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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 88-6650516

Jack Murphy Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 2 grants and $25,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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
Ronald Douglas Murphy
106 Appleton Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 787-5551
Form and materials
N/A
Deadlines
N/A
Restrictions
The foundation may make qualifying distributions directly to organizations which qualify as exempt under section 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(2) of the internal revenue code (L.R.C.) or corresponding section of any future federal tax code. The foundation may also make distributions for charitable, scientific, literary and educational purposes and the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, as such terms have been and shall be defined under sections 170(c), 501(c)(3), 2055(a) and 2522(a) of the i.r.c.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $387,156

  • Tax year 2023

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $361,805

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $196,877

Grants paid in 2024

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Elevate YouthSomerville, MA

    General

    $12,500
  2. National Outdoor Leadership SchoolLander, WY

    General

    $12,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment1 grant $12,50050% of the total
  2. Youth development1 grant $12,50050% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts1 grant $12,500
  2. Wyoming1 grant $12,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Ronald Douglas MurphyTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $0
  • Jeanine K MurphyTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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