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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-3556710

Sharon & Lewis Korman Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 23 grants and $79,500 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.

How to apply

Accepts applications

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

Contact
Lewis J or Sharon G Korman
911 Park Avenue 13A
New York, NY 100750337
(212) 549-0139
Form and materials
In writing
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $79,500

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $207,202

  • Tax year 2024

    $96,775

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $177,876

  • Tax year 2023

    $53,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $195,215

  • Tax year 2022

    $45,850

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $194,497

  • Tax year 2021

    $62,875

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $160,567

  • Tax year 2020

    $31,125

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $123,431

  • Tax year 2019

    $68,296

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $79,541

  • Tax year 2018

    $87,400

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $88,493

Grants paid in 2025

23 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    For operations

    $25,000
  2. Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NY

    For operations

    $10,000
  3. New York Public LibraryNew York, NY

    For operations

    $6,500
  4. Museum of Modern ArtNew York, NY

    For operations

    $5,000
  5. Central Park ConservancyNew York, NY

    For operations

    $2,500
  6. St Andrews FundSt Lous, MO

    For operations

    $2,500
  7. Family Legal Care FoundationNew York, NY

    For operations

    $2,500
  8. National Academy of DesignNew York, NY

    For operations

    $2,500
  9. City HarvestBrooklyn, NY

    For operationsfor operations

    $2,000
  10. City Meals on WheelsNew York, NY

    For operations

    $2,000
  11. God's Love We DeliverNew York, NY

    For operations

    $2,000
  12. Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaAlbany, NY

    For operations

    $2,000
  13. Skin Cancer FoundationNew York, NY

    For operations

    $2,000
  14. St Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TN

    For operations

    $2,000
  15. Feed the ChildrenOklahoma City, OK

    For operations

    $2,000
  16. Whitney Museum of American ArtNew York, NY

    For operations

    $1,500
  17. 122 East 66th Street FoundationNew York, NY

    For operations

    $1,500
  18. Guggenheim MuseumNew York, NY

    For operations

    $1,250
  19. Solomon Guggenheim FoundationNew York, NY

    For operations

    $1,250
  20. Jazz at Lincoln CenterNew York, NY

    For operations

    $1,000
  21. American Cancer SocietyHagerstown, MD

    For operations

    $1,000
  22. Carnegie Hall CorporationNew York, NY

    For operations

    $1,000
  23. The Elisabeth Morrow SchoolEnglewood, NJ

    For operations

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education4 grants $34,50053% of the total
  2. Arts and culture6 grants $20,00031% of the total
  3. Food and agriculture2 grants $4,0006% of the total
  4. Sports and recreation1 grant $2,5004% of the total
  5. Health1 grant $2,0003% of the total
  6. International aid1 grant $2,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York18 grants $71,500
  2. Missouri1 grant $2,500
  3. Oklahoma1 grant $2,000
  4. Tennessee1 grant $2,000
  5. Maryland1 grant $1,000
  6. New Jersey1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Lewis J KormanTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Sharon G KormanTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0

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