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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-3559852

The Riordan Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $14,700 paid in grants.

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

    $14,700

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $29,460
  • Tax year 2024

    $19,968

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $44,606
  • Tax year 2023

    $22,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $64,742
  • Tax year 2022

    $6,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $86,715
  • Tax year 2021

    $8,100

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $92,931
  • Tax year 2020

    $4,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,330
  • Tax year 2019

    $3,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $5,664
  • Tax year 2018

    $500

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $8,944

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. Individual

    Charitable

    $9,200
  2. Community Access to the ArtsGT Barrington, MA

    Charitable

    $5,000
  3. ACLU FoundationNew York, NY

    Charitable

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $5,00091% of the total
  2. Civil rights1 grant $5009% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts1 grant $5,000
  2. New York1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Carol Jay RiordanTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Michael RiordanTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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