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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-6075489

Amicus Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Melville, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 18 grants and $557,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Oct 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.

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

    $557,500

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $7,760,417

  • Tax year 2023

    $475,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $8,216,876

  • Tax year 2022

    $493,050

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $8,466,163

  • Tax year 2021

    $410,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $8,855,804

  • Tax year 2020

    $517,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $9,946,932

  • Tax year 2019

    $541,500

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $3,148,149

  • Tax year 2018

    $502,300

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $3,308,898

  • Tax year 2017

    $557,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $3,550,456

Grants paid in 2024

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY

    Educational

    $100,000
  2. Selby Botanical GardensSarasota, FL

    Educational

    $75,000
  3. Van Wezel FoundationSarasota, FL

    Educational

    $75,000
  4. New Pond Farm and EducationRedding, CT

    Educational

    $50,000
  5. John Hopkins Hospital Benjamin Gilky FundSt Petersburg, FL

    Educational

    $45,000
  6. Neuro Challenge FoundationSarasota, FL

    Educational

    $45,000
  7. Forty Carrots Family CenterSarasota, FL

    Educational

    $40,000
  8. Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA

    Educational

    $35,000
  9. Boys and Girls Clubs SarasotaSarasota, FL

    Educational

    $25,000
  10. Sarasota Memorial Healthcare FoundationSarasota, FL

    Educational

    $25,000
  11. YMCA SarasotaSarasota, FL

    Educational

    $25,000
  12. Berkshire International Film FestivalGT Barrington, MA

    Educational

    $5,000
  13. Bso TanglewoodLenox, MA

    Educational

    $5,000
  14. Barrington StagePittsfield, MA

    Educational

    $2,000
  15. Shakespeare & CompanyLenox, MA

    Educational

    $2,000
  16. Clark Art InstituteWilliamstown, MA

    Educational

    $1,500
  17. Mahaiwe Performing Arts CenterGT Barrington, MA

    Educational

    $1,500
  18. WHMT Public TelevisionTroy, NY

    Educational

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $140,00066% of the total
  2. Health2 grants $70,00033% of the total
  3. Arts and culture2 grants $3,5002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida8 grants $355,000
  2. New York2 grants $100,500
  3. Massachusetts7 grants $52,000
  4. Connecticut1 grant $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Leigh WeinerPRES/DIRECTOR Hours 3Pay $0
  • Sharyn WeinerV. PRES Hours 2Pay $0
  • Theodore Schiffman EsqTREAS/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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