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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 23-6298319

Sheerr Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Philadelphia, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 22 grants and $13,875 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

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

    $13,875

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $215,618

  • Tax year 2024

    $16,960

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $219,464

  • Tax year 2023

    $13,675

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $226,230

  • Tax year 2022

    $13,725

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $230,180

  • Tax year 2021

    $14,125

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $238,412

  • Tax year 2020

    $11,375

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $246,959

Grants paid in 2025

22 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

The listed grants do not add up to the reported total.

  1. Individual

    General

    $2,000
  2. Individual

    General

    $1,250
  3. Individual

    General

    $1,000
  4. Boston UniversityAllston, MA

    Education

    $1,000
  5. Chestnut Hill SchoolPhiladelphia, PA

    General

    $1,000
  6. Individual

    General

    $1,000
  7. Individual

    General

    $650
  8. Oakstone AcademyWest Palm Beac, FL

    Education

    $500
  9. Individual

    General

    $500
  10. Klehr Center for JewishLancaster, PA

    General

    $500
  11. Morgan Pressel FDNBoca Raton, FL

    General

    $500
  12. Individual

    General

    $500
  13. Beth Shalom Pres FDNElkins Park, PA

    General

    $500
  14. Brothers for LifeNew York, NY

    General

    $500
  15. Individual

    Education

    $250
  16. Ma General HospitalBoston, MA

    General

    $250
  17. Individual

    General

    $200
  18. Individual

    General

    $150
  19. Individual

    General

    $125
  20. Individual

    General

    $100
  21. Individual

    General

    $100
  22. Museum of the AmericanPhiladelphia, PA

    General

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania4 grants $2,100
  2. Massachusetts2 grants $1,250
  3. Florida2 grants $1,000
  4. New York1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Richard SheerrTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Betsy SheerrTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Melanie SheerrTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lauren Sheerr BeshearsTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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