The Panama Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Birmingham, AL EIN: 46-1791098

The Panama Foundation is a private foundation, based in Birmingham, AL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2024.

The Panama Foundation at a glance

Revenue (2024)
$7,965
+54.2% vs 2023
Expenses (2024)
$7,781
+31.1% vs 2023
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2024 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2024; updated October 2026.

Who The Panama Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

2 grants across all recorded years

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

The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 2 (100%).

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$5K$10K$15K0 grants2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024

From 2020 to 2021, annual grant giving ranged from $10K (2020) to $12K (2021). In 2021 it made 1 grant totaling $12K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Foundation San Jose Education and Nutricion$12,288
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsDistributable Amount
2024—$7,965$7,781————
2023$143$5,165$5,934———$30
2022$912$7,955$7,371——$1,200—
2021$1,524$13,024$12,360$12,2881——
2020$860$10,773$11,191$9,6001—$25
2019$1,278$11,778$11,518———$13

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

The Panama Foundation is led by Freddy Guerra, Chairman on every filing since 2019; none of the 3 officers listed in 2024 report compensation.

Officers on the 2024 filing

  • Freddy Guerra

    Chairman

    On filings since 2019

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dilia I. Guerra

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Juan Campos

    Officer

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2024. "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 The Panama Foundation

What is The Panama Foundation's EIN?

The Panama Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 46-1791098. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2024.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS September 9, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS October 6, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS October 6, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 15, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS September 26, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 15, 2025)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

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