Contorer Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Bellevue, WA EIN: 91-2045646

Contorer Foundation is a private foundation, based in Bellevue, WA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $118K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $1K. Net investment income was $4K.

Contorer Foundation at a glance

In short: Contorer Foundation gave $1K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $553.5), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$1,107
-90.2% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
-50.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$554
-80.5% vs 2024
Median grant
$554
Total assets
$118,141
-0.1% vs 2024
Primary geography
California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

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

Who Contorer Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Boys and Girls Club of Greater San: $1KBoys and Girls Club of GreaterSan$1KEcolife Conservation: $107Ecolife Conservation$107

The largest 2025 recipient was Boys and Girls Club of Greater San ($1K). Together the top 2 received $1K.

Grant Size Distribution

24 grants across all recorded years

24<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 24 grants of 24 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

4states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

Cities

San DiegoEscondidoLa JollaNew YorkCambridgeKetteringLong BeachOceanside

How Contorer Foundation gives

  • Giving fell 92% from 2022 to 2025. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 20% 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$20K$40K$60K5 grants2020 7 grants2021 3 grants2022 8 grants2023 4 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1K (2025) to $44K (2021). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $1K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Boys and Girls Club of Greater San San Diego, CATo Provide Support to Exempt Organization$1,000
Ecolife Conservation Escondido, CATo Provide Support to Exempt Organization$107
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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$118,141$3,970$4,037$1,1072$1,107$3,970$5,653
2024$118,208$4,218$13,877$11,3374$11,337$4,218$5,872
2023$127,867$3,688$23,617$20,8438$20,843$3,688$6,419
2022$147,796$-6,405$16,078$13,5453$13,545$3,513$5,607
2021$170,279$5,284$46,969$44,4197—$5,284$8,262
2020$211,965$41,561$42,469$40,1755—$41,561$10,080

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Contorer Foundation reported a distributable amount of $6K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Contorer Foundation's 2025 filing lists 2 officers; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Aaron Contorer

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Lori Contorer

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    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 Contorer Foundation

How much does Contorer Foundation give each year?

Contorer Foundation gave $1K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $11K across 4 grants.

How large is Contorer Foundation?

Contorer Foundation reported $118K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $1K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $6K (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 Contorer Foundation operate?

Contorer Foundation has awarded grants in California, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio.

What is Contorer Foundation's EIN?

Contorer Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 91-2045646. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

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

Data update history

(1)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

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