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PER FOUNDATION

PER FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,200 to it, the largest being THE TEBO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2020
$2
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$5k
Net assets
$0
0/2 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Per Foundation does

Mission

To undertake educational, research, and public outreach endeavors relating to mental illness and psychiatry.

As stated on its FY2020 Form 990-EZ.

Program

The PER Advocacy Award:This award is presented during the PER Annual meetings. To date, PER has awarded SIX Advocacy Awards.PER Support and Alliance with NAMI and Mental Illness Awareness Programs:PER has been contributing funds yearly for Mental Illness Awareness activities in our community and other projects promoting mental health. PER has a very special and close relationship with NAMI since its inception when Carla and Brian Jacobs were part of the PER Founders. NAMI members continue to be key members of the PER Advisory Board and PER is an annual contributor to NAMI Walks in our community.PER Psychiatric Resident Support for Attendance at Annual CPA Meetings:Beginning in 2009, PER is contributing annually by funding several psychiatric residents from the SCPS area psychiatric training programs to attend the October California Psychiatric Associations annual meeting. In funding this program the PER Foundation is promoting the professional development of future psychiatrists by encouraging their active participation in life long learning and as a way of welcoming them as future members of the psychiatric profession.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($8k) Expenses 100 ($13k) Net assets 100 ($23k)2018 Revenue 13 ($1k) Expenses 69 ($9k) Net assets 65 ($15k)2019 Revenue 140 ($11k) Expenses 65 ($8k) Net assets 77 ($18k)2020 Revenue 0 ($2) Expenses 136 ($18k) Net assets 0 ($0)
2017201820192020
Revenue (0)Expenses (136)Net assets (0)

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $18k to $0 (−100%).

$23k
$15k
$18k
$0
2017201820192020
Total assets

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

−$5k
’17
−$8k
’18
$3k
’19
−$18k
’20
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of PER FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

PER FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

96%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of PER FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

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In California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PER FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds PER FOUNDATION?
PER FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,200 to it, the largest being THE TEBO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PER FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $5,200 in grants to PER FOUNDATION.
Who is the largest funder of PER FOUNDATION?
THE TEBO FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PER FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2020 (financials across 2017–2020), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing