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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 11-3261912

The BFF Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Brooklyn, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 10 grants and $1.2 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,176,781

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $28,133,243

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,443,552

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $26,784,727

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,480,552

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $25,244,324

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,635,352

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $31,903,989

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,051,552

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $30,418,166

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,427,276

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $29,079,344

Grants paid in 2024

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Congregation Kibud AvBrooklyn, NY

    To further jewish causes

    $425,000
  2. PayPal Charitable Giving FundWashington, DC

    To further jewish causes

    $290,740
  3. Ohel Children's Home and Family ServicesBrooklyn, NY

    To further jewish causes

    $150,000
  4. Yeshiva Beth Joseph Tzvi DushinskyBrooklyn, NY

    To further jewish causes

    $100,000
  5. Pinnacle RTC IncBrooklyn, NY

    To further jewish causes

    $90,552
  6. Congregation Bobov 45Brooklyn, NY

    To further jewish causes

    $50,000
  7. Khal Yehuda LeibBrooklyn, NY

    To further jewish causes

    $40,000
  8. Yeshiva Ohr YitzchokBrooklyn, NY

    To further jewish causes

    $18,000
  9. Mayan YisroelBrooklyn, NY

    To further jewish causes

    $12,129
  10. Yeshiva Meor HatorahLakewood, NJ

    To further jewish casuses

    $360

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 $290,74045% of the total
  2. Human services2 grants $240,55238% of the total
  3. Religion4 grants $108,36017% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York8 grants $885,681
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $290,740
  3. New Jersey1 grant $360

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Joseph BistritzkyPRESIDENT & TREASURER Hours 5Pay $0
  • Sheila BistritzkySECRETARY Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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