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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-7306941

The Gelsomina Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $21,050 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 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.

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

    $21,050

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $107,733
  • Tax year 2024

    $4,648

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $118,319
  • Tax year 2023

    $8,050

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $122,865
  • Tax year 2022

    $4,450

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $117,599
  • Tax year 2021

    $2,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $122,377
  • Tax year 2020

    $4,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $121,876
  • Tax year 2019

    $5,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $123,728
  • Tax year 2018

    $18,950

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $127,998

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    General and unrestricted

    $10,000
  2. Carnegie Hall CorpNew York, NY

    General and unrestricted

    $4,000
  3. Whitney MuseumNew York, NY

    General and unrestricted

    $1,500
  4. Whitney MuseumNew York, NY

    General and unrestricted

    $1,500
  5. Moma MuseumNew York, NY

    General and unrestricted

    $550
  6. Moma MuseumNew York, NY

    General and unrestricted

    $550
  7. Individual

    General and unrestricted

    $500
  8. Individual

    General and unrestricted

    $500
  9. Metroploitan Museum of ArtNew York, NY

    General and unrestricted

    $500
  10. Covenant HouseNew York, NY

    General and unrestricted

    $500
  11. Covenant HouseNew York, NY

    General and unrestricted

    $500
  12. Guggenheim MuseumNew York, NY

    General and unrestricted

    $450

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 $4,00080% of the total
  2. Human services2 grants $1,00020% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York9 grants $10,050

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Tina-Maria BirchTrustee Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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