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← COREY C GRIFFIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by COREY C GRIFFIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,533,317
Total expenses
$3,803,325
Contributions and grants received
$4,234,419
Grants paid
$2,063,021
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4,700,823
Other revenue
-$401,925
Total assets, end of year
$25,622,063
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,204,573
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$22,417,490
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,407,249
Management and general expenses
$501,945
Fundraising expenses
$894,131
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,407,249

Program services were 63.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $4,156,290

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $78,129

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $374,298

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $403,441 · excluded $403,441

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $18,860,228

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $14,562,846

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $4,297,382

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,297,382 · excluded $4,297,382

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $542,946

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $4,156,290

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $944,935

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$401,989 · excluded -$401,989

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANOUS INCOME

    total $64 · related or exempt $64

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $64

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,590,485 · program services $1,590,485

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $472,536 · program services $472,536

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $262,987 · program services $52,597 · management and general $78,896 · fundraising $131,494

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $304,800 · program services $73,049 · management and general $49,116 · fundraising $182,635

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $22,724 · program services $5,539 · management and general $2,840 · fundraising $14,345

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $39,951 · program services $8,789 · management and general $8,789 · fundraising $22,373

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,317 · management and general $9,317

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $130,103 · management and general $130,103

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $136,306 · fundraising $136,306

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $80,794 · management and general $80,794

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $299,022 · program services $97,221 · management and general $35,576 · fundraising $166,225

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $139,607 · program services $8,376 · management and general $12,565 · fundraising $118,666

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,029 · program services $5,946 · management and general $5,947 · fundraising $15,136

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $17,252 · program services $9,661 · management and general $7,591

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $40,819 · program services $8,980 · management and general $8,980 · fundraising $22,859

  • 17 · Travel

    total $59,133 · program services $3,548 · management and general $52,628 · fundraising $2,957

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,381 · management and general $2,381

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES, FEES AND LICENSES

    total $71,663 · program services $15,766 · management and general $15,766 · fundraising $40,131

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENTS - INDIRECT COSTS

    total $59,183 · program services $35,128 · management and general $0 · fundraising $24,055

  • 24c · Other expenses: AUDIO AND VIDEO PRODUCT

    total $34,891 · program services $19,230 · management and general $0 · fundraising $15,661

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND PRINTING

    total $2,342 · program services $398 · management and general $656 · fundraising $1,288

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,499,177 · end of year $1,418,084

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $290,791 · end of year $148,016

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $366,619 · end of year $289,536

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $13,384,653 · end of year $17,130,802

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $3,470,641 · end of year $6,556,435

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $79,190

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $106,590 · end of year $131,915

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,663,999 · end of year $1,108,068

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $475,572 · end of year $1,884,809

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $79,781

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,316,161 · end of year $19,577,805

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,449,559 · end of year $2,839,685

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

FOLLOWING COREY'S TRAGIC PASSING ON AUGUST 16TH, 2014, THE GRIFFIN FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS FOUNDED THE COREY C. GRIFFIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.GIVEN HIS INCREDIBLE PASSION FOR LIFE AND UNCOMMON DEDICATION TO PHILANTHROPY, IT WAS NOT DIFFICULT TO MAP OUT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF THE FOUNDATION: IMPROVING THE LIVES OF PRIMARILY BOSTON-AREA CHILDREN THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY'S LEADING EDUCATIONAL AND HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FAITH-BASED INITIATIVES. WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY CHILD SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR FINANCIAL OR HEALTH CIRCUMSTANCES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE COREY C. GRIFFIN FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH LEADING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THE LIVES OF KIDS IN NEED.

  • "COREY'S KIDS" REFERS TO THE CHILDREN THE COREY C. GRIFFIN FOUNDATION CAN POSITIVELY IMPACT THROUGH ITS PILLARS OF FINANCIAL, HUMAN, SOCIAL, AND PHYSICAL CAPITAL. THE TERM WAS ESTABLISHED AS ONE OF ENDEARMENT UPON COREY'S TRAGIC PASSING. COREY'S KIDS INCLUDES THOSE THAT BENEFIT FROM COREY'S KIDS CHRISTMAS, THE ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVE, THROUGH BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INITIATIVES, AND THOSE THAT BENEFIT FROM THE VARIOUS OTHER GRANTS. "COREY'S KIDS" REFER TO ANY CHILD OR YOUTH BENEFITING FROM THE ASSISTANCE. THE ORGANIZATION MAKES GRANTS TO 11 STRATEGIC PARTNERS WITH A FOCUS ON EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. THE PARTNERS THAT THE ORGANIZATION GRANTS TO ARE RON BURTON TRAINING VILLAGE, BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, FRANCISCAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, LAWRENCE CATHOLIC ACADEMY, CAMPAIGN FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, MY BROTHER'S KEEPER, BOSTON PAL, CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SUFFOLK COUNTY, GROW, MAMLEO AND THE ACHIEVE PROGRAM AT NOBLES. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS PROGRAMS THROUGH OTHER NONPROFITS AS WELL. FOR 2025, THE GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TOTALED $1,590,485. DURING COREY'S KIDS CHRISTMAS, THE ORGANIZATION PURCHASED LAPTOPS, SIGNED FOOTBALLS, BAGS AND OTHER GOODS FOR APPROXIMATELY 3,000 KIDS IN NEED. ADDITIONALLY, 4,000 BACKPACKS AND SUPPLIES WERE PURCHASED FOR YOUTH DURING THE ANNUAL BACKPACK DRIVE. THE OVERALL IMPACT OF COREY'S KIDS IS APPROXIMATELY 10,000 KIDS ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $2,407,249 · Grants $2,063,021

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Corey A Griffin

    EX OFFICIO/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Zink

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert E Griffin Jr

    EX OFFICIO/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cathleen A Griffin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael P Griffin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Casey Giudicelli

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Schwartz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Greeley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anthony Aiello

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryan Giudicelli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Greeley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jay Calnan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alex Bain

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam Reasoner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Alibrandi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen Crowley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zach Crump

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sophie Mussafer Griffin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Slater

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Courtney Griffin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Sabo

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jean Egan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anton Melchionda

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Wallrapp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chandra Clark

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $236,998
    From this org
    $210,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,998
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,998
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $236,998
  • Kathleen Gassert

    DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT & SPECIAL EVENTS

    Total calculated
    $162,787
    From this org
    $145,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,787
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,787
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $162,787

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE ORGANIZATION USED COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL REGION, AND AMY KINGMAN (CONSULTANT) WAS USED FOR COMPENSATION PLANNING.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
20 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632369349300883

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