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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 16-1571985

Yaman Foundation

A private foundation in Cortland, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $137,500 paid in grants.

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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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Yaman Foundation
165 Main St Suite 1
Cortland, NY 13045
(607) 756-5872
Form and materials
Applications should be written and specify the nature of the applicant.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Recipents must be qualified charitable organizations within the meaning of internal revenue code section 501(c)(3).

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $137,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $285,278

  • Tax year 2024

    $47,707

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $417,442

  • Tax year 2023

    $203,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $458,221

  • Tax year 2022

    $230,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $647,019

  • Tax year 2021

    $292,872

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $857,775

  • Tax year 2020

    $122,345

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,126,293

  • Tax year 2019

    $56,755

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,193,121

  • Tax year 2018

    $260,594

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,205,847

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Tompkins Financial AdvisorsIthaca, NY

    General donation

    $125,000
  2. Dana Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, MA

    General donation

    $10,000
  3. Kiwanis of CortlandCortland, NY

    Donation for playground

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Medical research1 grant $10,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York2 grants $127,500
  2. Massachusetts1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • James D YamanTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Paul J YamanTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Dorothy KellyTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Emily YamanTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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