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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-7004291

Eric P Sheinberg Foundation

A private foundation in New Canaan, CT. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 25 grants and $630,000 paid in grants.

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.

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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $630,000

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $10,093,138
  • Tax year 2023

    $794,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $9,972,451
  • Tax year 2022

    $832,200

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $10,321,473
  • Tax year 2021

    $800,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $10,662,969
  • Tax year 2020

    $826,373

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $10,683,757
  • Tax year 2019

    $821,100

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $10,614,125
  • Tax year 2018

    $899,450

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $10,463,397

Grants paid in 2024

25 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Mount Sinai Medical CenterNew York, NY

    General support

    $235,000
  2. Goldman Sachs GivesNew York, NY

    General support

    $173,000
  3. American Hospital of Paris FoundationNew York, NY

    General support

    $35,000
  4. New Canaan Waveny Lifecare NetworkNew Canaan, CT

    General support

    $25,000
  5. Police Athletic League of NYNew York, NY

    General support

    $25,000
  6. John Hopkins Berman InstituteBaltimore, MD

    General support

    $20,000
  7. Central Park ConservancyNew York, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  8. Frick MuseumNew York, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  9. Getabout IncNew Canaan, CT

    General support

    $10,000
  10. Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  11. Museum of Modern ArtNew York, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  12. New Canaan Public LibraryNew Canaan, CT

    General support

    $10,000
  13. WNET Thirteen AssociatesNew York, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  14. Asia SocietyNew York, NY

    General support

    $5,000
  15. New Canaan Police Benevolent AssnNew Canaan, CT

    General support

    $5,000
  16. New Canaan Police DepartmentNew Canaan, CT

    General support

    $5,000
  17. New Canaan Staying PutNew Canaan, CT

    General support

    $5,000
  18. New Canaan Volunteer Ambulance CorpsNew Canaan, CT

    General support

    $5,000
  19. New Canaan YMCANew Canaan, CT

    General support

    $5,000
  20. Quaker Ridge Employee Scholarship FundScarsdale, NY

    General support

    $5,000
  21. Wildlife Conservation SocietyBronx, NY

    General support

    $5,000
  22. Botanical Garden of NYBronx, NY

    General support

    $2,500
  23. Visiting Nurse ServiceWilton, CT

    General support

    $2,500
  24. New Canaan Fire DepartmentNew Canaan, CT

    General support

    $1,000
  25. Westchester Caddie Scholarship FundElmsford, NY

    General support

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $235,00052% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $173,00039% of the total
  3. Arts and culture2 grants $20,0004% of the total
  4. Sports and recreation1 grant $10,0002% of the total
  5. Animals1 grant $5,0001% of the total
  6. International aid1 grant $5,0001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York14 grants $536,500
  2. Connecticut10 grants $73,500
  3. Maryland1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Eric P SheinbergTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Michael SteinhardtTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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