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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 11-2725073

The Herbert M Karol Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 1 grant and $10,000 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
The Herbert M Karol Foundation
321 Newbury Street 2nd Floor
Boston, MA 02115
(781) 891-6660
Form and materials
A written application letter enumerating the name, address, tax status and contact information of the agency requesting the funding, the principal purpose for which the funding will be used, the amount of funding requested, and the requested delivery date of the funding.
Deadlines
None none
Restrictions
High level of research on brain tumor and breast cancer.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $67,554

  • Tax year 2023

    $13,334

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $74,348

  • Tax year 2022

    $16,666

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $56,934

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $63,681

  • Tax year 2020

    $11,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $60,176

  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $106,481

  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $103,779

Grants paid in 2024

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Play for PinkNew York, NY

    Breast cancer research pledge

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Crime and legal aid1 grant $10,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Steven E KarolPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Joan L KarolCHAIRPERSON Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jane M KarolSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0
  • William S KarolDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Howard CooperTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Thomas D KarolDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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