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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 06-1733999

The Jerry Schuman Foundation

A private foundation in Silver Spring, MD. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $28,000 paid in grants.

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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

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
No
Restrictions
Various

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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

    $28,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $524,154

  • Tax year 2024

    $21,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $518,834

  • Tax year 2023

    $24,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $499,681

  • Tax year 2022

    $19,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $484,339

  • Tax year 2021

    $21,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $463,576

  • Tax year 2020

    $12,250

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $469,146

  • Tax year 2019

    $52,250

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $463,370

  • Tax year 2018

    $28,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $469,415

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Whirlwind Wheelchairs InternationalSan Francisco, CA

    General contribution

    $10,000
  2. Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of FriendsSandy Spring RD, MD

    General contribution

    $8,000
  3. Thelma E Ricks Scholarship Fund Sharp Street United Methodist ChurchOlney, MD

    General contribution

    $5,000
  4. Olney HelpOlney, MD

    General contribution

    $2,000
  5. So Others May EatWashington, DC

    General contribution

    $2,000
  6. Institute of Musical TraditionsSilver Spring, MD

    General contribution

    $1,000

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 $2,00067% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $1,00033% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maryland4 grants $16,000
  2. California1 grant $10,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Eleanor FisherDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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