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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-3585393

The Michael Gordon Foundation Inc

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 43 grants and $605,950 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $605,950

    Grants listed
    43
    Assets, end of year
    $11,107,150

  • Tax year 2023

    $679,140

    Grants listed
    43
    Assets, end of year
    $11,156,418

  • Tax year 2022

    $723,690

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $11,400,374

  • Tax year 2021

    $563,250

    Grants listed
    40
    Assets, end of year
    $10,779,641

  • Tax year 2020

    $520,325

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $11,007,611

  • Tax year 2019

    $582,854

    Grants listed
    45
    Assets, end of year
    $11,307,850

Grants paid in 2024

43 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Fontbonne Hall Academy (RC)Brooklyn, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $30,000
  2. Xaverian SchoolBrooklyn, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $28,125
  3. St Edmund Preparatory High SchoolBrooklyn, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $28,000
  4. Notre Dame AcademySi, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $27,500
  5. Notre Dame School of ManhattanNew York, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $27,500
  6. Bishop Loughlin MemorialBrooklyn, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $25,000
  7. Cathedral High SchoolNew York, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $25,000
  8. La Salle AcademyNew York, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $25,000
  9. Cardinal Spellman High SchoolBronx, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $21,050
  10. Bay Ridge Preparatory School (ind)Brooklyn, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $20,000
  11. Cathedral PreparatoryElmhurst, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $20,000
  12. Saint Saviour High SchoolBrooklyn, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $15,000
  13. St John's Preparatory High SchoolAstoria, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $15,000
  14. Staten Island Academy (ind)Si, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $15,000
  15. Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School (RC)Brooklyn, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $13,200
  16. Dominican AcademyNew York, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $12,500
  17. Fordham Preparatory (RC)Bronx, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $12,500
  18. Holy Cross High SchoolFlushing, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $12,500
  19. Moore Catholic High SchoolStaten Island, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $12,500
  20. MSGR Scanlan High SchoolBronx, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $12,500
  21. Preston High School (RC)Bronx, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $12,500
  22. Saint Jean BaptisteNy, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $12,500
  23. St Joseph Hill AcademyStaten Island, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $12,500
  24. Nazareth Regional High SchoolBrooklyn, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $11,000
  25. Saint Vincent Ferrer H SNew York, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $11,000
  26. Xavier High SchoolNew York, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $10,300
  27. Academy of Mount St UrsulaBronx, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $10,000
  28. Cardinal Hayes High SchoolBronx, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $10,000
  29. Cristo Rey New York High School (RC)New York, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $10,000
  30. Loyola School of New York (RC)Ny, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $10,000
  31. Mount St Michael AcademyBronx, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $10,000
  32. Saint Barnabas High SchoolBronx, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $10,000
  33. St Raymond High School for BoysBronx, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $10,000
  34. Stpeter's Boys SchoolStaten Island, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $10,000
  35. Yeshiva Darchei TorahFar Rockaway, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $10,000
  36. St Catherine AcademyBronx, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $9,000
  37. Yeshiva of Flatbush Joel Braverman H SBrooklyn, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $9,000
  38. Regis High SchoolNew York, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $7,500
  39. MSGR McClancy Memorial High SchoolEast Elmhurst, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $5,275
  40. Brooklyn Free School (ind)Brooklyn, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $5,000
  41. Straymond Academy for GirlsBronx, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $5,000
  42. All Hallows High SchoolBronx, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $3,750
  43. Jewish Instttue of QueensElmhurst, NY

    To achieve charitable purpose

    $3,750

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $27,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York43 grants $605,950

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Thomas TillanderPRESIDENT Hours 30Pay $130,000
  • William McSherrySECRETARY Hours 4Pay $25,000
  • John TillanderTREASURER Hours 8Pay $50,000

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