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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 59-2825965

Joy Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Gainesville, FL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $70,803 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. It still lists the details below.

Restrictions
N/A

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $70,803

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $42,699

  • Tax year 2024

    $27,550

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $74,434

  • Tax year 2023

    $10,250

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $52,715

  • Tax year 2022

    $21,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $63,804

  • Tax year 2021

    $32,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $55,644

  • Tax year 2020

    $21,900

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $88,655

  • Tax year 2019

    $16,300

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $51,418

  • Tax year 2018

    $16,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $48,891

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

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

  1. St Jude Children's HospitalMemphis, TN

    Gift. Financial assistance

    $20,000
  2. Christian Care CenterLeesburg, FL

    Gift, financial assistance

    $20,000
  3. Campus OutreachMatthews, NC

    Gift, financial assistance

    $10,000
  4. Shriners Children'sAtlanta, GA

    Gift. Financial assistance

    $10,000
  5. Friendship CmeTavares, FL

    Gift, financial assistance

    $8,903
  6. Boys TownBoys Town, NE

    Gift. Financial assistance

    $1,000
  7. Individual

    Gift, financial assistance

    $700
  8. Tuskegee AirmenTuskegee, AL

    Gift, financial assistance

    $100
  9. Turning Point USAIndianapolis, IN

    Gift, financial assistance

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services2 grants $21,000100% of the total
  2. Mutual benefit1 grant $100<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida2 grants $28,903
  2. Tennessee1 grant $20,000
  3. Georgia1 grant $10,000
  4. North Carolina1 grant $10,000
  5. Nebraska1 grant $1,000
  6. Alabama1 grant $100
  7. Arizona1 grant $100

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Sherry S McLeodPRES/DIR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Kelly NealePRES/DIR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Stacy RiderPRES/DIR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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