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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-5390754

The Sharon Levine Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 18 grants and $1.9 million paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

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

    $1,861,094

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $9,942,499
  • Tax year 2023

    $1,954,734

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $11,292,112
  • Tax year 2022

    $1,678,018

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $12,831,500
  • Tax year 2021

    $949,219

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $14,792,896
  • Tax year 2020

    $805,594

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $14,737,326
  • Tax year 2019

    $782,821

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $15,407,300

Grants paid in 2024

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUniondale, NY

    General support

    $1,000,000
  2. Young Men and Young Womens Hebrew AssociationNew York, NY

    General support

    $250,000
  3. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    General support

    $200,000
  4. UJA Federation of NYNew York, NY

    General support

    $100,000
  5. American Committee of the Weitzmann Institute for ScienceNew York, NY

    General support

    $100,000
  6. Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Ukranian ReliefNew York, NY

    General support

    $66,094
  7. Citizens Committee for Children of NYNew York, NY

    General support

    $50,000
  8. New Jersey Performing Arts CenterNewark, NJ

    General support

    $37,500
  9. Whitney Museum of American ArtNew York, NY

    General support

    $25,000
  10. The Dwight School FoundationNew York, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  11. Covenant HouseNew York, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  12. Jewish Troopers Association IncMartinsville, NJ

    General support

    $5,000
  13. Little Warrior Foundation IncBrookfield, WI

    General support

    $2,500
  14. The Windward SchoolNew York, NY

    General support

    $1,500
  15. Weill Cornell Medical CenterNew York, NY

    General support

    $1,000
  16. Hadassah the Womens Zionist Organization of AmericaNew York, NY

    General support

    $1,000
  17. Women Make MoviesNew York, NY

    General support

    $1,000
  18. Class of 1963 Scholarship FundBronx, NY

    General support

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $200,00071% of the total
  2. Arts and culture3 grants $63,50023% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $10,0004% of the total
  4. Public affairs1 grant $5,0002% of the total
  5. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $2,500<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York15 grants $1,816,094
  2. New Jersey2 grants $42,500
  3. Wisconsin1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Sharon M ElghanayanTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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