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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 06-6519553

Ellen F Gordon Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Newport Beach, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $337,100 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.

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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

    $337,100

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $5,436,011

  • Tax year 2024

    $304,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $5,467,861

  • Tax year 2023

    $280,940

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $5,036,528

  • Tax year 2022

    $402,850

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $5,181,988

  • Tax year 2021

    $338,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $5,617,861

  • Tax year 2020

    $298,200

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $5,196,520

  • Tax year 2019

    $308,400

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $5,203,868

  • Tax year 2018

    $301,990

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,396,449

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Other Qualified Charites 5K or LessNewport Beach, CA

    Donation

    $107,100
  2. Harvard School of Public HealthBoston, MA

    Donation

    $100,000
  3. Schwartz Center for Compassionate CareBoston, MA

    Donation

    $40,000
  4. ACLU FoundationLos Angeles, CA

    Donation

    $20,000
  5. Facing HistoryNew York, NY

    Donation

    $20,000
  6. Orange County Community FoundationIrvine, CA

    Donation

    $20,000
  7. Planned Parenthood FederationWashington, DC

    Donation

    $10,000
  8. Planned Parenthood of Orange & SB CountyOrange, CA

    Donation

    $10,000
  9. Newport Harbor Education FoundationNewport Beach, CA

    Donation

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $20,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California5 grants $167,100
  2. Massachusetts2 grants $140,000
  3. New York1 grant $20,000
  4. District of Columbia1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Ellen GordonTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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