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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-3922034

The Calamus Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 11 grants and $150,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $150,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $5,255,232

  • Tax year 2023

    $250,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $4,707,395

  • Tax year 2022

    $250,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $4,711,806

  • Tax year 2021

    $425,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,766,740

  • Tax year 2020

    $267,500

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $5,159,613

  • Tax year 2019

    $247,500

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $4,855,342

  • Tax year 2018

    $278,500

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $4,577,102

Grants paid in 2024

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Chosen Family CenterNew York, NY

    General support

    $20,000
  2. Transgender Law ProjectLa, CA

    General support

    $20,000
  3. William Insitute UCLA School of LawLos Angeles, CA

    General support

    $20,000
  4. America DiversaBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $15,000
  5. Designing Justice Designing SpacesOakland, CA

    General support

    $15,000
  6. Promise of JusticeNew Orleans, LA

    General support

    $15,000
  7. Black LGBTQ Liberation IncFt Lauderdale, FL

    General support

    $10,000
  8. Inter-Intra CommunityChicago, IL

    General support

    $10,000
  9. Queer Youth Project of ConnecticutHartford, CT

    General support

    $10,000
  10. Terra FirmaBronx, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  11. Tarab NYCBronx, NY

    General support

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Civil rights3 grants $30,00055% of the total
  2. Crime and legal aid2 grants $25,00045% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $55,000
  2. New York4 grants $50,000
  3. Louisiana1 grant $15,000
  4. Connecticut1 grant $10,000
  5. Florida1 grant $10,000
  6. Illinois1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Loring McAlpinPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Milap PatelSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sue SimonVICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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