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John Christopher Bunting Foundation: 9 grants to organizations, $42,500 (tax year ended December 2025)
John Christopher Bunting Foundation, a private foundation in Sonoma, CA, paid 9 grants to organizations totaling $42,500 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 11, 2026. The largest was $10,000 to Friends of Oakley Library in Oakley, CA for to directly support the oakley public library by funding educational programs, enhancing collections, and purchasing supplies..
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- EIN
- 205651485
- Based in
- Sonoma, CA
- Assets
- $685,006
- Grants paid
- $42,500
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 11, 2026, IRS object ID 202641319349101689. It reported $42,500 in grants paid; 9 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Oakley Library | Oakley, CA | To directly support the oakley public library by funding educational programs, enhancing collections, and purchasing supplies. | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sonoma Valley Historical Society | Sonoma, CA | To provide a forum and a resource for the study and dissemination of the sonoma valley history for present and future generations by identifying, collectimg, preserving and sharing artifacts, document | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hanna Center | Sonoma, CA | Support a comprehensive system of care aimed at healing trauma in youth and families through residential programs, education, and mental health services. | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Damenico School Annual Fund | San Anselmo, CA | To inspire students to develop character and integrity and to apply their academic knowledge to the challenges of our times in order to create a better world. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sebastiani Theatre Foundation | Sonoma, CA | Provides first-class performing arts, films and creative educational programs that inspire and entertain the entire community while preserving and enhancing sonomas treasured, historic theatre for the | $3,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Foundation Sonoma County | Santa Rosa, CA | To advance the power of community members and resources to solve local challenges. | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sonoma County Vintners Foundation | Santa Rosa, CA | Provides for efforts that have a direct impact in the areas of literacy, education, health & human services, the environment and arts & culture. | Community improvement and capacity building | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Young Americans for Liberty | Austin, TX | To provide support for idenfification, education, training, and mobilization of youth activitist for advancing liberty on campus and in american electoral politics | Youth development | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Rotary Club of Sonoma Valley | San Rafael, CA | To provide support in providing resources, time and energy to help solve community challenges in the somoma valley | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 7, 2025, IRS object ID 202511279349103521. It reported $64,500 in grants paid; 10 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas Society | Lodi, CA | To inspire people to embrace reason, achievement, benevolence, and ethical self-interest as the moral foundation for political liberty, personal happiness and a flourishing society. | Arts, culture and humanities | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Foundation 36 | Reno, NV | Preserve and educate the public regarding nevada's cultural, historic, and environmental resources. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Funds for American Studies | Washington, DC | Educational nonprofit that is developing courageous leaders inspired and equipped to protect and advance the ideas of individual liberty, personal responsibility, and economic freedom in their communi | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mentorign Alliance | Tyler, TX | To mobilize godly people into the lives of kids and families, to provide tangible help and eternal hope. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cystric Fibrosis Foundation | Bethesda, MD | Helping people with cf and their families with navigating insurance options, connecting to legal information and experts, finding available financial resources, and tackling other life issues. | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Foundation for Liberty & American Greatness (flagusa) | Tarpon Springs, FL | To help promote high quality civics education to k-12 students across the coutnry | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sebastiani Theatre Foundation | Sonoma, CA | Provides first-class performing arts, films and creative educational programs that inspire and entertain the entire community while preserving and enhancing sonomas treasured, historic theatre for the | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sky Farm Hermitage | Sonoma, CA | To promote peace through living of a life of truth, compassion and respect for all people and creation. | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sonoma Conservatory of Dance | Sonoma, CA | Nurturing the creative spirit of our community through dance. | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| YMCA | Santa Rosa, CA | The sonoma county family ymca is an inclusive, charitable organization that enriches community through the areas of youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $26,000 |
| Education | $10,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $2,500 |
| Youth development | $2,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $62,500 |
| Texas | $12,000 |
| Nevada | $10,000 |
| District of Columbia | $10,000 |
| Maryland | $7,500 |
| Florida | $5,000 |
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Updated May 11, 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.