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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-4049922

Michele & Thomas Kahn Foundation Inc

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $126,274 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Mar 31, 2026), 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

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $126,274

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,069,903
  • Tax year 2024

    $35,815

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $902,322
  • Tax year 2023

    $105,460

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $908,694
  • Tax year 2022

    $185,939

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $952,622
  • Tax year 2021

    $213,828

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $1,267,286
  • Tax year 2020

    $84,723

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $1,121,976
  • Tax year 2019

    $134,324

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $879,612
  • Tax year 2018

    $76,014

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $1,372,719

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Children's Museum of ManhattanNew York, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $54,500
  2. Metropolitan OperaNew York, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $25,000
  3. Ackerman Institute for the Family TherapyNew York, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $15,000
  4. Horace Mann SchoolBronx, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $10,000
  5. Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $8,844
  6. Carnegie HallNew York, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $6,130
  7. Washington Market SchoolNew York, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $4,000
  8. Kent SchoolKent, CT

    General charitable purposes

    $1,000
  9. The Museum of the Moving ImageAstoria, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $1,000
  10. PianosonomaNewton Highlands, MA

    General charitable purposes

    $500
  11. NY Botanical GardenBronx, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $300

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture5 grants $95,47486% of the total
  2. Education3 grants $15,00014% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York9 grants $124,774
  2. Connecticut1 grant $1,000
  3. Massachusetts1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Thomas KahnPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Andrew KahnTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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