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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 74-6515281

Shermer Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Pennington, NJ. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $25,696 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

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

    $25,696

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $186,742
  • Tax year 2024

    $23,844

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $188,815
  • Tax year 2023

    $24,110

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $189,074
  • Tax year 2022

    $23,579

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $201,915
  • Tax year 2021

    $30,584

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $209,249

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Hospice of the Florida Suncoast IncLakewood Ranch, FL

    Unrestricted general

    $7,709
  2. Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches IncLive Oak, FL

    Unrestricted general

    $5,139
  3. Morton Plant Mease Health Care Foundation IncClearwater, FL

    Unrestricted general

    $5,139
  4. Everybody's Tabernacle Inc Homeless Empowerment ProgramClearwater, FL

    Unrestricted general

    $5,139
  5. The Salvation ArmyBrookhaven, GA

    Unrestricted general

    $2,570

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $7,70960% of the total
  2. Youth development1 grant $5,13940% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida4 grants $23,126
  2. Georgia1 grant $2,570

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Bank of America N ATRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $4,111
  • Linda Beth VitaleTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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