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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-3402003

Lucy I Sherman Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Newton Centre, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 8 grants and $22,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $22,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $130,948

  • Tax year 2023

    $22,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $150,544

  • Tax year 2022

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $157,759

  • Tax year 2021

    $19,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $175,379

  • Tax year 2020

    $27,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $192,898

  • Tax year 2019

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $201,602

  • Tax year 2018

    $23,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $218,739

Grants paid in 2024

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. International Rescue Committee IncNew York, NY

    Charitable

    $15,000
  2. Doctors Without Borders USA IncNew York, NY

    Medical

    $2,000
  3. Oxfam-America IncBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $2,000
  4. Safe Passage FoundationNew Gloucester, ME

    Charitable

    $1,000
  5. WGBH Educational FoundationBrighton, MA

    Educational

    $1,000
  6. Tenacity IncBrighton, MA

    Charitable

    $500
  7. American Indian College FundDenver, CO

    Charitable

    $500
  8. Mhsa Massachusetts Housing and Shelter AliianceBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid3 grants $19,00093% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $1,0005% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $5002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York2 grants $17,000
  2. Massachusetts4 grants $4,000
  3. Maine1 grant $1,000
  4. Colorado1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Lucy I ShermanPRESIDENT & TREASURER Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Richard SabinCLERK Hours 0.01Pay $0
  • William ShermanDIRECTOR Hours 0.01Pay $0

The return

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