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Form 990-PFTax year 2023EIN 83-3120431

Good Works Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2023 lists 2 grants and $5,551 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2023 (period ending Dec 31, 2023), 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.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Email
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2023

    $5,551

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2022

    $38,058

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $8,294

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $47,564

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $13,006

Grants paid in 2023

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Plummer Youth PromiseSalem, MA

    Unrestricted gift for its general purposes

    $5,051
  2. Al-Marhama Islamic Burial ServicesBrighton, MA

    Unrestricted gift for its general purposes

    $500

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 $5,051100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts2 grants $5,551

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Jerry S FriedmanPRESIDENT Hours 5Pay $0
  • Jerry S FriedmanTREASURER Hours 5Pay $0
  • Adam B PatonCLERK Hours 1Pay $0
  • Laura J RodgersDIRECTOR Hours 10Pay $0

The return

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