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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-3854362

The Weinig Foundation Inc

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 29 grants and $132,802 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $132,802

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $1,779,333

  • Tax year 2023

    $211,591

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $1,676,855

  • Tax year 2022

    $53,200

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,790,643

  • Tax year 2021

    $77,400

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,835,302

  • Tax year 2020

    $73,790

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $1,829,303

Grants paid in 2024

29 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Friends of the Palm Beach County LibraryWest Palm Beach, FL

    General education and charitable purposes

    $35,000
  2. Morgan Library & MuseumNew York, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $20,000
  3. Partnership for Quality EducationNew York, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $20,000
  4. Friends of NY Public LibraryNew York, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $10,000
  5. Cutler Memorial LibraryPlainfield, VT

    General education and charitable purposes

    $6,000
  6. Cabot Public LibraryCabot, VT

    General education and charitable purposes

    $5,400
  7. Denmark Public LibraryDenmark, ME

    General education and charitable purposes

    $5,000
  8. Syracuse University in FlorenceFirenze, Italy

    General education and charitable purposes

    $5,000
  9. Teachers College Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $5,000
  10. Xavier MissionNew York, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $5,000
  11. The Julliard SchoolNew York, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $2,500
  12. Gotham Early Music Scene IncNew York, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $2,000
  13. Metropolitan OperaNew York, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $1,500
  14. New York Botanical GardenBronx, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $1,082
  15. Central Park ConservancyNew York, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $1,000
  16. Cornell Ornithology LabIthaca, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $1,000
  17. Humane Society of New YorkNew York, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $1,000
  18. Sutton Place Parks Conservancy IncNew York, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $1,000
  19. ThirteenNew York, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $1,000
  20. Wild Bird Fund IncNew York, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $1,000
  21. WQXRNew York, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $1,000
  22. Carnegie HallNew York, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $900
  23. American Society of the French Legion of HonorGoshen, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $500
  24. Sigma XIResearch Triangle Park, NC

    General education and charitable purposes

    $300
  25. Stuyvesant High School AlumniNew York, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $250
  26. Tau Beta Pi AssociationKnoxville, TN

    General education and charitable purposes

    $250
  27. Maine AudubonFalmouth, ME

    General education and charitable purposes

    $60
  28. Scandinavia HouseNew York, NY

    General education and charitable purposes

    $30
  29. Smithsonian InstituteWashington, DC

    General education and charitable purposes

    $30

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $25,00063% of the total
  2. Housing and shelter1 grant $5,00013% of the total
  3. Arts and culture4 grants $4,43011% of the total
  4. Animals2 grants $2,0005% of the total
  5. Sports and recreation2 grants $2,0005% of the total
  6. Environment2 grants $1,1423% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York21 grants $75,792
  2. Florida1 grant $35,000
  3. Vermont2 grants $11,400
  4. Maine2 grants $5,060
  5. North Carolina1 grant $300
  6. Tennessee1 grant $250

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Sheldon WeinigDIRECTOR Hours 10Pay $0
  • James LyonDIRECTOR Hours 10Pay $0
  • Mary Jo WeinigDIRECTOR Hours 30Pay $0

The return

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