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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-6191234

The Essel Foundation

A private foundation in Purchase, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $14.8 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

    $14,787,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $270,426,353

  • Tax year 2023

    $5,680,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $109,687,173

  • Tax year 2022

    $13,230,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $109,969,634

  • Tax year 2021

    $13,450,001

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $94,117,548

  • Tax year 2020

    $18,450,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $100,106,056

  • Tax year 2019

    $3,170,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $96,048,638

  • Tax year 2018

    $635,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $85,767,752

  • Tax year 2017

    $1,276,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $79,487,003

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. This return lists its grants in an attachment that is not in the IRS e-file: $10.8 million in all.

  2. This return lists its grants in an attachment that is not in the IRS e-file: $2.9 million in all.

  3. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    Unrestricted grant

    $400,000
  4. The Lieber Institute for Brain DevelopmentBaltimore, MD

    Unrestricted grant

    $186,074
  5. Poynter InstituteSaint Petersburg, FL

    Unrestricted grant

    $180,000
  6. The Carter Center IncAtlanta, GA

    Unrestricted grant

    $157,000
  7. Brain & Behavior Research FoundationNew York, NY

    Unrestricted grant

    $65,388
  8. San Francisco Study CenterSan Francisco, CA

    Unrestricted grant

    $50,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $450,00074% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $157,00026% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York2 grants $465,388
  2. Maryland1 grant $186,074
  3. Florida1 grant $180,000
  4. Georgia1 grant $157,000
  5. California1 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.

  • Janice Liebersecretary Hours 0Pay $0
  • Mary E RubinTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Geoffrey Simonpresident Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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