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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 34-1574370

The Kurtz Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Independence, OH. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $16,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Mar 31, 2026), 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

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

    $16,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,028
  • Tax year 2024

    $65,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $18,462
  • Tax year 2023

    $40,500

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $29,495
  • Tax year 2022

    $250,158

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $65,736
  • Tax year 2021

    $225,693

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $122,747
  • Tax year 2020

    $385,993

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $199,381
  • Tax year 2019

    $328,140

    Grants listed
    45
    Assets, end of year
    $240,643
  • Tax year 2018

    $174,330

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $369,531

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Hands TogetherSpringfield, MA

    General

    $15,000
  2. House of ChampionsCleveland, OH

    General

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $1,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts1 grant $15,000
  2. Ohio1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • John T KurtzPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Gregory P KurtzVICE-PRES Hours 0Pay $0
  • Thomas A KurtzSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0
  • Mike ShinnerTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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