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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-4147704

The Menezes Foundation Inc

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 10 grants and $256,850 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 2025), 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 2024

    $256,850

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $4,556,146

  • Tax year 2023

    $161,120

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $4,595,089

  • Tax year 2022

    $299,460

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $4,547,495

  • Tax year 2021

    $201,260

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $4,895,074

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,562,700

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $5,275,862

  • Tax year 2019

    $183,500

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $6,612,307

  • Tax year 2018

    $269,500

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $7,527,205

  • Tax year 2017

    $280,350

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $7,548,653

Grants paid in 2024

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. MIT Sloan School of ManagementCambridge, MA

    General support

    $130,000
  2. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of NYNew York, NY

    General support

    $59,050
  3. American Indian FundNew York, NY

    General support

    $44,800
  4. Archdiocese of New York (cardinal's Appeal)New York, NY

    General support

    $15,000
  5. Pratham USAHouston, TX

    General support

    $5,000
  6. Student AdovcacyElmsford, NY

    General support

    $1,000
  7. Cornell Lab of OrnithiologyIthaca, NY

    General support

    $500
  8. Metropolitan Opera HouseNew York, NY

    General support

    $500
  9. New York Public RadioNew York, NY

    General support

    $500
  10. ThirteenNew York, NY

    General support

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5,00091% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $5009% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts1 grant $130,000
  2. New York8 grants $121,850
  3. Texas1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Tara A MenezesDIRECTOR/PRESIDENT Hours 10Pay $0
  • Pia KruegerDIRECTOR/TREASURER Hours 10Pay $0
  • Alia MenezesDIRECTOR Hours 10Pay $0
  • Mita N MenezesDIRECTOR Hours 10Pay $0
  • Martin M MenezesDIRECTOR/SECRETARY Hours 10Pay $0

The return

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