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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-3992304

Seven Turns Fund Inc

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 24 grants and $1.9 million paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 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

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

    $1,944,556

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $1,234,111
  • Tax year 2023

    $3,027,371

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $2,148,857
  • Tax year 2022

    $2,954,451

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $2,086,235
  • Tax year 2021

    $805,448

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $4,408,017
  • Tax year 2020

    $5,533,200

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $5,671,110
  • Tax year 2019

    $7,360,852

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $4,811,460
  • Tax year 2018

    $2,969,113

    Grants listed
    41
    Assets, end of year
    $3,160,344
  • Tax year 2017

    $1,856,785

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $2,963,750

Grants paid in 2024

24 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $421,178
  2. Acumen Fund IncNew York, NY

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $401,233
  3. Seeds of PeaceWashington, DC

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $301,174
  4. New York UniversityNew York, NY

    Support of the educational mission of the NYU clive davis institute of recorded music.

    $201,009
  5. American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York, NY

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $103,778
  6. Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $100,444
  7. Gilder Lehrman Institute of American HistoryNew York, NY

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $100,223
  8. Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, NY

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $75,190
  9. Perdev Perceptual Development CenterNew York, NY

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $29,902
  10. City HarvestBrooklyn, NY

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $29,808
  11. New York UniversityNew York, NY

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $25,211
  12. Trilok Fusion Arts IncMalibu, CA

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $25,000
  13. Center for Educational InnovationNew York, NY

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $24,691
  14. Camp Chippewa FoundationMaple Grove, MN

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $20,204
  15. New York Historical SocietyNew York, NY

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $14,840
  16. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $14,058
  17. Action Against HungerNew York, NY

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $10,044
  18. Hard-Edged Hope FoundationNew York, NY

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $9,847
  19. Asia Society New YorkNew York, NY

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $9,810
  20. Savannah Music FestivalSavannah, GA

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $9,284
  21. Met the Women and the Critical EyeNew York, NY

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $7,450
  22. Hawken SchoolGates Mills, OH

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $5,178
  23. Beaverkill Valley Land Trust IncLivingstn MNR, NY

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $2,500
  24. Catskill Art SocietyLivingstn MNR, NY

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid2 grants $702,40755% of the total
  2. Education6 grants $456,75636% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $29,9022% of the total
  4. Food and agriculture1 grant $29,8082% of the total
  5. Arts and culture3 grants $26,6242% of the total
  6. Youth development1 grant $20,2042% of the total
  7. 2 other causes2 grants $12,347<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York19 grants $1,784,446
  2. Tennessee1 grant $100,444
  3. California1 grant $25,000
  4. Minnesota1 grant $20,204
  5. Georgia1 grant $9,284
  6. Ohio1 grant $5,178

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Carolyn FriedlandDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jonathan FriedlandDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Shaiza RizaviDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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