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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-6220799

The Joelson Foundation

A private foundation in Princeton, NJ. Its return for tax year 2025 reports $708,100 paid in grants, listed in an attachment that is not in the e-file.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Mar 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.

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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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $708,100

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $17,474,072

  • Tax year 2024

    $645,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $16,118,470

  • Tax year 2023

    $482,235

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $16,638,703

  • Tax year 2022

    $617,500

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $18,511,125

  • Tax year 2021

    $530,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $19,179,281

  • Tax year 2020

    $348,100

    Grants listed
    88
    Assets, end of year
    $14,583,135

  • Tax year 2019

    $703,850

    Grants listed
    127
    Assets, end of year
    $14,957,436

  • Tax year 2018

    $796,323

    Grants listed
    128
    Assets, end of year
    $15,177,103

  • Tax year 2017

    $1,077,015

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $15,438,686

Grants paid in 2025

Grants listed in an attachment (not in the e-file)

As listed on the return.

  1. This return lists its grants in an attachment that is not in the IRS e-file: $708,100 in all.

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Evelyn LiptonPRESIDENT Hours 20Pay $91,000
  • Howard FifeSecretary/Treasurer Hours 20Pay $75,000
  • Richard FifeDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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