The Tabasgo Foundation is a foundation based in Santa Barbara, California headed by Wayne Rosing and Dorothy Largay, who are the president and secretary respectively. 1 In 2019, the organization gave $103,836 to the Voter Registration Project for its Everybody Votes project. 2
Finances
According to the Tabasgo Foundation’s 2021 tax returns, the Tabasgo Foundation had $102,061 in total revenue and $11,791 in operating expenses, and it also had $804,820 in total assets at the end of the year. 3 The organization did not pay out any grants in 2021. 3
Grantmaking
According to the organization’s 2020 tax returns, it only gives grants to a preselected number of organizations and does not consider unsolicited funding requests. 4 In 2019, the organization gave $103,836 to the Voter Registration Project for its Everybody Votes project. 5 The Tabasgo Foundation also gave $400,000 in both 2018 and 2019 to Direct Relief International for the Alleviate Poverty project. 2 6 The organization previously supported astronomy research at the Las Cumbres Observatory. 7
References
- Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). 2021. Part VII. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/651251997/202232599349100708/full. Accessed June 24, 2023.
- Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). 2019. Part XV. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/651251997/202032449349101013/full. Accessed July 12, 2023.
- Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). 2021. Part I. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/651251997/202232599349100708/full. Accessed June 24, 2023.
- Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). 2020. Part XV. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/651251997/202102479349100400/full. Accessed July 12, 2023.
- [1] Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). 2019. Part XV. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/651251997/202032449349101013/full. Accessed July 12, 2023.
- Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). 2018. Part XV. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/651251997/11_2019_prefixes_59-71%2F651251997_201812_990PF_2019111216838856. Accessed July 12, 2023.
- Las Cumbres Observatory. “LCOGT becomes Las Cumbres Observatory.” October 14, 2016. https://lco.global/news/lcogt-becomes-las-cumbres-observatory/.