TRANSPARENT FISH FUND INC

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $292K · expenses $256K · assets $355K

Also known as

TRANSPARENT FISH FUND

EIN

45-2885139

Address

171 MAIN ST 658, LOS ALTOS, CA 94022-2912

Website

www.tfishfund.org

NTEE code

Q33 International Relief (International, Foreign Affairs and National Security) published (IRS Business Master File)

FURP topic

science: research education · shelter: homeless (from its 990 text; the topic index)

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

September 2011 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))

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Mission

TRANSPARENT FISH FUND IS A 501(C)(3) US NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 2011 IN PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES TO CONNECT CREDIBLE CHINESE AND EAST ASIAN GRASSROOTS NGOS WITH INDIVIDUALS FROM THE WEST. THE GREATER MISSION BEHIND THIS WORK IS TO FOSTER A SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM NGO CULTURE IN EAST ASIA, AND IN DOING SO, SPREAD A GLOBAL SPIRIT OF PHILANTHROPY.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 8 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

8 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Funders of this organization

5 grantors reported grants to this organization, $2,369,673 in all, tax years 2011 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.