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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-6132611

Herman & Lenore Rottenberg Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $191,800 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Jan 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

    $191,800

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,822,958

  • Tax year 2024

    $159,970

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,901,997

  • Tax year 2023

    $146,725

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,864,534

  • Tax year 2022

    $87,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,059,072

  • Tax year 2021

    $103,020

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,129,104

  • Tax year 2020

    $125,020

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,081,064

  • Tax year 2019

    $77,389

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,142,433

  • Tax year 2018

    $119,874

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,887,824

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    Tuition

    $78,000
  2. Tiferet CenterCorain, MA

    Charitable

    $48,000
  3. Broad Street ReviewPhiladelphia, PA

    Charitable

    $24,000
  4. One WorldWashington, DC

    Charitable

    $18,000
  5. Cooperative Development InstituteWashington, DC

    Charitable

    $11,000
  6. Humboldt Area FoundationBayside, CA

    Charitable

    $10,000
  7. Individual

    Tuition

    $1,800
  8. Greennfields Center SchoolGreenfield, MA

    Charitable

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $24,00071% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $10,00029% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts2 grants $49,000
  2. District of Columbia3 grants $39,000
  3. Pennsylvania1 grant $24,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Robert RottenbergPRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN Hours 0Pay $0
  • Sharon TrulockSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0
  • Melvin Spitz CPATREASURER Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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