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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 01-6186903

Merce Cunningham Trust

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $35,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), 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.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $9,034,405

  • Tax year 2024

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $8,781,541

  • Tax year 2023

    $26,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $8,702,483

  • Tax year 2022

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $8,358,109

  • Tax year 2021

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $10,804,644

  • Tax year 2020

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $10,381,004

  • Tax year 2019

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $10,134,865

  • Tax year 2018

    $202,850

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $10,144,736

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Purchase College Foundation IncPurchase, NY

    Financial aid for dance students

    $15,000
  2. Individual

    To aid in the transition from student to professional

    $10,000
  3. Individual

    To aid in the transition from student to professional

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $15,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

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

  • Patricia LentCO-DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $117,563
  • Rashaun MitchellCO-DIRECTOR Hours 20Pay $82,399
  • Laurence GetfordTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Shayla-Vie JenkinsTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Laura KuhnTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jeff SeroyTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Allan SperlingTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Robert SwinstonTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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