Bores Family Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Danville, CA EIN: 34-1933001

Bores Family Foundation is a private foundation, based in Danville, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $239K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $25K. Net investment income was $16K.

Bores Family Foundation at a glance

In short: Bores Family Foundation gave $25K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $13K), mostly in North Carolina. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$25,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
+100.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$12,500
-50.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$12,500
Total assets
$239,156
-4.8% vs 2024
Primary geography
North Carolina (60% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated November 2026.

Who Bores Family Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Samaritan's Purse: $15KSamaritan's Purse$15KAssistance League: $10KAssistance League$10K

The largest 2025 recipient was Samaritan's Purse ($15K). Together the top 2 received $25K.

Grant Size Distribution

6 grants across all recorded years

6<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 6 grants of 6 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

3states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

Cities

New YorkBooneWalnut Creek

How Bores Family Foundation gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+0%). Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 69% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10K$20K$30K1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 2 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $23K (2020) to $25K (2025). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $25K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Samaritan's Purse Boone, NCSupporting Emergency Victims and Those in Need$15,000
Assistance League Walnut Creek, CASupport to Local Communites via Food, Education, Clothes$10,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$239,156$15,599$27,650$25,0002$25,000$15,532$36,365
2024$251,207$12,064$27,606$25,0001$25,000$11,948$31,328
2023$266,749$10,422$27,610$25,0001$25,000$10,703$939
2022$283,937$12,412$27,771$25,0001$25,000$12,260$27,521
2021$299,296$21,333$27,657$25,0001$25,000$21,183$30,674
2020$305,620$15,696$25,098$22,8001—$15,554$24,017

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Bores Family Foundation reported a distributable amount of $36K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Bores Family Foundation is led by Stephen J. Bores, President, Treasurer & Trustee on every filing since 2020; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Stephen J. Bores

    President, Treasurer & Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kathleen L. Bores

    Vice President, Secretary & Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nicole L. Bores

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Bores Family Foundation

How much does Bores Family Foundation give each year?

Bores Family Foundation gave $25K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $25K across 1 grant.

How large is Bores Family Foundation?

Bores Family Foundation reported $239K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $25K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $36K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.

Where does Bores Family Foundation operate?

Bores Family Foundation has awarded grants in California, North Carolina, New York.

What is Bores Family Foundation's EIN?

Bores Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 34-1933001. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated November 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(2)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS September 24, 2026)
  2. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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