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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$4,156,290
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$78,129
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$374,298
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3 · Investment income
total $403,441 · excluded $403,441
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $18,860,228
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $14,562,846
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $4,297,382
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $4,297,382 · excluded $4,297,382
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$542,946
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$4,156,290
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$944,935
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$401,989 · excluded -$401,989
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANOUS INCOME
total $64 · related or exempt $64
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11e · Other revenue, total
$64
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $1,590,485 · program services $1,590,485
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $472,536 · program services $472,536
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $262,987 · program services $52,597 · management and general $78,896 · fundraising $131,494
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $304,800 · program services $73,049 · management and general $49,116 · fundraising $182,635
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $22,724 · program services $5,539 · management and general $2,840 · fundraising $14,345
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $39,951 · program services $8,789 · management and general $8,789 · fundraising $22,373
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11b · Fees: legal
total $9,317 · management and general $9,317
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $130,103 · management and general $130,103
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $136,306 · fundraising $136,306
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $80,794 · management and general $80,794
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11g · Fees: other
total $299,022 · program services $97,221 · management and general $35,576 · fundraising $166,225
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $139,607 · program services $8,376 · management and general $12,565 · fundraising $118,666
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13 · Office expenses
total $27,029 · program services $5,946 · management and general $5,947 · fundraising $15,136
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14 · Information technology
total $17,252 · program services $9,661 · management and general $7,591
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16 · Occupancy
total $40,819 · program services $8,980 · management and general $8,980 · fundraising $22,859
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17 · Travel
total $59,133 · program services $3,548 · management and general $52,628 · fundraising $2,957
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23 · Insurance
total $2,381 · management and general $2,381
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24a · Other expenses: DUES, FEES AND LICENSES
total $71,663 · program services $15,766 · management and general $15,766 · fundraising $40,131
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24b · Other expenses: EVENTS - INDIRECT COSTS
total $59,183 · program services $35,128 · management and general $0 · fundraising $24,055
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24c · Other expenses: AUDIO AND VIDEO PRODUCT
total $34,891 · program services $19,230 · management and general $0 · fundraising $15,661
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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.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $2,499,177 · end of year $1,418,084
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $290,791 · end of year $148,016
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $366,619 · end of year $289,536
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $13,384,653 · end of year $17,130,802
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $3,470,641 · end of year $6,556,435
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $79,190
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $106,590 · end of year $131,915
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $1,663,999 · end of year $1,108,068
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $475,572 · end of year $1,884,809
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $79,781
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $15,316,161 · end of year $19,577,805
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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.
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"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
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Corey A GriffinCOREY A GRIFFIN
EX OFFICIO/DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joseph ZinkJOSEPH ZINK
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Robert E Griffin JrROBERT E GRIFFIN JR
EX OFFICIO/DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Cathleen A GriffinCATHLEEN A GRIFFIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michael P GriffinMICHAEL P GRIFFIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Casey GiudicelliCASEY GIUDICELLI
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeff SchwartzJEFF SCHWARTZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michael GreeleyMICHAEL GREELEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Anthony AielloANTHONY AIELLO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bryan GiudicelliBRYAN GIUDICELLI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Thomas GreeleyTHOMAS GREELEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jay CalnanJAY CALNAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alex BainALEX BAIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Adam ReasonerADAM REASONER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Steve AlibrandiSTEVE ALIBRANDI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ellen CrowleyELLEN CROWLEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Zach CrumpZACH CRUMP
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sophie Mussafer GriffinSOPHIE MUSSAFER GRIFFIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Matthew SlaterMATTHEW SLATER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Courtney GriffinCOURTNEY GRIFFIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Chris SaboCHRIS SABO
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jean EganJEAN EGAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Anton MelchiondaANTON MELCHIONDA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris WallrappCHRIS WALLRAPP
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Chandra ClarkCHANDRA 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
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Kathleen GassertKATHLEEN 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
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$385,000
SCHOLARSHIPS AND TEACHERS COMPENSATION
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RON BURTON TRAILING VILLAGE INC
$340,000
SUPPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND OPERATIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
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$200,000
SUPPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND OPERATIONS
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GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
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$110,000
SUPPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND OPERATIONS
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$60,000
STAFF BONUSES
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SCHOLARSHIPS
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$50,000
ACHIEVE PROGRAM
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$50,000
SUPPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND OPERATIONS
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$20,000
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
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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