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Louise A and Walter H Sullivan Foundation

Accepts applications Foster City, California · EIN 946061290

Louise A and Walter H Sullivan Foundation is a private foundation in Foster City, California. In tax year 2025 it gave $31,000 in 14 grants; the typical grant was $2,000 and the largest $4,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was up from $28,150 the year before.

21% of its 2025 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$34,85013$212,512
2024$28,15013$209,791
2025$31,00014$194,685

How to apply

ContactErica Fuller
906 Aruba Lane, Foster City, CA 94404
Phone or email(650) 345-6959
What to submitTypewritten information regarding purpose of organization
RestrictionsMust be a qualified charitable, religious, educational, or medical organization

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Louise A and Walter H Sullivan Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California6$10,200
District of Columbia2$5,300
Idaho1$4,500
Oregon2$4,000
Rhode Island1$3,000
Connecticut1$2,000
Massachusetts1$2,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 14 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Sun Valley Community School Inc
Sun Valley, ID
General support$4,500
Stevenson School
Pebble Beach, CA
General support$3,900
World Central Kitchen
Washington, DC
General support$3,000
Jacques Pepin Foundaton
Barrington, RI
General support$3,000
Menlo College
Atherton, CA
General support$2,300
Oceana
Washington, DC
General support$2,300
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
General support$2,000
KLCC
Eugene, OR
General support$2,000
Friends of KVRM
Eugene, OR
General support$2,000
Samaratin House
San Mateo, CA
General support$2,000
Yale Rowing Club
New Haven, CT
General support$2,000
Redwood High School Foundation
Larkspur, CA
General support$1,500
The Thacher School
Ojai, CA
General support$250
Santa Catalina School
Monterey, CA
General support$250

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Louise A and Walter H Sullivan Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Louise A and Walter H Sullivan Foundation give?

$31,000 in tax year 2025, across 14 grants, with a typical grant of $2,000.

Who runs Louise A and Walter H Sullivan Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Walter H Sullivan (Trustee) and Erica S Fuller (Trustee).

What does Louise A and Walter H Sullivan Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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