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Barnston Koutsaftis Family Foundation

Accepts applications San Francisco, California · EIN 943023917

Barnston Koutsaftis Family Foundation is a private foundation in San Francisco, California. In tax year 2025 it gave $23,500 in 8 grants; the typical grant was $2,500 and the largest $6,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $24,500 the year before.

13% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$19,0009$348,749
2024$24,50010$385,211
2025$23,5008$392,680

How to apply

ContactVassi Koutsaftis
765C Portola Street, San Francisco, CA 94129
Phone or email(415) 602-0112, vassik@gmail.com
What to submitWritten request, charitable purpose

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California5$15,500
New York2$7,000
Washington1$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Mvat Foundation
Sherman Oaks, CA
Charitable purposes of recipient org.$6,000
Planned Parenthood
New York, NY
Charitable purposes of recipient org.$5,000
Make A Wish Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
Charitable purposes of recipient org.$3,500
HRDC Sabal Foundation
Oakland, CA
Charitable purposes of recipient org.$3,000
Doctors Without Borders
New York, NY
Charitable purposes of recipient org.$2,000
Room to Read
San Francisco, CA
Charitable purposes of recipient org.$2,000
11-99 Foundation
Fullerton, CA
Charitable purposes of recipient org.$1,000
A Child's Notebook
Seattle, WA
Charitable purposes of recipient org.$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Barnston Koutsaftis Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Barnston Koutsaftis Family Foundation give?

$23,500 in tax year 2025, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $2,500.

Who runs Barnston Koutsaftis Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Vassi Koutsaftis (Trustee).

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