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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-0704257

Lisa Beth Gerstman Foundation

A private foundation in Garden City, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 22 grants and $418,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Aug 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. It still lists the details below.

Contact
Lisa Beth Gerstman Foundation
439 Oak Street
Garden City, NY 115306419
(516) 594-4400
[email protected]
Form and materials
Applications for financial assistance are to be submitted through the organization's web site at www.lisabethgerstman.org for consideration.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
The foundation will only provide grants to accredited camps and will decline grant requests from organizations that do not meet this criteria. See web site at www.lisabethgerstman.org for types of grants that the foundation will not fund.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $418,500

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $2,061,478

  • Tax year 2023

    $366,000

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $1,742,752

  • Tax year 2022

    $341,300

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $1,227,485

  • Tax year 2021

    $257,600

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $1,059,882

  • Tax year 2020

    $332,200

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $983,171

  • Tax year 2019

    $120,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,012,675

  • Tax year 2018

    $344,515

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $578,450

  • Tax year 2017

    $306,576

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $464,677

Grants paid in 2024

22 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. YMCA of Greater New YorkNew York, NY

    Camp scholarships

    $165,000
  2. Commonpoint Queens (samuel Field Ym & YWHA)Little Neck, NY

    Camp scholarships

    $41,000
  3. The Children's Aid SocietyChappaqua, NY

    Camp scholarships

    $18,000
  4. Camp Hes at CanarsieBrooklyn, NY

    Camp scholarships

    $15,000
  5. JCH of BensonhurstBrooklyn, NY

    Camp scholarships

    $15,000
  6. Pal-O-Mine Equestrian IncIslandia, NY

    Camp scholarships

    $15,000
  7. The Gateway Family YMCAElizabeth, NJ

    Camp scholarships

    $15,000
  8. YMCA of Newark and VicinityNewark, NJ

    Camp scholarships

    $15,000
  9. Queens Center for ProgressJamaica, NY

    Camp scholarships

    $12,500
  10. Educational AllianceWheatley Heights, NY

    Camp scholarships

    $12,000
  11. Metropolitan YMCA of the OrangesLivingston, NJ

    Camp scholarships

    $12,000
  12. Westfield Area YWestfield, NJ

    Camp scholarships

    $12,000
  13. YMCA of WayneWayne, NJ

    Camp scholarships

    $12,000
  14. Mid-Island Y JCCWheatley Heights, NY

    Camp scholarships

    $10,000
  15. Shorefront Ym&ywha of Brighton-Manhattan BeachBrooklyn, NY

    Camp scholarships

    $10,000
  16. St Mary's Healthcare System for ChildrenBayside, NY

    Camp scholarships

    $10,000
  17. JCC of Staten IslandStaten Island, NY

    Camp scholarships

    $7,000
  18. Camp FelixPutnam Valley, NY

    Camp scholarships

    $5,000
  19. Helen Keller CampBrooklyn, NY

    Camp scholarships

    $5,000
  20. TiegermanGlen Cove, NY

    Camp scholarships

    $5,000
  21. Sunrise Day Camp-Long IslandOceanside, NY

    Camp scholarships

    $4,500
  22. Dancing DreamsBayside, NY

    Camp scholarships

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services3 grants $45,00078% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $10,00017% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $2,5004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York17 grants $352,500
  2. New Jersey5 grants $66,000

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

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

  • Bradley GerstmanDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Pamela GerstmanDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Daniel GerstmanPRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Linda GerstmanDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Carol GerstmanDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Cheryl GerstmanDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Harvey GerstmanDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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