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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-3050892

The So Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Forest Hills, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 39 grants and $168,098 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $168,098

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $1,587,475

  • Tax year 2023

    $158,104

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $1,688,529

  • Tax year 2022

    $511,149

    Grants listed
    80
    Assets, end of year
    $1,729,968

  • Tax year 2021

    $664,107

    Grants listed
    64
    Assets, end of year
    $2,187,351

  • Tax year 2020

    $535,843

    Grants listed
    96
    Assets, end of year
    $2,604,237

Grants paid in 2024

39 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Young Israel of ScarsdaleScarsdale, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $100,000
  2. Lincoln Square SynagogueNew York, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $14,188
  3. Lymphoma Research FoundationNew York, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $11,500
  4. Hope & HeroesNew York, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $6,400
  5. The Lustgarten FoundationBethpage, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $5,400
  6. Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA

    For charity's specified services

    $3,600
  7. Institute for Jewish Ideas and IdealsNew York, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $3,600
  8. Ahavas YisraelEdison, NJ

    For charity's specified services

    $3,000
  9. Jewish Educational CenterElizabeth, NJ

    For charity's specified services

    $3,000
  10. Project Heritage of Greater Miami - Rabbi GruensteinNorth Miami, NJ

    For charity's specified services

    $2,016
  11. Young Israel of Bal HarbourSurfside, FL

    For charity's specified services

    $1,850
  12. American Friends of Hebrew UniversityNew York, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $1,800
  13. Rescuers Without BordersPhiladelhia, PA

    For charity's specified services

    $1,800
  14. Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick, NJ

    For charity's specified services

    $1,800
  15. Jewish Federation of MetrowestWhippany, NJ

    For charity's specified services

    $1,548
  16. The Jewish MuseumNew York, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $1,008
  17. American Friends of Yeshiva HakotelBergenfield, NJ

    For charity's specified services

    $756
  18. National Jewish Outreach ProgramNew York, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $540
  19. UJA Federation of NYNew York, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $540
  20. American Friends of the Tel Aviv MuseumNew York, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $360
  21. Chabad at BrandeisWaltham, MA

    For charity's specified services

    $360
  22. Congregation Bris AvrohomHillside, NJ

    For charity's specified services

    $360
  23. Westside HatzalahNew York, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $360
  24. Yiddish Book CenterAmherst, MA

    For charity's specified services

    $360
  25. Congregation Adath JeshurunElizabeth, NJ

    For charity's specified services

    $180
  26. In His ImageLynbrook, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $180
  27. Mesorah Heritage FoundationRahway, NJ

    For charity's specified services

    $180
  28. The West Point Jewish Chapel FundWest Point, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $180
  29. Frick CollectionNew York, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $152
  30. American Committee for Shaare ZedekNew York, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $108
  31. American Israel Cultural FoundationBrooklyn, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $108
  32. American Friends Israel PhilharmonicNew York, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $108
  33. Orthodox UnionNew York, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $108
  34. Simon Weisenthal CenterNew York, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $108
  35. The Newark MuseumNewark, NJ

    For charity's specified services

    $108
  36. The New York PhilharmonicNew York, NY

    For charity's specified services

    $108
  37. US Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington, DC

    For charity's specified services

    $108
  38. Jewish Educational Center - Tora EzaElizabeth, NJ

    For charity's specified services

    $108
  39. Yeshiva Beth MosheScranton, PA

    For charity's specified services

    $108

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $11,50055% of the total
  2. Religion2 grants $4,14020% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $3,60017% of the total
  4. Arts and culture3 grants $1,2966% of the total
  5. Community development1 grant $180<1% of the total
  6. International aid1 grant $108<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York21 grants $146,856
  2. New Jersey11 grants $13,056
  3. Massachusetts3 grants $4,320
  4. Pennsylvania2 grants $1,908
  5. Florida1 grant $1,850
  6. District of Columbia1 grant $108

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Solomon M WeissTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Henry AboodiTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • David AboodiTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Abigail HoffmanTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

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