Las Patronas
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Las Patronas at a glance
In short: Las Patronas gave $898K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $898K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $898,418
- +19.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $898,418
- +19.3% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $898,418
- Total assets
- $2,448,083
- +19.7% 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 Las Patronas funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
6 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $500K–1M range: 5 grants of 6 (83%).
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 Las Patronas gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+6%). 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 $753K (2024) to $1.2M (2020). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $898K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| See Attached Beneficiary Payment La Jolla, CA | — | $898,418 |
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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 | $2,448,083 | $1,285,051 | $935,513 | $898,418 | 1 | $50,329 |
| 2024 | $2,044,476 | $1,116,175 | $777,955 | $753,077 | 1 | $58,226 |
| 2023 | $1,578,422 | $857,628 | $1,003,155 | $966,277 | 1 | $64,690 |
| 2022 | $1,753,532 | $921,892 | $872,434 | $843,606 | 2 | $21,228 |
| 2021 | $1,776,275 | $1,229,660 | $881,610 | $845,018 | 1 | $65,551 |
| 2020 | $1,507,816 | $1,026,349 | $1,181,893 | $1,156,746 | 1 | $1,048 |
| 2019 | $1,621,501 | $1,018,342 | $888,708 | $866,615 | 1 | $26,813 |
About Las Patronas
Based on IRS filings
Las Patronas is a public charity, based in La Jolla, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.4M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $898K. Net investment income was $50K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Las Patronas is led by Colleen Lighter, President since 2025 (on filings since 2020); none of the 14 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Colleen Lighter
President
Director → Vice President, 2024
Vice President → President, 2025
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dagmar Smek
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jenny McGowan
Jewell Ball
Director → Jewell Ball, 2025
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kim Chao
Membership
Director → Membership, 2025
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laurel Hanson
Information
Director → Information, 2025
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sara Carpenter
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christa Duncan
Social
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Giulia Grindle
Communications
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ingrid Westlake
Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Julia Civardi
Historian
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kato Spiro
Investment
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kristen Churchill
Parliamentarian
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laura Thompson
Nominations
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Brown
Treasurer
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (68)
- Former: Andrea Marvin (2019–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Avelina Kauffman (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Julir Garrie (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Katherine Kozo (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Laurie Lopez (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Lisa Hersman (2019–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Rowena Treitler (2019–2024) — President
- Former: Mia Kelly (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Ashley Jacobs (2024) — Director
- Former: Jill Peters (2019–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Julie Bubnack (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Misti Coleman (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Erin Preuss (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Meredith Novak (2023) — Director
- Former: Sara Hunziker (2023) — Director
- Former: Kelly Kjos (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Lindsay Stevens (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Lynn Kavanaugh (2019–2022) — Secretary
- Former: Martha Sottosani (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Megan Cox (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Micaela Jeffrey (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Michelle Parker (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Tina Boynton (2019–2022) — President
- Former: Carol Gassaway (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Cari Massaad (2022) — Director
- Former: Cathy Maywood (2022) — Director
- Former: Jena Joyce (2022) — Director
- Former: Jolene Guckian (2022) — Director
- Former: Sherry Macelli (2022) — Director
- Former: Andrea Kosky (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Ingrid De Alba De Salazar (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Irene McCann (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Jessica Castagnola (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Jessica Goff (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Joleen Guckian (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Karen Benito (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Kathy Lobo (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Keri Robbins (2019–2021) — Secretary
- Former: Kim McIntyre (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Melanie Aalbers (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Melissa Murfey (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Michelle La Greca (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Mio Hood (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Robyne Daniels (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Tammy Kearney (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Tiffany Lamarche (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Anna Joslin (2021) — Director
- Former: Charlene Lingham (2021) — Director
- Former: Mary Powell (2021) — Director
- Former: Mimi Brunson (2021) — Director
- Former: Stephanie Stone (2021) — Director
- Former: Amy Carr (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Cheryl Cousino (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Claire Forrest (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Elsie Arredondo (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Holly Buche (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Kim Russell (2019–2020) — Secretary
- Former: Lin Foletta (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Megan Jones (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Nicole Hall (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Rita Haudenschild (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Sharon Luscomb (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Stephanie Labrucherie (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Nahal Mirkarimi (2020) — Director
- Former: Karlyn Cole (2019) — Director
- Former: Michelle Conway (2019) — Director
- Former: Sarah Winter (2019) — Director
- Former: Shay Stephens (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 Las Patronas
How much does Las Patronas give each year?
Las Patronas gave $898K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $753K across 1 grant.
How large is Las Patronas?
Las Patronas reported $2.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.3M.
Where does Las Patronas operate?
Las Patronas has awarded grants in California.
What is Las Patronas's EIN?
Las Patronas's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 95-6051480. 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 February 5, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS December 3, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 4, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS December 9, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS January 22, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 10, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS January 23, 2026)
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