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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-3639647

Rocking Chair Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 50 grants and $70,400 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $70,400

    Grants listed
    50
    Assets, end of year
    $243,634

  • Tax year 2023

    $101,210

    Grants listed
    48
    Assets, end of year
    $243,217

  • Tax year 2022

    $96,860

    Grants listed
    43
    Assets, end of year
    $295,166

  • Tax year 2021

    $159,550

    Grants listed
    43
    Assets, end of year
    $290,126

  • Tax year 2020

    $150,820

    Grants listed
    43
    Assets, end of year
    $334,014

  • Tax year 2018

    $218,984

    Grants listed
    47
    Assets, end of year
    $197,735

Grants paid in 2024

50 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Lymphoma Research FoundationNew York, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  2. New York Studio SchoolNew York, NY

    General support

    $7,600
  3. National Network of Abortion FundsBeaverton, OR

    General support

    $5,500
  4. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterHagerstown, MD

    General support

    $5,000
  5. Bronx High School of ScienceBronx, NY

    General support

    $3,000
  6. Hospital for Special Surgery FoundationNew York, NY

    General support

    $2,500
  7. Pregnancy JusticeNew York, NY

    General support

    $2,500
  8. Coalition for Southern EqualityAsheville, NC

    General support

    $2,000
  9. Leading for ChildrenSouth Orange, NJ

    General support

    $2,000
  10. National Dance InstituteNew York, NY

    General support

    $2,000
  11. Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, CT

    General support

    $2,000
  12. Bank Street CollegeNew York, NY

    General support

    $1,500
  13. New Jersey Institute for Social JusticeNewark, NJ

    General support

    $1,500
  14. New York University School of LawNew York, NY

    General support

    $1,500
  15. Our JourneyRocky Mount, NC

    General support

    $1,500
  16. Alzheimers AssociationNew York, NY

    General support

    $1,000
  17. Buffalo Seminary Annual FundBuffalo, NY

    General support

    $1,000
  18. Casting for RecoveryBozeman, MT

    General support

    $1,000
  19. Citymeals-On-WheelsNew York, NY

    General support

    $1,000
  20. Climb WyomingCheyenne, WY

    General support

    $1,000
  21. Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY

    General support

    $1,000
  22. New 42nd Street IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $1,000
  23. The Mountain School of Milton AcademyVershire, VT

    General support

    $1,000
  24. The New Jewish Home - Fund for the AgedNew York, NY

    General support

    $1,000
  25. The New York FoundlingNew York, NY

    General support

    $1,000
  26. Center for Community TransitionsCharlotte, NC

    General support

    $500
  27. Center for Death Penalty LitigationDurham, NC

    General support

    $500
  28. Covenant House InternationalNew York, NY

    General support

    $500
  29. Dubois MuseumDubois, WY

    General support

    $500
  30. Equal Justice InitiativeMontgomery, AL

    General support

    $500
  31. Illinois Prison ProjectSpringfield, IL

    General support

    $500
  32. Klingenstein Center Teachers CollegeNew York, NY

    General support

    $500
  33. NAACP Legal Defense FundNew York, NY

    General support

    $500
  34. New York Peace InstituteNew York, NY

    General support

    $500
  35. Rye Country Day SchoolRye, NY

    General support

    $500
  36. Shady Hill SchoolCambridge, MA

    General support

    $500
  37. Student Leadership NetworkNew York, NY

    General support

    $500
  38. The Wheeler SchoolProvidence, RI

    General support

    $500
  39. Trip of A LifetimeScarsdale, NY

    General support

    $500
  40. Trustees of Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA

    General support

    $500
  41. Wyoming Stock Growers Endowment FundCheyenne, WY

    General support

    $500
  42. Bedford Fire DepartmentBedford, NY

    General support

    $300
  43. Chewonki FoundationWiscasset, ME

    General support

    $300
  44. Bedford PbaBedford Hills, NY

    General support

    $250
  45. Boys & Girls Club of DuboisDubois, WY

    General support

    $250
  46. Concord AcademyConcord, MA

    General support

    $250
  47. Local Journalism ProjectProvincetown, MA

    General support

    $250
  48. Project MorryPort Chester, NY

    General support

    $250
  49. The Brotherhood Sister SolNew York, NY

    General support

    $250
  50. Uptown StoriesNew York, NY

    General support

    $200

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health2 grants $11,00029% of the total
  2. Education10 grants $8,20021% of the total
  3. Environment2 grants $5,80015% of the total
  4. Human services5 grants $4,00010% of the total
  5. Arts and culture2 grants $3,0008% of the total
  6. Civil rights2 grants $3,0008% of the total
  7. 5 other causes5 grants $3,2508% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York25 grants $41,350
  2. Maryland2 grants $5,500
  3. Oregon1 grant $5,500
  4. North Carolina4 grants $4,500
  5. New Jersey2 grants $3,500
  6. Wyoming4 grants $2,250
  7. Connecticut1 grant $2,000
  8. Massachusetts4 grants $1,500
  9. Montana1 grant $1,000
  10. Vermont1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Jeffrey I SussmanPRESIDENT - DIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Susan H SussmanSECRETARY - DIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0

The return

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