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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-6093842

Michael E Gellert Trust

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $510,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 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.

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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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $510,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $6,473,363

  • Tax year 2023

    $352,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $6,806,095

  • Tax year 2022

    $619,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $6,893,304

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,015,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $7,479,690

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,213,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $3,059,029

  • Tax year 2019

    $529,250

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,181,577

  • Tax year 2018

    $1,100,450

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,749,209

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Waterford SchoolSandy, UT

    General

    $325,000
  2. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln CenterNew York, NY

    General

    $62,000
  3. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    General

    $50,000
  4. Sundance InstitutePark City, UT

    General

    $35,000
  5. Ballet WestSalt Lake Cty, UT

    General

    $33,000
  6. Radcliffe Institute for Advanced StudyCambridge, MA

    General

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture3 grants $130,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Utah2 grants $358,000
  2. New York2 grants $97,000
  3. Massachusetts2 grants $55,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • David B SpohngellertTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • John M GellertTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Catherine A GellertTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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