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Form 990-PFTax year 2018EIN 20-5840252

Joyce Proler Schechter Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Houston, TX. Its return for tax year 2018 lists 11 grants and $90,198 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2018 (period ending Dec 31, 2018), 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

1 return on file

Tax year 2018 is the only return we have read for this foundation so far.

  • Tax year 2018

    $90,198

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2018

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Houston Geriatric FoundationHouston, TX

    Charitable

    $75,000
  2. Houston Metropolitan MinistriesHouston, TX

    Charitable

    $10,000
  3. Congregation Beth YeshurunHouston, TX

    Charitable

    $1,800
  4. Houston Area Parkinson SocietyHouston, TX

    Medical research

    $1,000
  5. Fleischer Institute for Diabetes and MetabolismBronx, NY

    Charitable

    $1,000
  6. Star of Hope MissionHouston, TX

    Charitable services for the homeless

    $399
  7. Houston SPCAHouston, TX

    Animal cruelty prevention

    $300
  8. Houston Humane SocietyHouston, TX

    Animal cruelty prevention

    $299
  9. Mutts with A MissionWashington, DC

    Charitable

    $200
  10. St Jude's Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TN

    Medical services for children

    $100
  11. Paralyzed Veterans of AmericaCrosby, TX

    Charitable

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Housing and shelter1 grant $39957% of the total
  2. Animals1 grant $29943% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas8 grants $88,898
  2. New York1 grant $1,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $200
  4. Tennessee1 grant $100

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Joyce P SchechterDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Arthur SchechterDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Leslie S KarpasDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jennifer S RosenDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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