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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-4010009

The Benderfishbein Foundation Inc

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $67,054 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $67,054

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $876,628

  • Tax year 2024

    $51,584

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $889,158

  • Tax year 2023

    $25,643

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $894,575

  • Tax year 2022

    $26,600

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $878,100

  • Tax year 2021

    $105,655

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $874,120

  • Tax year 2020

    $69,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $884,100

  • Tax year 2019

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $911,716

  • Tax year 2018

    $44,163

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $928,055

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    The purpose of these contributions is to aid the donee organization in carrying out its exempt functions.

    $56,500
  2. Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NY

    The purpose of these contributions is to aid the donee organization in carrying out its exempt functions.

    $10,554

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $56,50084% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $10,55416% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York2 grants $67,054

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Estelle BenderPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Melissa BenderVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Justin FoxTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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