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Cable Family Foundation

Accepts applications Newport Beach, California · EIN 562549819

Cable Family Foundation is a private foundation in Newport Beach, California. In tax year 2024 it gave $246,500 in 28 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $37,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $179,150 the year before.

39% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$179,15024$4.3 million
2024$246,50028$5.2 million

How to apply

ContactKristie Polos
PO Box 12794, Newport Beach, CA 92658
Phone or email(949) 706-7144
What to submitThe applicant should send a letter stating its charitable purpose, the amount of monies requested, and documentation sustaining its tax-exempt status under the internal revenue code.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Cable Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 10 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California15$121,500
Arizona1$37,500
Florida3$17,500
Idaho2$15,000
Maryland2$15,000
New York1$10,000
Texas1$10,000
Virginia1$10,000
North Carolina1$5,000
Tennessee1$5,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 28 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Child Help
Scottsdale, AZ
Program support$37,500
Mater Dei High School
Santa Ana, CA
Program support$11,500
American Diabetes Assoc
Arlington, VA
Program support$10,000
Anteater Aquatics Foundation
Irvine, CA
Program support$10,000
BCCC Scholarship Fund
Baltimore, MD
Program support$10,000
Beach Fund
Long Beach, CA
Program support$10,000
Better Together Animal Alliance
Ponderay, ID
Program support$10,000
California Homebuilding Foundation
Sacramento, CA
Program support$10,000
City of Hope
Duarte, CA
Program support$10,000
Homeaid Oc
Tustin, CA
Program support$10,000
Pebble Beach Company Foundation
Pebble Beach, CA
Program support$10,000
Susan G Komen
Dallas, TX
Program support$10,000
The Uci Foundation
Irvine, CA
Program support$10,000
Tunnel to Towers Foundation
Staten Island, NY
Program support$10,000
West Coast Labrador Retriever Rescue
Simi Valley, CA
Program support$10,000
Wounded Warrior Project
Jacksonville, FL
Program support$10,000
Bradley Rofer Foundation
Coto de Caza, CA
Program support$5,000
Building Futures & Friends
Newport Beach, CA
Program support$5,000
Choc Foundation
Orange, CA
Program support$5,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Bethesda, MD
Program support$5,000
K9'S for Warriors
Ponte Vedra, FL
Program support$5,000
Magical Builders
Newport Beach, CA
Program support$5,000
Panhandle Alliance for Education
Sandpoint, ID
Program support$5,000
Patrick's Purpose Foundation
Newport Beach, CA
Program support$5,000
Royal Family Kids Temecula
Temecula, CA
Program support$5,000
Samaritan's Purse
Boone, NC
Program support$5,000
St Jude Childrens Research
Memphis, TN
Program support$5,000
National Meningitis Association
Fort Myers, FL
Program support$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Cable Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Cable Family Foundation give?

$246,500 in tax year 2024, across 28 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs Cable Family Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Wade Cable (Trustee), Susan Cable (Trustee), Kristie Polos (Trustee) and Mollie Butcher (Trustee) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does Cable Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly youth programs, education and health.

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