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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 06-1486581

The Thelma S Rodbell Charitable Foundati

A private foundation in Cranston, RI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 32 grants and $434,158 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

    $434,158

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $2,998,766

  • Tax year 2024

    $520,354

    Grants listed
    47
    Assets, end of year
    $2,729,994

  • Tax year 2023

    $799,829

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $2,886,792

  • Tax year 2022

    $359,766

    Grants listed
    37
    Assets, end of year
    $3,532,344

  • Tax year 2021

    $546,306

    Grants listed
    58
    Assets, end of year
    $3,737,485

  • Tax year 2020

    $383,324

    Grants listed
    70
    Assets, end of year
    $3,947,148

  • Tax year 2019

    $388,384

    Grants listed
    57
    Assets, end of year
    $4,135,779

  • Tax year 2018

    $321,284

    Grants listed
    51
    Assets, end of year
    $4,225,109

Grants paid in 2025

32 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. United Jewish Appeal (UJA) Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of NY IncNew York, NY

    General operating budget

    $250,100
  2. Hearing Health FoundationNew York, NY

    General operating budget

    $51,814
  3. P E F Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating budget

    $50,615
  4. Independent Curator's International (ici)New York, NY

    General operating budget

    $36,022
  5. Food Bank for New York CityBronx, NY

    General operating budget

    $11,042
  6. City HarvestBrooklyn, NY

    General operating budget

    $8,000
  7. National Resources Defense CouncilNew York, NY

    General operating budget

    $3,000
  8. BRC (bowery Residents Committee)New York, NY

    General operating budget

    $2,725
  9. YaffedBrooklyn, NY

    General operating budget

    $2,037
  10. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)New York, NY

    General operating budget

    $2,000
  11. Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaNew York, NY

    General operating budget

    $2,000
  12. Act Blue CharitiesSomerville, MA

    General operating budget

    $2,000
  13. Brain & Behavior Research FoundationNew York, NY

    General operating budget

    $1,500
  14. Propublica IncNew York, NY

    General operating budget

    $1,500
  15. Lower Manhattan Cultural CounselNew York, NY

    General operating budget

    $1,500
  16. Art SpielBrooklyn, NY

    General operating fund

    $1,087
  17. Environmetal Defense Fund - EdfWashington, DC

    General operating budget

    $1,042
  18. National Alliance on Mental Illness - NAMINew York, NY

    General operating budget

    $1,000
  19. Union of Concerned ScientistsCambridge, MA

    General operating budget

    $1,000
  20. WQXRNew York, NY

    General operating budget

    $750
  21. SharsheretTeaneck, NJ

    General operating budget

    $510
  22. Center for Preservation of Artist LegaciesBrooklyn, NY

    General operating budget

    $500
  23. Victory Hall IncBayonne, NJ

    General operating budget

    $300
  24. Artists FirstSaint Louis, MO

    General operating budget

    $281
  25. Americans UnitedWashington, DC

    General operating budget

    $267
  26. New York Public LibraryNew York, NY

    General operating budget

    $263
  27. Democracy ForwardWashington, DC

    General operating budget

    $258
  28. New Civil Liberties AllianceArlington, VA

    General operating budget

    $250
  29. Reporters CommitteeWashington, DC

    General operating budget

    $250
  30. Charity NavigatorUnion City, NJ

    General operating budget

    $200
  31. The CityNew York, NY

    General operating budget

    $180
  32. New York Artist Equity AssociatioinNew York, NY

    General operating budget

    $165

Where the money goes

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

  1. Medical research1 grant $51,81440% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $50,61539% of the total
  3. Community development1 grant $11,0429% of the total
  4. Food and agriculture1 grant $8,0006% of the total
  5. Health2 grants $2,5102% of the total
  6. Education2 grants $2,3002% of the total
  7. 3 other causes5 grants $2,0312% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York22 grants $428,000
  2. Massachusetts2 grants $3,000
  3. District of Columbia4 grants $1,817
  4. New Jersey2 grants $810
  5. Missouri1 grant $281
  6. Virginia1 grant $250

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Barbara SalmansonTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $18,000
  • Carol SalmansonTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $18,000
  • Alan SalmansonTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $18,000

The return

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