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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-3564317

Edith C Blum Foundation Inc

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 7 grants and $525,000 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
Edith C Blum Foundation Inc
396 Washington St Box 309
Wellesley, MA 02481
(646) 494-4205
[email protected]
Form and materials
None
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $525,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $16,024,139
  • Tax year 2023

    $1,010,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $17,899,426
  • Tax year 2022

    $1,245,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $18,500,160
  • Tax year 2021

    $1,075,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $17,872,099
  • Tax year 2020

    $1,255,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $18,203,242

Grants paid in 2024

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. NCCN FoundationPlymouth MTNG, PA

    General operating

    $200,000
  2. Cancer Research InstituteNew York, NY

    General operating

    $100,000
  3. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY

    General operating

    $100,000
  4. Jewish Association for Services for the AgedNew York, NY

    General operating

    $50,000
  5. Pef Israel Endowment Funds (fba Lirot)New York, NY

    General operating

    $35,000
  6. Blood Cancer Foundation of MichiganFarmington, MI

    General operating

    $25,000
  7. Columbia University Dept of Ophthalmology (glaucoma Fund)New York, NY

    General operating

    $15,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Medical research2 grants $300,00080% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $50,00013% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $25,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York5 grants $300,000
  2. Pennsylvania1 grant $200,000
  3. Michigan1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Roy R FriedmanDIRECTOR, PRESIDENT, & TREAS. Hours 5Pay $0
  • Nancy R GreenDIRECTOR, SECRETARY Hours 2Pay $0
  • Seth A FriedmanDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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