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Torrance Education Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Torrance, CA EIN: 33-0506936 Website

This foundation is set up to provide financial support to the public schools in the torrance unified school district in order to provide a high quality of public education.

Torrance Education Foundation at a glance

In short: Torrance Education Foundation gave $299K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $299K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$299,419
+11.6% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$299,419
+11.6% vs 2024
Median grant
$299,419
Total assets
$2,016,108
+7.9% 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 Torrance Education Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Tusd: $299KTusd$299K

The largest 2025 recipient was Tusd ($299K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K2$100–250K3$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 3 grants of 5 (60%).

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

Torrance

How Torrance Education Foundation gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−17%). 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$200K$400K$600K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $239K (2023) to $516K (2019). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $299K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Tusd Torrance, CATo Enhance VAR. Educational Prog.$299,419
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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$2,016,108$821,716$743,560$299,4191$6,635
2024$1,869,127$1,031,874$620,985$268,4001$4,707
2023$1,594,093$848,755$712,862$238,9661$4,221
2022$1,509,178$847,115$754,879$362,7521$3,161
2021$1,191,204$933,400$707,031$248,1211$2,796
2020$1,014,391$1,121,508$862,603$275,4621$15,801
2019$928,822$1,182,425$1,311,790$515,9231$15,026

About Torrance Education Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Torrance Education Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Torrance, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $299K. Net investment income was $7K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Torrance Education Foundation is led by Patrick Furey, President on every filing since 2022; none of the 4 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Patrick Furey

    President

    On filings since 2022

    8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Emi Morimoto

    Vice President

    Secretary → 2nd Vice President, 2021

    2nd Vice President → Vice President, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patrick Lefevre

    Secretary

    On filings since 2022

    8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eunice Lee

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2023

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (7)
  • Former: Katie Pandolfo (2021–2022) — Vice President
  • Former: Eunice Kim (2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Martha Deutsch (2019–2021) — President
  • Former: Cristina Chin Flores (2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: Teresa Furey (2021) — Vice President
  • Former: Brian Sunshine (2019–2020) — Vice President
  • Former: Camilla Seferian (2019–2020) — Treasurer

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 Torrance Education Foundation

How much does Torrance Education Foundation give each year?

Torrance Education Foundation gave $299K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $268K across 1 grant.

How large is Torrance Education Foundation?

Torrance Education Foundation reported $2.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $822K.

What is Torrance Education Foundation?

Torrance Education Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Torrance, CA. It holds $2.0M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Torrance Education Foundation operate?

Torrance Education Foundation has awarded grants in California.

What is Torrance Education Foundation's EIN?

Torrance Education Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 33-0506936. 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

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 12, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 6, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 16, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 10, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS October 14, 2025)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 15, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

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