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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-5558739

The Lee Thaw Charitable Trust

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 13 grants and $127,410 paid in grants.

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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

    $127,410

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $32,557

  • Tax year 2023

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $14,196

  • Tax year 2022

    $101,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $12,066

  • Tax year 2021

    $84,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $11,069

  • Tax year 2020

    $85,500

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $3,149

  • Tax year 2018

    $99,474

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    -$1,978

Grants paid in 2024

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Metropolitan Opera AssociationNew York, NY

    General purposes

    $52,500
  2. The Bass MuseumMiami Beach, FL

    General purposes

    $13,410
  3. Maysles Institute Inc Co Dale DobsonNew York, NY

    General purposes

    $12,500
  4. Perez Art Museum MiamiMiami, FL

    General purposes

    $11,000
  5. Chanticleer FoundationWayne, PA

    General funding

    $10,000
  6. New York City CenterNew York, NY

    General purposes

    $10,000
  7. American Friends of Salburg -Easter FestivalNew York, NY

    General purposes

    $5,000
  8. Arts 14CJersey City, NJ

    General purposes

    $2,500
  9. Lamplighter FoundationAlbany, NY

    General purposes

    $2,500
  10. Sand Lake Center for the ArtsAverill Park, NY

    General purposes

    $2,500
  11. The Hampton HouseMiami, FL

    General purposes

    $2,500
  12. The Wolfsonian Museum - FiuMiami, FL

    General purposes

    $2,000
  13. Island Health Project IncFishers Isle, NY

    General purposes

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture4 grants $67,50099% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $1,0001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York7 grants $86,000
  2. Florida4 grants $28,910
  3. Pennsylvania1 grant $10,000
  4. New Jersey1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Joseph C WempleCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Richard J Miller JrCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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