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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-2785455

Mercury Wire Products Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Spencer, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 13 grants and $25,013 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $25,013

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $525,088

  • Tax year 2023

    $25,013

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $513,126

  • Tax year 2022

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $462,969

  • Tax year 2021

    $30,951

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $454,665

  • Tax year 2020

    $30,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $495,103

  • Tax year 2019

    $19,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $476,065

  • Tax year 2018

    $23,250

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $459,460

  • Tax year 2017

    $21,800

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $436,681

Grants paid in 2024

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Dare MassachusettsMalden, MA

    Community

    $4,000
  2. Abby HouseWorcester, MA

    Community

    $3,000
  3. Leukemia Research FoundationWilmette, IL

    Community

    $3,000
  4. You IncWorcester, MA

    Community

    $2,500
  5. Healthnetwork FoundationCleveland, OH

    Medical research

    $2,500
  6. Chip inCharlton, MA

    Community

    $2,000
  7. Festival of Giving TreesSouthbridge, MA

    Community

    $2,000
  8. National Pediatric Cancer SocietyTampa, MD

    Medical

    $2,000
  9. University of the CumberlandsWilliamsburg, KY

    Education

    $1,000
  10. Tarentino Charitable FundLeicester, MA

    Community

    $1,000
  11. Leicester Senior CenterLeicester, MA

    Community

    $1,000
  12. Pan Mass ChallengeNeedham, MA

    Medical research

    $513
  13. Seven Hills FoundationWorcester, MA

    Community

    $500

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 $2,50071% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $1,00029% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts9 grants $16,513
  2. Illinois1 grant $3,000
  3. Ohio1 grant $2,500
  4. Maryland1 grant $2,000
  5. Kentucky1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Robert YardTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Christopher YardTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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