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Sherry & Gerald Merfish Family Foundation: 29 grants to organizations, $482,350 (tax year ended December 2024)
Sherry & Gerald Merfish Family Foundation, a private foundation in Houston, TX, paid 29 grants to organizations totaling $482,350 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 12, 2025. The largest was $76,640 to Houston Area Women's Center in Dallas, TX for general funds.
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- EIN
- 464050182
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- Assets
- $7,414,041
- Grants paid
- $482,350
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 12, 2025, IRS object ID 202511329349101431. It reported $482,350 in grants paid; 29 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Area Women's Center | Dallas, TX | General funds | $76,640 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston | Houston, TX | General funds | $70,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boulder Jewish Community Center | Boulder, CO | General funds | Human services | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Leaders Council (NLC) | Washington, DC | General funds | $53,780 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Federation-Greater Houston | Houston, TX | General funds | $27,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | General funds | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Houston Jewish Community Foundation | Houston, TX | General funds | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Partnership for Women & Families | Washington, DC | General funds | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Promise Village Academy LLC | Houston, TX | General funds | Education | $24,600 | apps.irs.gov |
| Target Hunger | Houston, TX | General funds | Human services | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Planned Parenthood | Houston, TX | General funds | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The 19TH News | Austin, TX | General funds | Arts, culture and humanities | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Houston Isd Foundation | Houston, TX | General funds | $5,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Congregation Emanu El | Houston, TX | General funds | Religion-related | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| J-Street Education Fund | Washington, DC | General funds | Religion-related | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St John's School | Houston, TX | General funds | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Texas Civil Rights Project | Austin, TX | General funds | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Houston | Houston, TX | General funds | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Congregation Beth Israel | Houston, TX | General funds | $3,450 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bbyo | Washington, DC | General funds | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Emery Wiener School | Houston, TX | General funds | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Evelyn's Park Conservancy | Bellaire, TX | General funds | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Congregation Har Hashem | Boulder, CO | General funds | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mankind Project USA | Chicago, IL | General funds | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Museum of the Southern Jewish | New Orleans, LA | General funds | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Congregation B'nai Vail | Vail, CO | General funds | $650 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Africa's Promise Village | The Hills, TX | General funds | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Brain Tumor Society | Newton, MA | General funds | $180 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Temple Sinai | Houston, TX | General funds | $50 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Human services | $80,000 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $25,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 |
| Education | $24,600 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $15,000 |
| Religion-related | $10,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Texas | $307,240 |
| District of Columbia | $86,280 |
| Colorado | $61,650 |
| New York | $25,000 |
| Illinois | $1,000 |
| Louisiana | $1,000 |
| Massachusetts | $180 |
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Updated May 12, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.