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Pomona Community Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Pomona, CA EIN: 39-2073462 Website

Pomona Community Foundation is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Pomona, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $336K in total assets.

Pomona Community Foundation at a glance

Total assets
$336,206
-23.1% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$126,254
+3.4% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$253,801
+70.0% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-EZ, 2025 View filing

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

Who Pomona Community Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

2<$50K2$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 5 (40%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

PomonaSan DiegoClaremont

How Pomona Community Foundation gives

  • Giving fell 69% from 2020 to 2023. 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$100K$200K$300K4 grants2020 2 grants2021 1 grant2022 2 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2020 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $18K (2022) to $259K (2020). In 2023 it made 2 grants totaling $79K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
City of Pomona Pomona, CASee 990 Part III 4a$69,431
Capacity to Impact See 990 Part III 4a$10,000
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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$336,206$126,254$253,801———
2024$436,945$122,115$149,260———
2023$461,472$109,465$179,815$79,4312—
2022$531,822$95,525$51,934$17,8721—
2021$496,781$278,933$323,499$153,2122$65
2020$536,797$736,996$357,146$259,0004$399

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Pomona Community Foundation is led by Darren Knowles, President on the 2025 filing; none of the 7 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Darren Knowles

    President

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Edward Tessier

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joshua Cameron

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tom Hsieh

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David M Perez

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Elizabeth Rega PhD

    Secretary

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lanae Oshields

    Vice President

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (8)
  • Former: Bob Cruz (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: ED Tessier (2020–2024) — Vice President
  • Former: Gabriela Gamiz-Gomez (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: James Dale (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: James Makshaonoff (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Miguel Santana (2020–2024) — Chairman
  • Former: Richard Martinez (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Soraya M Coley PhD (2020–2024) — Director

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 Pomona Community Foundation

How large is Pomona Community Foundation?

Pomona Community Foundation reported $336K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-EZ. Its revenue that year was $126K.

What is Pomona Community Foundation?

Pomona Community Foundation is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Pomona, CA. It holds $336K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Pomona Community Foundation operate?

Pomona Community Foundation has awarded grants in California.

What is Pomona Community Foundation's EIN?

Pomona Community Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 39-2073462. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

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

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS September 27, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS October 11, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 18, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 6, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 9, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 14, 2026)

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