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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 06-1603828

The Jim Parke Foundation

A private foundation in Seneca, SC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $715,500 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), 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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $715,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $6,240,056
  • Tax year 2024

    $877,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $6,325,133
  • Tax year 2023

    $378,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $6,526,636
  • Tax year 2022

    $743,302

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $7,007,586
  • Tax year 2021

    $587,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $6,701,508
  • Tax year 2019

    $417,200

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $5,384,326

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. YMCASeneca, SC

    General support

    $250,000
  2. Oconee Memorial Hospital FoundationSeneca, SC

    Support of the hospice crippen endowment

    $200,000
  3. BuildonStamford, CT

    Support student service learning programs

    $100,000
  4. Aiken Senior Life ServicesAiken, SC

    General support

    $50,000
  5. Fort Peck Fine Arts CouncilGlasgow, MT

    Support operation of the fort peck theatre

    $25,000
  6. Susan G KomenDallas, TX

    Support breast cancer research

    $25,000
  7. Healing Pines Respite IncChapel Hill, NC

    General support

    $20,000
  8. Boy Scouts of America Blue Ridge CouncilGreenville, SC

    Support scouting programs

    $10,000
  9. Grace's ClosetWalhalla, SC

    General support

    $10,000
  10. Trustees of Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  11. Teach HaitWheaton, IL

    General support

    $5,000
  12. UT FoundationKnoxville, TN

    General support

    $5,000
  13. Episcopal High SchoolBellaire, TX

    Educational support

    $4,500
  14. St Judes Childrens Research HospitalMemphis, TN

    General support

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health3 grants $245,00055% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $100,00022% of the total
  3. Human services2 grants $60,00013% of the total
  4. Arts and culture1 grant $25,0006% of the total
  5. Education2 grants $14,5003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. South Carolina5 grants $520,000
  2. Connecticut1 grant $100,000
  3. Texas2 grants $29,500
  4. Montana1 grant $25,000
  5. North Carolina1 grant $20,000
  6. New York1 grant $10,000
  7. Tennessee2 grants $6,000
  8. Illinois1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Marilyn Jo ParkeTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Dacia Fuhrman GonzalesTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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