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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-6195082

The Furtherance Fund Inc

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $320,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Mar 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.

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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

    $320,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $4,899,688

  • Tax year 2023

    $370,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $4,791,447

  • Tax year 2022

    $11,466,697

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $4,823,522

  • Tax year 2021

    $625,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $8,975,569

  • Tax year 2020

    $620,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $8,904,589

  • Tax year 2019

    $620,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $8,446,747

  • Tax year 2018

    $600,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $8,251,003

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Olmsted Manor Retreat CenterLudlow, PA

    Religious

    $125,000
  2. Adirondack Land Trust IncKeene, NY

    Land preservation

    $100,000
  3. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Educational

    $30,000
  4. The Macdowell ColonyPeterborough, NH

    Educational

    $30,000
  5. The Nature Conservancy-Adirondack ChapterArlington, VA

    Adirondack nature conservancy

    $25,000
  6. Woodlawn Conservancy IncBronx, NY

    Educational

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment1 grant $100,00071% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $30,00021% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $10,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York3 grants $140,000
  2. Pennsylvania1 grant $125,000
  3. New Jersey1 grant $30,000
  4. Virginia1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Andrew L TanseySECRETARY Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • James F KellyVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Craig StandishPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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