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GRAMMAR MECHANICS FOUNDATION

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $45K · expenses $55K · assets $19K

EIN
20-0035368
Address
1545 GRAND AVE, SAN DIEGO, CA 92109-4302
Website
www.grammarmechanics.org
NTEE code
B92
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2005
Cross-check
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Mission

The mission of Grammar Mechanics Foundation is to advance the teaching of English grammar and related English skills through the use of information technology and the internet.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 7 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

7 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Noreen Mulliken President2011-2025 10 $0 reported 1
Judy Hodges VP/Treasurer2011-2025 3 $0 reported 1
Sharon Hodges PhD Director2011-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Roberta Gilman Wilson Secretary2011-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Douglas Mulliken Director2022-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Nancy Coolidge Director2011-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Rick Campbell Director2011-2025 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Noreen Mulliken President10 $0-- $01
Judy Hodges VP/Treasurer3 $0-- $01
Sharon Hodges PhD Director0 $0-- $01
Roberta Gilman Wilson Secretary0 $0-- $01
Douglas Mulliken Director0 $0-- $01
Nancy Coolidge Director0 $0-- $01
Rick Campbell Director0 $0-- $01
2024 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Noreen Mulliken President10 $0-- $01
Judy Hodges VP/Treasurer3 $0-- $01
Sharon Hodges PhD Director0 $0-- $01
Roberta Gilman Wilson Secretary0 $0-- $01
Douglas Mulliken Director0 $0-- $01
Nancy Coolidge Director0 $0-- $01
Rick Campbell Director0 $0-- $01
2023 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Noreen Mulliken President10 $0-- $01
Judy Hodges VP/Treasurer3 $0-- $01
Sharon Hodges PhD Director0 $0-- $01
Roberta Gilman Wilson Secretary0 $0-- $01
Douglas Mulliken Director0 $0-- $01
Nancy Coolidge Director0 $0-- $01
Rick Campbell Director0 $0-- $01
2022 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Noreen Mulliken President10 $0-- $01
Judy Hodges VP/Treasurer3 $0-- $01
Sharon Hodges PhD Director0 $0-- $01
Roberta Gilman Wilson Secretary0 $0-- $01
Douglas Mulliken Director0 $0-- $01
Nancy Coolidge Director0 $0-- $01
Rick Campbell Director0 $0-- $01
2021 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Noreen Mulliken President10 $0-- $01
Judy Hodges VP/Treasurer3 $0-- $01
Sharon Hodges PhD Director0 $0-- $01
Roberta Gilman Wilson Secretary0 $0-- $01
Nancy Coolidge Director0 $0-- $01
Rick Campbell Director0 $0-- $01
2020 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Noreen Mulliken President10 $0-- $01
Judy Hodges VP/Treasurer3 $0-- $01
Sharon Hodges PhD Director0 $0-- $01
Roberta Gilman Wilson Secretary0 $0-- $01
Nancy Coolidge Director0 $0-- $01
Rick Campbell Director0 $0-- $01
2019 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Noreen Mulliken President10 $0-- $01
Judy Hodges VP/Treasurer3 $0-- $01
Sharon Hodges PhD Director0 $0-- $01
Roberta Gilman Wilson Secretary0 $0-- $01
Nancy Coolidge Director0 $0-- $01
Rick Campbell Director0 $0-- $01
2018 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Noreen Mulliken President10 $0-- $01
Judy Hodges VP/Treasurer3 $0-- $01
Sharon Hodges PhD Director0 $0-- $01
Roberta Gilman Wilson Secretary0 $0-- $01
Nancy Coolidge Director0 $0-- $01
Rick Campbell Director0 $0-- $01
2017 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Noreen Mulliken President10 $0-- $01
Judy Hodges VP/Treasurer3 $0-- $01
Sharon Hodges PhD Director0 $0-- $01
Roberta Gilman Wilson Secretary0 $0-- $01
Nancy Coolidge Director0 $0-- $01
Rick Campbell Director0 $0-- $01
2016 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Noreen Mulliken President10 $0-- $01
Judy Hodges VP/Treasurer3 $0-- $01
Sharon Hodges PhD Director0 $0-- $01
Roberta Gilman Wilson Secretary0 $0-- $01
Nancy Coolidge Director0 $0-- $01
Rick Campbell Director0 $0-- $01
2015 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Noreen Mulliken President3 $0-- $01
Judy Hodges VP/Treasurer3 $0-- $01
Sharon Hodges PhD Director0 $0-- $01
Roberta Gilman Wilson Secretary0 $0-- $01
Nancy Coolidge Director0 $0-- $01
Rick Campbell Director0 $0-- $01
2014 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Noreen Mulliken President3 $0-- $01
Judy Hodges VP/Treasurer3 $0-- $01
Sharon Hodges PhD Director0 $0-- $01
Roberta Gilman Wilson Secretary0 $0-- $01
Nancy Coolidge Director0 $0-- $01
Rick Campbell Director0 $0-- $01
2013 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Noreen Mulliken President3 $0-- $01
Judy Hodges VP/Treasurer3 $0-- $01
Sharon Hodges PhD Director0 $0-- $01
Roberta Gilman Wilson Secretary0 $0-- $01
Nancy Coolidge Director0 $0-- $01
Rick Campbell Director0 $0-- $01
2011 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Rick Campbell Director0 $0-- $01
Nancy Coolidge Director0 $0-- $01
Roberta Gilman Wilson Secretary0 $0-- $01
Sharon Hodges PhD Director0 $0-- $01
Judy Hodges VP/Treasurer0 $0-- $01
Noreen Mulliken President0 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$45,000$55,051 $19,159$19,159 $45,000- ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$40,000$57,220 $29,343$29,185 $40,000- ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$80,522$57,574 $46,864$46,405 $80,522- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$40,000$56,735 $28,472$23,457 $40,000- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$91,000$57,766 $40,315$40,192 $91,000- ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$55,000$52,859 $7,196$6,958 $55,000- ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$48,125$56,268 $4,992$4,817 $48,125- ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$35,000$58,204 $13,132$12,960 $35,000- ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$66,300$36,753 $36,635$36,164 $66,300- ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$365$6,479 $6,997$6,617 $365- ---
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$5,295$4,950 $12,731$12,731 $5,295- ---
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$653$4,281 $12,457$12,386 $490$163 ---
2013 · Form 990EZ period ending 2013-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$10,585$7,497 $16,097$16,014 $10,585- ---
2011 · Form 990EZ period ending 2011-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$783$7,078 $12,305$12,280 -$783 ---

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $509,522 in all, tax years 2011 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2011-2012, 2016-2024 11$469,522 2024$25,000
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2021 1$40,000 2021$40,000
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Where the money went

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2025 · Form 990EZ · $55,051 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $53,125 96.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,926 3.5%
Total$55,051100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $57,220 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $54,570 95.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,650 4.6%
Total$57,220100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $57,574 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $53,763 93.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,811 6.6%
Total$57,574100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $56,735 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $53,335 94.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,400 6.0%
Total$56,735100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $57,766 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $54,896 95.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,870 5.0%
Total$57,766100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $52,859 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $49,095 92.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,764 7.1%
Total$52,859100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $56,268 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
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Fees to independent contractors $52,435 93.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,833 6.8%
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2018 · Form 990EZ · $58,204 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $54,568 93.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,636 6.2%
Total$58,204100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $36,753 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $32,893 89.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,860 10.5%
Total$36,753100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $6,479 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $6,059 93.5%
Fees to independent contractors $420 6.5%
Total$6,479100%

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2015 · Form 990EZ · $4,950 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $4,510 91.1%
Fees to independent contractors $440 8.9%
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2014 · Form 990EZ · $4,281 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,856 90.1%
Fees to independent contractors $425 9.9%
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2013 · Form 990EZ · $7,497 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $6,929 92.4%
Fees to independent contractors $568 7.6%
Total$7,497100%

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2011 · Form 990EZ · $7,078 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $6,569 92.8%
Fees to independent contractors $400 5.7%
Printing, publications, postage $109 1.5%
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