Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1984.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
3 people listed on the 990.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Programs and updates
Provides administrative and financial support to tax-exempt charities.
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All of its income to support SEC.501(C)(3) exempt organizations. This organization has received irs approval as a SEC.501(C)(3) organization, and is not a private foundation as it is an organization described in SEC.501(A)
This charitable trust received rental income & interest inc. During its fiscal year. The corpus portion of this trust is $1,075,391. No fund raising is anticipated. This trust will distribute (in accord with its trust agreement).
(c) irs exemption letter dated 10/17/84.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $113K | $112K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $528K | $528K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $118K | $118K | ||
| Management feesLn 11a | $5K | $5K | ||
| Legal feesLn 11b | $2K | $2K | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $125K | $118K | $7K | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $183K | $181K | $3K | $1.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $180K | $134K | $46K | $1.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $133K | $132K | $1K | $1.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $133K | $126K | $7K | $1.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 Viewing | $125K | $125K | −$213 | $1.2M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $125,076 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 4 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $125,076 across 4 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $125,289 across 3 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,244,258 assets, 7 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,244,258 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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