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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-3212724

Trust for Mutual Understanding

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 72 grants and $2.3 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Barbara A Lanciers Director
Tmu -One Rockefeller Plz Room 2500
New York, NY 10020
(212) 649-5774
Form and materials
By initial letter of inquiry
Deadlines
6 months prior to date of activity for which support is sought.
Restrictions
The trust's programs support exchanges between the united states and the former soviet union, eastern and central europe in the arts and environmental conservation.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $2,326,903

    Grants listed
    72
    Assets, end of year
    $25,676,371

  • Tax year 2023

    $2,513,139

    Grants listed
    51
    Assets, end of year
    $25,581,664

  • Tax year 2022

    $2,642,734

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $27,906,740

  • Tax year 2021

    $2,217,175

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $30,723,169

  • Tax year 2020

    $2,141,200

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $29,956,539

  • Tax year 2019

    $2,477,229

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $28,255,337

  • Tax year 2018

    $2,886,952

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $29,005,190

Grants paid in 2024

72 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Young Visual Artists Award Program in 2024Miami, FL

    General support

    $173,000
  2. Residency Unlimited IncBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $144,000
  3. Cec Artslink IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $115,000
  4. Center for International Theatre Development IncBaltimore, MD

    General support

    $90,000
  5. Earth Island Institute IncBerkeley, CA

    General support

    $80,000
  6. Cec Artslink IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $63,800
  7. Cec Artslink IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $62,500
  8. The Ocean FoundationWashington, DC

    General support

    $55,555
  9. EarthcorpsSeattle, WA

    General support

    $50,000
  10. Environmental Law Alliance WorldwideEugene, OR

    General support

    $50,000
  11. Earth Island Institute IncBerkeley, CA

    General support

    $45,000
  12. Earth Island Institute IncBerkeley, CA

    General support

    $45,000
  13. Mongol Ecology CenterTucson, AZ

    General support

    $45,000
  14. Drama League of New York IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $40,000
  15. International Theatre Development IncBaltimore, MD

    General support

    $40,000
  16. Partnerships for NatureBainbridge Is, WA

    General support

    $40,000
  17. The Living Desert Zoo and GardensPalm Desert, CA

    General support

    $40,000
  18. The Living Desert Zoo and GardensPalm Desert, CA

    General support

    $40,000
  19. Wild Salmon CenterPortland, OR

    General support

    $40,000
  20. Blackfoot ChallengeOvando, MT

    General support

    $35,000
  21. Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation IncBaltimore, MD

    General support

    $35,000
  22. The Ocean FoundationWashington, DC

    General support

    $33,500
  23. The Ocean FoundationWashington, DC

    General support

    $33,500
  24. Double Edge TheatreAshfield, MA

    General support

    $30,000
  25. Emerson CollegeBoston, MA

    General support

    $30,000
  26. Friends of Conservation Carpathia in the United StatesDurham, NC

    General support

    $30,000
  27. Theater Grottesco North America IncSanta Fe, NM

    General support

    $30,000
  28. TRI314 Multidisciplinary Visual Performances IncBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $30,000
  29. University of WisconsinMadison, WI

    General support

    $30,000
  30. WaxfactoryNew York, NY

    General support

    $30,000
  31. Wild Sheep FoundationBozeman, MT

    General support

    $30,000
  32. The Ocean FoundationWashington, DC

    General support

    $28,000
  33. Afterimage Public Media IncSan Francisco, CA

    General support

    $25,000
  34. Association of American GeographersWashington, DC

    General support

    $25,000
  35. Center for Large Landscape ConservationBozeman, MT

    General support

    $25,000
  36. ClockshopLos Angeles, CA

    General support

    $25,000
  37. Cultural SurvivalCambridge, MA

    General support

    $25,000
  38. La Mama EtcNew York, NY

    General support

    $25,000
  39. Movement Research IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $25,000
  40. Movement Research IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $25,000
  41. International Work Group for Indigenous AffairsCopenhagen, Denmark

    General support

    $24,842
  42. Residency Unlimited IncBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $24,000
  43. The Ocean FoundationWashington, DC

    General support

    $22,500
  44. The Ocean FoundationWashington, DC

    General support

    $22,500
  45. Crude Accountability IncorporatedLinden, VA

    General support

    $22,000
  46. Center for Large Landscape ConservationBozeman, MT

    General support

    $20,000
  47. Headlands Center for the ArtsSausalito, CA

    General support

    $20,000
  48. Movement Research IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $20,000
  49. President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA

    General support

    $20,000
  50. Zoo New EnglandBoston, MA

    General support

    $20,000
  51. Winterhouse Institute IncBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $18,100
  52. Academy of Bosnia and Herzegovina IncWoodside, NY

    General support

    $15,000
  53. Alma on DobbinBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $15,000
  54. Cec Artslink IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $15,000
  55. Elaine Summers Experimental Intermedia Foundation IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $15,000
  56. Foundation EarthWashington, DC

    General support

    $15,000
  57. Movement Research IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $15,000
  58. Movement Research IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $15,000
  59. WaxfactoryNew York, NY

    General support

    $15,000
  60. International Theatre Development IncBaltimore, MD

    General support

    $12,000
  61. The Ocean FoundationWashington, DC

    General support

    $11,150
  62. Regents of the University of California MercedMerced, CA

    General support

    $10,500
  63. Gaspard&dancers IncDurham, NC

    General support

    $10,000
  64. Third Coast Percussion NFPChicago, IL

    General support

    $10,000
  65. Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT

    General support

    $10,000
  66. Snowchange CooperativeHelsinki, Finland

    General support

    $9,982
  67. Makeway FoundationVancouver, Canada

    General support

    $8,000
  68. Hudsy Community ProjectKingston, NY

    General support

    $6,874
  69. WaxfactoryNew York, NY

    General support

    $6,600
  70. Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's CapitalWashington, DC

    General support

    $5,000
  71. Yuchi Language ProjectSapulpa, OK

    General support

    $5,000
  72. Global Urban DevelopmentRehoboth Beach, DE

    General support

    $4,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture21 grants $606,87437% of the total
  2. Environment15 grants $533,70532% of the total
  3. International aid5 grants $306,30019% of the total
  4. Education4 grants $83,1005% of the total
  5. Animals2 grants $70,0004% of the total
  6. Civil rights1 grant $25,0002% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $25,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York22 grants $740,874
  2. California9 grants $330,500
  3. District of Columbia10 grants $251,705
  4. Maryland4 grants $177,000
  5. Florida1 grant $173,000
  6. Massachusetts5 grants $125,000
  7. Montana4 grants $110,000
  8. Oregon2 grants $90,000
  9. Washington2 grants $90,000
  10. Arizona1 grant $45,000

Officers, directors and trustees

9 people as filed

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

  • Barbara A LanciersDIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $294,657
  • Irina YurnaREGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE Hours 40Pay $155,859
  • Alina EnggistSENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER Hours 40Pay $161,459
  • Caroline MabeePROGRAM OFFICER Hours 40Pay $112,604
  • Valerie RockefellerTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $19,390
  • Joel MotleyTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Elizabeth C CampbellTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $19,390
  • Susan V BerresfordTRUSTEE Hours 6Pay $19,390
  • Blair A RubleTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $19,390

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