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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-3781874

The Coby Foundation LTD

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 23 grants and $789,000 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

    $789,000

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $16,785,774

  • Tax year 2023

    $753,500

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $13,990,851

  • Tax year 2022

    $500,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $13,270,834

  • Tax year 2021

    $634,500

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $11,927,255

  • Tax year 2020

    $596,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $10,265,866

  • Tax year 2019

    $707,500

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $9,772,923

Grants paid in 2024

23 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Greater Hudson Heritage NetworkElmsford, NY

    Conservation treatment

    $80,000
  2. Maine State MuseumAugusta, ME

    Exhibition

    $60,000
  3. New York Historical SocietyNew York, NY

    Exhibition

    $50,000
  4. Schweinfurth Art CenterAuburn, NY

    Exhibition

    $50,000
  5. The Frick CollectionNew York, NY

    Exhibition

    $50,000
  6. Penn MuseumPhiladelphia, PA

    Exhibition

    $50,000
  7. Museum of Art Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, RI

    Exhibition

    $50,000
  8. Clark Art InstituteWilliamstown, MA

    Exhibition

    $40,000
  9. LyndhurstTarrytown, NY

    Exhibition

    $40,000
  10. Historic DeerfieldDeerfield, MA

    Exhibition

    $40,000
  11. Ars Nova WorkshopPhiladelphia, PA

    Exhibition

    $35,000
  12. American Folk Art MuseumNew York, NY

    Exhibition

    $30,000
  13. Hispanic Society of AmericaNew York, NY

    Exhibition

    $30,000
  14. Trustees of Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

    Exhibition

    $25,000
  15. Hispanic Society of AmericaNew York, NY

    Exhibition

    $25,000
  16. Mattatuck MuseumWaterbury, CT

    Exhibition

    $20,000
  17. Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg, PA

    Exhibition

    $20,000
  18. Storm King Art CenterNew Windsor, NY

    Exhibition

    $20,000
  19. Baltimore Museum of ArtBaltimore, MD

    Exhibition

    $15,000
  20. Institute of Contemporary Art BostonBoston, MA

    Exhibition

    $15,000
  21. Hudson River MuseumYonkers, NY

    Exhibition

    $15,000
  22. Concord MuseumConcord, MA

    Exhibition

    $15,000
  23. Reginald F Lewis MuseumBaltimore, MD

    Public Program

    $14,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture8 grants $245,00084% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $45,00016% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York10 grants $390,000
  2. Massachusetts5 grants $135,000
  3. Pennsylvania3 grants $105,000
  4. Maine1 grant $60,000
  5. Rhode Island1 grant $50,000
  6. Maryland2 grants $29,000
  7. Connecticut1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

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

  • Dr Leslie ShankenCHAIR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Martha C HowellDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Dr Carol GronemanDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Brooke Pickering-ColeDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ward L E MintzEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 20Pay $76,004
  • Scott I FulmerVICE CHAIR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lea Paine HighetTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Margaret K HoferEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 20Pay $25,778

The return

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