Hermosa Beach Education Foundation
To promote investment in hermosa beach public schools and provide educational grants
Hermosa Beach Education Foundation at a glance
In short: Hermosa Beach Education Foundation gave $1.3M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $1.3M), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $1,265,000
- +13.7% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $1,265,000
- +13.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $1,265,000
- Total assets
- $5,977,252
- +15.3% 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 Hermosa Beach Education Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Hermosa Beach CSD ($1.3M).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 5 grants of 5 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Hermosa Beach Education Foundation gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+16%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2020) to $1.3M (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $1.3M.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Hermosa Beach CSD Hermosa Beach, CA | — | $1,265,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,977,252 | $1,618,293 | $1,317,014 | $1,265,000 | 1 | $125,870 |
| 2024 | $5,184,192 | $1,510,631 | $1,167,769 | $1,113,000 | 1 | $99,143 |
| 2023 | $4,473,658 | $1,331,799 | $1,191,450 | $1,131,016 | 1 | $74,660 |
| 2022 | $4,053,979 | $1,336,942 | $1,130,348 | $1,090,787 | 1 | $67,118 |
| 2021 | $4,344,084 | $1,117,051 | $1,106,904 | $1,076,594 | 1 | $74,113 |
| 2020 | $3,771,967 | $1,193,904 | $30,206 | $2,400 | Total only | $61,509 |
| 2019 | $2,552,028 | $1,235,592 | $1,158,694 | $1,127,370 | 1 | $6,622 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Hermosa Beach Education Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Hermosa Beach Education Foundation is a public charity, based in Hermosa Beach, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $6.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $1.3M. Net investment income was $126K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Hermosa Beach Education Foundation is led by Belinda Oakes, President since 2025 (on filings since 2019); none of the 12 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Belinda Oakes
President
Treasurer → Vice President, 2024
Vice President → President, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Vargas Gardner
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lindsay Gott
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Renee Obrand
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bryanne Degoede
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kristen Luna
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rebekah Kellaway
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter Spragg
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2022
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kara Anderson
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kristine Kazanovski
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lauren Merriam Sprague
Vice President
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Matt Haefner
CFO
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (61)
- Former: Bill Miller (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Carol Reid Kluthe (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Ryan McDowell (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Sarah Matzen (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Vince Busam (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Jenny Slusser (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: David Marquart (2021–2024) — Vice President
- Former: Melinda Green (2021–2024) — Vice President
- Former: Alison Chavez (2022–2024) — Vice President
- Former: Stephanie Berger (2022–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Deni Lampe Mileski (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Kelly Russell (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Kristen Stewart (2023–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Milena McCartney (2023–2024) — Vice President
- Former: Noriko Zaw (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Serena Naramore (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Ali Peng (2024) — Director
- Former: Allyson Schwartz (2024) — Director
- Former: Camie Neece-McDowell (2024) — Vice President
- Former: Dev Shah (2024) — Vice President
- Former: Jennifer Buchsbaum (2024) — President
- Former: Jennifer Faulk (2024) — Director
- Former: Joyce Chaput (2024) — Director
- Former: Rachel Slayback (2024) — Director
- Former: Erin Smith (2022–2023) — President
- Former: Katie Ball (2022–2023) — Vice President
- Former: Jennie Alberts (2023) — Vice President
- Former: Shaheda Sadhal (2023) — Director
- Former: Cameron Neece McDowell (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Jennifer Buschbaum (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Liz Tyndorf (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Megan Gerst (2019–2022) — Vice President
- Former: Monique Vranesh (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Gema Miller (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Heather Baboolal (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Becky Scholten (2022) — Director
- Former: Ellie Cronin Fernandez (2022) — Vice President
- Former: Jonalyn Morris Busam (2019–2021) — Vice President
- Former: Kate Bruning (2019–2021) — Vice President
- Former: Lorraine Maycon (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Rachel Rotabi (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Shauna Mullins (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Steve Mullins (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Susan Bridges (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Joyce Rista (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Rob Good (2021) — Vice President
- Former: Veronica Gathercole (2021) — Secretary
- Former: Debra Luckey (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Howard Maycon (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Jenny Fix (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Kelly Houghton (2019–2020) — Vice President
- Former: Michel Belden (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Tracy Vanosdall (2019–2020) — Secretary
- Former: Alex Maw (2020) — Vice President
- Former: Cathy Correll (2019) — Director
- Former: Christine Shultz (2019) — Director
- Former: Dan Inskeep (2019) — CFO
- Former: Emily Hegenberger (2019) — Director
- Former: Monique Jones (2019) — Director
- Former: Stacey Fundingsland (2019) — Vice President
- Former: Stephen McCall (2019) — Director
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 Hermosa Beach Education Foundation
How much does Hermosa Beach Education Foundation give each year?
Hermosa Beach Education Foundation gave $1.3M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.1M across 1 grant.
How large is Hermosa Beach Education Foundation?
Hermosa Beach Education Foundation reported $6.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.6M.
Where does Hermosa Beach Education Foundation operate?
Hermosa Beach Education Foundation has awarded grants in California.
What is Hermosa Beach Education Foundation's EIN?
Hermosa Beach Education Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 33-0522270. 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
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 13, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 15, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 13, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 6, 2026)
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