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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 83-4336128

The Matthew 25 Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Franklin, TN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $42,000 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.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $42,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $930,241

  • Tax year 2024

    $41,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $941,373

  • Tax year 2023

    $44,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $963,101

  • Tax year 2022

    $42,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $974,817

  • Tax year 2021

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $927,218

  • Tax year 2020

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $966,809

  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Human Life FoundationNew York, NY

    General use

    $15,000
  2. Thomas More SocietyChicago, IL

    General use

    $12,000
  3. Americans United for LifeWashington, DC

    General use

    $8,000
  4. Anglicans for LifeAmbridge, PA

    General use

    $7,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Crime and legal aid1 grant $12,00044% of the total
  2. Civil rights1 grant $8,00030% of the total
  3. Religion1 grant $7,00026% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $15,000
  2. Illinois1 grant $12,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $8,000
  4. Pennsylvania1 grant $7,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • W Ross BlackburnDIR/PRES/SEC Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Laura B BlackburnDIR/VP/TREAS Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • William Wharton Blackburn IIDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0

The return

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