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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-8863647

M & E Friedman Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Brooklyn, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $210,517 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending May 31, 2026), 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
Robert Friedman
1465 14th Street
Lakewood, NJ 08701
(917) 461-4417
Form and materials
Letters of recommendations and descriptions of activities
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $210,517

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $273,740

  • Tax year 2024

    $171,210

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $139,905

  • Tax year 2023

    $132,070

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $79,571

  • Tax year 2022

    $62,960

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $82,478

  • Tax year 2021

    $70,430

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $100,413

  • Tax year 2020

    $80,370

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $139,804

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Koilel Shema InstituteBrooklyn, NY

    Aid to needy

    $105,000
  2. Elef HamugienBrooklyn, NY

    Aid to needy

    $45,000
  3. OJC FundBrooklyn, NY

    Aid to needy

    $10,000
  4. Individual

    Aid to needy

    $9,517
  5. Individual

    Aid to needy

    $9,000
  6. Individual

    Aid to needy

    $6,400
  7. Aderes Bais YaakovLakewood, NJ

    Aid to needy

    $6,000
  8. Individual

    Aid to needy

    $5,000
  9. Individual

    Aid to needy

    $3,600
  10. Bais Yaakov High School LakewoodLakewood, NJ

    Aid to needy

    $3,000
  11. Congregation Ani Maamin Bnos ChomesBrooklyn, NY

    Aid to needy

    $3,000
  12. Individual

    Aid to needy

    $3,000
  13. Bnos Yaakov Elementary SchoolLakewood, NJ

    Aid to needy

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Religion1 grant $45,00074% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $16,00026% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York4 grants $163,000
  2. New Jersey3 grants $11,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Robert FriedmanTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Esther FriedmanTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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