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Santa Visits Alviso Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Alviso, CA EIN: 81-0656582 Website

Provides educational opportunities and programs to the alviso community including student scholarships, summer educational programs for students, a reading program at the alviso library, free summer swim lessons for alviso children, as well as, free swim for their families, and our annual christmas program for alviso students.

Santa Visits Alviso Foundation at a glance

In short: Santa Visits Alviso Foundation gave $151K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $151K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$150,570
+50.6% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
-50.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$150,570
+201.1% vs 2024
Median grant
$150,570
Total assets
$1,630,065
+10.5% 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 Santa Visits Alviso Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

George Mayne Elementary: $151KGeorge Mayne Elementary$151K

The largest 2025 recipient was George Mayne Elementary ($151K).

Grant Size Distribution

3 grants across all recorded years

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

The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 3 (33%).

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

AlvisoSan Jose

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K$200K0 grants2020 0 grants2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 2 grants2024 1 grant2025

From 2024 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $100K (2024) to $151K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $151K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
George Mayne Elementary Alviso, CAFor School Equipment & Programs$150,570
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2025$1,630,065$488,327$333,249$150,5701
2024$1,474,987$550,136$253,950$100,0002
2023$1,178,801$263,163$148,591——
2022$1,064,229$273,164$164,321——
2021$955,386$199,306$128,498——
2020$884,578$490,246$143,164——

About Santa Visits Alviso Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Santa Visits Alviso Foundation is a public charity, based in Alviso, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.6M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $151K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Santa Visits Alviso Foundation is led by Richard Santos, Chairman since 2022 (on filings since 2020); none of the 7 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Richard Santos

    Chairman

    Chairman of the Board → Chairman, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Revel

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Judy Santiago

    Founder

    Board Member & Founder → Founder, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    20 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael J. Gross

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rolane Santos

    Secretary

    On filings since 2020

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Wagner

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Albert Estrada

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (2)
  • Former: Ted Lopez (2020–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Albert Stojanovich (2020–2021) — Treasurer

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 Santa Visits Alviso Foundation

How much does Santa Visits Alviso Foundation give each year?

Santa Visits Alviso Foundation gave $151K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $100K across 2 grants.

How large is Santa Visits Alviso Foundation?

Santa Visits Alviso Foundation reported $1.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $488K.

Where does Santa Visits Alviso Foundation operate?

Santa Visits Alviso Foundation has awarded grants in California.

What is Santa Visits Alviso Foundation's EIN?

Santa Visits Alviso Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 81-0656582. 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

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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