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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 22-2470111

Judith & Edwin Cohen Foundation

A private foundation in Binghamton, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 31 grants and $107,000 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

    $107,000

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $2,355,710
  • Tax year 2024

    $95,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $2,201,628
  • Tax year 2023

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $2,032,024
  • Tax year 2022

    $113,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $1,812,254
  • Tax year 2021

    $92,000

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $2,392,676
  • Tax year 2020

    $90,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $2,155,736
  • Tax year 2019

    $89,900

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $1,870,504
  • Tax year 2018

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $1,640,281

Grants paid in 2025

31 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    To Support travla for students to professional society meetings

    $7,500
  2. Ezra Multi-Service CenterChicago, IL

    Social services

    $7,000
  3. Individual

    To support organization's services of facilitating home care

    $7,000
  4. Literacy Volunteer of Broome CountyBinghamton, NY

    At risk literacy training

    $6,000
  5. Autism Society of MarylandColumbia, MD

    Internet Digital Information source

    $5,500
  6. Oregon Food Bank WestBeaverton, OR

    Food for needy

    $5,000
  7. Jewish Family Child ServicesPortland, OR

    Senior home visitation and services

    $5,000
  8. City Colleges of Chicago FoundationChicago, IL

    Timuel black scholarship fund

    $5,000
  9. Portland Community College FoundatiPortland, OR

    Je cohen annuanl associate scholarship fund

    $4,600
  10. Democracy Forward FoundationWashington, DC

    Promotion of democracy

    $4,500
  11. Friends of the Jewish ChapelAnnapolis, MD

    Senior home visitation and services

    $4,000
  12. American Nurses Association FoundatSaint Louis, MO

    To support nurses in need

    $4,000
  13. Hope for UkraineRoseland, NJ

    Help for ukraine war victims

    $4,000
  14. Individual

    PROTECT [individual] OF CHURCH AND STATE

    $3,000
  15. Individual

    To support the organization's services of women's healthcare

    $3,000
  16. Friends of HartHillsboro, OR

    Permanent signage for theater

    $3,000
  17. Oregon Public BroadcastingPortland, OR

    News, information, culture

    $2,500
  18. Individual

    For in-home services for the elderly/ill

    $2,000
  19. Homeplate Youth ServicesBeaverton, OR

    Help homeless k-12 students

    $2,000
  20. Individual

    Furniture redistribution to poor

    $2,000
  21. Individual

    Supports needy families

    $2,000
  22. Individual

    DELIVERS FREE [individual] FOR SENIORS AT HOME

    $2,000
  23. Individual

    To provide [individual] Clinic Regardless of Income

    $2,000
  24. Wikimedia Foundation IncSan Francisco, CA

    Internet Digital Information source

    $2,000
  25. Rosenburg Foundation for ChildrenEasthampton, MA

    Support of children in persecuted families

    $2,000
  26. Individual

    Park restoration

    $2,000
  27. Innovation Law LabPortland, OR

    Legal help for immigrants

    $2,000
  28. Oregon Center for Public Policy OcpPortland, OR

    For in-home services for the elderly/ill

    $1,900
  29. Makindu Children's ProgramEugene, OR

    To support the orphan children in kenya

    $1,500
  30. Oregon Jewish MuseumPortland, OR

    Retains jewish history, fights anti semitism

    $1,500
  31. The Guatemalan Tomorrow FundTequesta, FL

    Aide program for indiginous Guatemalans

    $1,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $5,50018% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $5,50018% of the total
  3. International aid2 grants $5,50018% of the total
  4. Crime and legal aid1 grant $4,50015% of the total
  5. Religion1 grant $4,00013% of the total
  6. Civil rights1 grant $2,0006% of the total
  7. 2 other causes2 grants $4,00013% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Oregon10 grants $29,000
  2. Illinois2 grants $12,000
  3. Maryland2 grants $9,500
  4. District of Columbia2 grants $6,500
  5. New York1 grant $6,000
  6. Missouri1 grant $4,000
  7. New Jersey1 grant $4,000
  8. Massachusetts1 grant $2,000
  9. Florida1 grant $1,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Eric GinsburgTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Walter HellmanTrustee Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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