California · Nonprofit
THE EDEN8 FOUNDATION
THE EDEN8 FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500,000 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.0M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $500k
- Net assets
- $5.3M
What The Eden8 Foundation does
Programs
Mighty tails animation series:during 2025, The Eden8 Foundation developed and expanded its flagship educational initiative, mighty tails, to address a gap in the current education system by introducing k-5 students to steam concepts, as identified by founder, ceo, and trustee sarasina tuchen. Recognizing that children begin forming career interests at an early age, the foundation created mighty tails to introduce students to aviation, advanced air mobility (aam), and emerging technologies through engaging educational experiences. During the year, the foundation developed standards-aligned curriculum, educational assets, teacher and classroom resources, hands-on learning activities, and pilot implementation while strengthening partnerships with the aam industry. Mighty tails combines an educational animation series with classroom instruction to inspire curiosity and prepare students for future careers in steam. Additional information is available at www.mightytails.education.
$212,007 spentCareer and technical education program:during the tax year, the foundation continued developing career and technical education (cte) programs in aviation, including drone technology, agtech, and aircraft maintenance technician (amt) training. The foundation's ceo, sarasina tuchen, working with rancho cielo youth campus, led the development of aviation workforce training programs for at-risk high school students, including preparation for faa part 107 remote pilot certification and careers in aircraft maintenance. During 2025, the foundation expended $12,500 to secure hangar and building space at salinas airport to house equipment and provide hands-on training opportunities. These activities furthered the foundation's charitable mission by expanding access to aviation education and workforce development opportunities.
$12,500 spentLift summit conference:during the year, the foundation developed and implemented the lift summit conference, a workforce development and educational conference focused on advancing career opportunities in aviation, advanced air mobility, and related industries. The conference brought together approximately 500 attendees from across the united states, including educators, workforce development professionals, industry leaders, and public sector representatives.the foundation played a leading role in planning and organizing the conference by leveraging its industry relationships, developing the program agenda, curating panel discussions, recruiting speakersincluding retired federal executives and industry expertsand hosting conference events and participants. These activities directly furthered the foundation's charitable mission by promoting education, workforce development, and career and technical training opportunities in emerging aviation industries.
$5,045 spent
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $500k to $5.3M (+967%).
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Sarasina Tuchen
Trustee, CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE EDEN8 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE EDEN8 FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $500k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
THE EDEN8 FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE EDEN8 FOUNDATION?
- THE EDEN8 FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500,000 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE EDEN8 FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $500,000 in grants to THE EDEN8 FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of THE EDEN8 FOUNDATION?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE EDEN8 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 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