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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 88-1203665

Mrballen Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Portland, OR. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $187,500 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
Laurie Gift Harris
PO Box 23055
Portland, OR 97281
(971) 202-0098
[email protected]
Form and materials
Apply online at mrballen.foundation. Fill out the honor grant inquiry form in its entirety. Attaching your IRS determination letter and a budget summary for the project you are requesting funds for.
Deadlines
N/A
Restrictions
The honor grants can be used for a wide range of projects or programs. To qualify, your organization must provide services to victims and/or victims' families or heinous, egregious, and/or accidental death or dismemberment.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $187,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $51,997

  • Tax year 2024

    $25,464

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $263,724

  • Tax year 2023

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $28,150

  • Tax year 2022

    $263,989

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $168,785

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Assistance to victims of crime

    $67,500
  2. Individual

    Assistance to victims of crime

    $50,000
  3. A21 USA IncFort Worth, TX

    Assistance to victims of crime

    $25,000
  4. Individual

    Assistance to victims of crime

    $20,000
  5. Individual

    Assistance to victims of crime

    $10,000
  6. Individual

    Assistance to victims of crime

    $10,000
  7. Victims Support ServicesEverett, WA

    Assistance to victims of crime

    $5,000

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 $25,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas1 grant $25,000
  2. Washington1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • John AllenPresident Hours 5Pay $0
  • Laurie Gift HarrisExecutive Dir. Hours 40Pay $55,309
  • Amanda AllenSecretary Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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