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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-2895298

The KW Fund

A private foundation in Brooklyn, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 3 grants and $693,650 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 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 2024

    $693,650

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,742,453
  • Tax year 2023

    $658,800

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,529,463
  • Tax year 2022

    $704,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,709,478
  • Tax year 2021

    $702,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,115,984
  • Tax year 2020

    $205,750

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,698,087
  • Tax year 2019

    $284,300

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,203,722
  • Tax year 2018

    $419,753

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,229,240
  • Tax year 2017

    $135,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $3,294,895

Grants paid in 2024

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Fidelity CharitableBoston, MA

    To further exempt purpose

    $417,000
  2. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgrWarwick, RI

    To further exempt purpose

    $225,000
  3. The Ojc FundBrooklyn, NY

    To further exempt purpose

    $51,650

Where the money goes

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

  1. Community development1 grant $417,00089% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $51,65011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts1 grant $417,000
  2. Rhode Island1 grant $225,000
  3. New York1 grant $51,650

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Shmuel WallersteinDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Chanie WallersteinDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Fraida ChaynDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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