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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-1981444

The Leon H Charney Foundation Inc

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $38,320 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

    $38,320

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $21,650
  • Tax year 2024

    $52,320

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $34,704
  • Tax year 2023

    $245,710

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $81,262
  • Tax year 2022

    $97,583

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $31,115
  • Tax year 2021

    $264,025

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $53,090
  • Tax year 2020

    $400,190

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $8,427
  • Tax year 2019

    $1,652,750

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $104,792
  • Tax year 2018

    $1,556,967

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $613,314

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Pef Israel Endowment FundNew York, NY

    General purpose

    $34,320
  2. American Friends of AnuNew York, NY

    General purpose

    $3,000
  3. Foundation for Ethnic UnderstandingNew York, NY

    General purpose

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $1,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York3 grants $38,320

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Tzili CharneyDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Warren R GleicherPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Rob EssexTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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