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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 52-2207846

Jack Burbage Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Ocean City, MD. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 11 grants and $55,546 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $55,546

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,827,669
  • Tax year 2023

    $84,798

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,762,748
  • Tax year 2022

    $227,561

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $1,839,781
  • Tax year 2021

    $230,533

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $1,148,073
  • Tax year 2020

    $38,768

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,890
  • Tax year 2019

    $51,257

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $26,688
  • Tax year 2018

    $243,348

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $46,883

Grants paid in 2024

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Indigent Personsocean City, MD

    To provide assistance to indigent families and individuals.

    $11,246
  2. Atlantic General FoundationBerlin, MD

    To provide a coordinated care system with access to quality care, personalized service and education to create a healthy community.

    $11,000
  3. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    To transform medical outcomes in ophthalmology through collaboration, innovation, and compassionate, leading-edge, patient-informed care.

    $10,000
  4. Worcester County Public SchoolsNewark, MD

    To establish a proactive partnership between the community and the public school system by linking community resources with the educational needs of its students to prepare them to succeed.

    $10,000
  5. Seaside Christian AcademyOcean City, MD

    Scholarship fund

    $5,000
  6. Community Foundation of the Eastern ShoreSalisbury, MD

    To provide local organizations with financial support, access to training and professional development, networking and capacity-building resources, designed to enhance the capacity of local organizations to effectively achieve their mission.

    $5,000
  7. The Art League of Ocean CityOcean City, MD

    To bring the visual arts to the community through education, exhibits, scholarship programs and public service projects.

    $1,700
  8. Marlins For Mason IncBerlin, MD

    To promote awareness of Dravet Syndrome and raise funds to donate to the Dravet Syndrome Foundation in support of research toward better treatments and a cure.

    $1,000
  9. The Cricker Center Incberlin, MD

    To create a community response in which abusers are held accountable and children and families experience hope and healing.

    $250
  10. American Cancer SocietyAtlanta, GA

    To improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.

    $250
  11. St Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TN

    To advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay.

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $15,00071% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5,00024% of the total
  3. Health2 grants $1,1005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maryland9 grants $55,196
  2. Georgia1 grant $250
  3. Tennessee1 grant $100

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • John H Burbage JrDirector, President Hours 2Pay $0
  • Barbara Ann RossDirector Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Todd E BurbageDirector, Vice President and Treasurer Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Lou TaylorDirector Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Cheryl TorpayDirector Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Samantha PielstickSecretary Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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