Cypress Education Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Cypress, CA EIN: 33-0365485

To support and supplement education in the local community.

Cypress Education Foundation at a glance

In short: Cypress Education Foundation gave $550K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $550K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$550,000
+37.5% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$550,000
+37.5% vs 2024
Median grant
$550,000
Total assets
$1,044,044
+1.8% vs 2024
Primary geography
California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who Cypress Education Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Cypress School District: $550KCypress School District$550K

The largest 2025 recipient was Cypress School District ($550K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K3$250–500K2$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 3 grants of 5 (60%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Cypress

How Cypress Education Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 38% from 2022 to 2025. Method

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

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$250K$500K$750K$1M1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $400K (2022) to $871K (2021). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $550K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Cypress School District Cypress, CATo support educational program of the cypress school dist$550,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$1,044,044$649,135$686,526$550,0001$317,621
2024$1,025,399$663,658$533,287$400,0001$335,447
2023$761,899$622,868$530,734$400,0001$296,586
2022$523,056$604,952$518,637$400,0001$315,522
2021$345,541$565,349$984,080$870,5731$219,925
2020$503,050$589,849$759,873$650,0001$391,092
2019$549,080$590,035$759,008$650,0001$256,869

About Cypress Education Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Cypress Education Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Cypress, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $550K. Net investment income was $318K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Cypress Education Foundation is led by Anne Silavs, President on every filing since 2019; none of the 7 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Anne Silavs

    President

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christie Parker

    Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christine Barnes

    Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ethel Bowman

    Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tim McLellan

    Treasurer

    Secretary & Treasurer → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tracy Mouren-Laurens

    Vice President

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Larry Ferchaw

    Secretary & Treasurer

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "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 Cypress Education Foundation

How much does Cypress Education Foundation give each year?

Cypress Education Foundation gave $550K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $400K across 1 grant.

How large is Cypress Education Foundation?

Cypress Education Foundation reported $1.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $649K.

What is Cypress Education Foundation?

Cypress Education Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Cypress, CA. It holds $1.0M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Cypress Education Foundation operate?

Cypress Education Foundation has awarded grants in California.

What is Cypress Education Foundation's EIN?

Cypress Education Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 33-0365485. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 14, 2025)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 2, 2026)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 17, 2020)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 26, 2021)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 10, 2023)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)

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