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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 63-1154740

Obligation Inc

A private foundation in Birmingham, AL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $14,879 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Jim Metrock
707 Paden Drive
Birmingham, AL 35226
(205) 822-0080
Form and materials
Copy of irc section 501c3 exemption letter
Deadlines
N/A
Restrictions
N/A

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $14,879

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $44,446

  • Tax year 2024

    $11,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $42,363

  • Tax year 2023

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $62,338

  • Tax year 2022

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $68,788

  • Tax year 2021

    $12,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $81,552

  • Tax year 2020

    $3,500

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $94,819

  • Tax year 2019

    $17,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $101,955

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Decisions Choices & OptionsHendersonvlle, TN

    Funding

    $10,000
  2. Eagle Forum of Alabama Education FundMountain BRK, AL

    Funding

    $4,879

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $10,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Tennessee1 grant $10,000
  2. Alabama1 grant $4,879

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Jim MetrockPRESIDENT Hours 30Pay $0

The return

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