Mountain View Educational Foundation
MVEFs mission is to collaborate with the community to fund and nurture innovative and essential programs that foster a well-rounded education for all students in the district.
Mountain View Educational Foundation at a glance
In short: Mountain View Educational Foundation gave $1.0M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $1.0M), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $1,044,930
- +3.7% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $1,044,930
- +3.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $1,044,930
- Total assets
- $1,606,130
- +1.1% 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 Mountain View Educational Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Mountain View Whisman School ($1.0M).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 4 grants of 5 (80%).
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 Mountain View Educational Foundation gives
- Giving grew 319% 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
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $249K (2022) to $1.3M (2021). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $1.0M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain View Whisman School Mountain View, CA | Public Education Support | $1,044,930 |
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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 | $1,606,130 | $1,220,294 | $1,262,384 | $1,044,930 | 1 | $48,583 |
| 2024 | $1,588,397 | $1,082,092 | $1,183,658 | $1,007,322 | 1 | $69,146 |
| 2023 | $1,641,498 | $1,306,308 | $1,173,807 | $1,007,322 | 1 | $6,976 |
| 2022 | $1,474,797 | $1,174,832 | $342,635 | $249,249 | 1 | $97,132 |
| 2021 | $826,401 | $856,151 | $1,359,128 | $1,256,070 | 1 | $22,554 |
| 2020 | $1,169,402 | $1,093,089 | $909,442 | $768,435 | 1 | $25,151 |
| 2019 | $1,001,462 | $1,017,728 | $851,869 | $748,761 | 1 | $24,353 |
About Mountain View Educational Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Mountain View Educational Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Mountain View, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.6M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $1.0M. Net investment income was $49K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Mountain View Educational Foundation is led by Dena L Seki, Executive Director on every filing since 2021; 3 of 15 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Dena L Seki
Executive Director
On filings since 2021
30 hrs/week
$25K (2021) → $63K (2025)
Sandra J Puett
Co-Executive Director
On filings since 2024
20 hrs/week
$51K (2024) → $2K (2025)
Duncker Valerie
Lead Executive Director
New on the 2025 filing
30 hrs/week
$53K (2025)
Sraddha Shukla
President
Vice President → President, 2025
On filings since 2024
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alane Kataria-Rennie
Director
On filings since 2024
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Silja Paymer
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Walky Goode
Director
On filings since 2024
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Desiree Caballero
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Khalil Bensassi
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mahalakshmi Prabhakaran
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Raji Kaul
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rebecca Swett
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dwight Rodgers
Vice President
Secretary → President, 2021
President → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Aishwarya Rengan
Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shilpa Paleri Sharma
Treasurer
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (24)
- Former: Tamara Patterson (2020–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Aisha Rengan (2021–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Rohan Taneja (2022–2024) — Vice President
- Former: Tamara Wilson (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Cindy Chow (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Ania Mitros (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Brad Dux (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Patrick Neschleba (2021–2023) — Major Gifts Committee Lead
- Former: Sandi Puett (2023) — Co-Executive Director
- Former: Andrea Maes (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Amanda Patron (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Hafsa Mirza (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Melissa Armanini (2019–2021) — Executive Director
- Former: Cyril Bouteille (2020–2021) — Secretary
- Former: Laryssa Polika (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Jennifer Pierson (2021) — Director
- Former: Justin Thomas (2019–2020) — Treasurer
- Former: Mona Singh (2019–2020) — President
- Former: Urvi Bhandari (2020) — Director
- Former: Adrienne Heiskanen (2019) — Director
- Former: Garima Mehta (2019) — Director
- Former: Karen Heitkamp (2019) — Director
- Former: Laryssa Polika-Engle (2019) — Director
- Former: Natasha Keck (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.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $63K, to Dena L Seki (Executive Director). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Mountain View Educational Foundation
How much does Mountain View Educational Foundation give each year?
Mountain View Educational Foundation gave $1.0M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.0M across 1 grant.
How large is Mountain View Educational Foundation?
Mountain View Educational Foundation reported $1.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.2M.
What is Mountain View Educational Foundation?
Mountain View Educational Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Mountain View, CA. It holds $1.6M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Mountain View Educational Foundation operate?
Mountain View Educational Foundation has awarded grants in California.
What is Mountain View Educational Foundation's EIN?
Mountain View Educational Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 77-0006770. 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
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 17, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 12, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 10, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 13, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 1, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS November 5, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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