The Dayan Foundation

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Los Altos Hills, California · EIN 77-0551890 · Private foundation

Grants paid (2025)$480K

Organizations funded5

Typical grant$25,000

Total assets$13.5M

Half of its grants to organizations were between $5,000 and $200,000.

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From the return

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On its return for tax year 2025 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

Children & Youth1
Education1

Where it gives

60% of grants went outside California.

Where it gives most, by cause

Its largest causes in a single state on the latest return. Each page shows the leading foundations that fund the same cause there, with their largest grants.

Grants paid in tax year 2025

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
American Ben Gurion University	New York, NY	charitable	$225,000
Oshman Family Jewish Community Cent	Palo Alto, CA	charitable	$200,000
American Technion Society	New York, NY	charitable	$25,000
South Peninsula Hebrew Day School	Sunnyvale, CA	Charitable	$5,000
PEF Israel Endowment Funds Inc	New York, NY	charitable	$3,550

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The return also lists 4 grants to individuals ($21,360). We do not publish the names of individual recipients.

Giving by year

Tax year	Grants paid	Grant lines
2025	$479,910	9
2024	$329,782	6
2023	$344,199	11

Sources

IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed May 29, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202641499349100914
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 77-0551890
Profile updated Nov 12, 2026

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