of Electrical and Electronic engineering for development of stem education conducted by Dr. Fornetti | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Last Mile Education Fund | Lafayette, CO | General & Unrestricted | Human services | $4,724 | apps.irs.gov |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | General & unrestricted | Public and societal benefit | $3,881 | apps.irs.gov |
| Generation - You Employed Inc | Washington, DC | General & Unrestricted | Youth development | $975 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,260,000 |
| Education | $692,080 |
| Human services | $179,724 |
| Science and technology | $150,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $21,000 |
| Public and societal benefit | $3,881 |
| Youth development | $975 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $1,412,080 |
| Massachusetts | $1,250,000 |
| New York | $168,881 |
| Colorado | $154,724 |
| Pennsylvania | $150,000 |
| Indiana | $140,000 |
| New Jersey | $100,000 |
| Illinois | $99,000 |
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Updated September 15, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.