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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-1611615

Memorial Foundation for the Blind Inc

A private foundation in Worcester, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $388,029 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Mar 31, 2026), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Awards and grants to serve the needs and promote the general welfare of visually impaired residents of worcester county, massachusetts.

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Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $388,029

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $6,687,942

  • Tax year 2024

    $287,858

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $6,157,460

  • Tax year 2023

    $291,973

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $6,092,511

  • Tax year 2022

    $282,566

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $5,180,483

  • Tax year 2021

    $289,136

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $5,854,669

  • Tax year 2020

    $225,628

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $5,677,338

  • Tax year 2019

    $288,736

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $4,061,641

  • Tax year 2018

    $266,792

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,652,955

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    Scholarships and equipment assistance

    $148,029
  2. Mab Community ServicesWorcester, MA

    General support

    $120,000
  3. Audio JournalWorcester, MA

    General support

    $120,000

Approved for future payment

3 grants

Approved in 2025 and not yet paid.

  1. Mab Community ServicesWorcester, MA

    General support

    $138,000
  2. Audio JournalWorcester, MA

    General support

    $120,000
  3. Individual

    Scholarships and equipment assistance

    $22,154

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Human services1 grant $120,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts2 grants $240,000

Officers, directors and trustees

16 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • James GettensDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Alison BellDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Kristen PetersonDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Ashley K KrinerTREASURER Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Elizabeth MyskaDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Demetra EdwardsDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Gary PetersonDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Joseph ReidyDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Jane WeismanCLERK Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Kathryn Woods DelisoDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Noreen SheaDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Keith WilleteDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • David DunhamVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Larry RaymondPRESIDENT Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Janelle TanenbaumASSISTANT TREASURER Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Karen McCarthyDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0

The return

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