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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 22-3500124

Actus Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $60,050 paid in grants.

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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

    $60,050

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,225,603

  • Tax year 2024

    $62,050

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,177,503

  • Tax year 2023

    $61,309

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,224,026

  • Tax year 2022

    $64,942

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,269,188

  • Tax year 2021

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,245,101

  • Tax year 2020

    $57,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,154,520

  • Tax year 2019

    $55,390

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $1,214,503

  • Tax year 2018

    $44,849

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,252,900

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

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

  1. Berman Institute of BioethicsBaltimore, MD

    Charitable

    $15,000
  2. Individual

    Charitable

    $15,000
  3. American Museum of Folk ArtNew York, NY

    Charitable

    $10,000
  4. Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA

    Charitable

    $5,000
  5. Cornell University EntrepreneurshipIthaca, NY

    Charitable

    $5,000
  6. Foundation for MMCMorristown, NJ

    Charitable

    $5,000
  7. Individual

    Charitable

    $1,500
  8. Individual

    Charitable

    $1,000
  9. Individual

    Charitable

    $1,000
  10. Kluge Ruhe MuseumCharlottesville, VA

    Charitable

    $1,000
  11. Individual

    Charitable

    $300
  12. Harding Land TrustNew Vernon, NJ

    Charitable

    $250

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment1 grant $250100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maryland1 grant $15,000
  2. New York2 grants $15,000
  3. New Jersey2 grants $5,250
  4. Massachusetts1 grant $5,000
  5. Virginia1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • John WilkersonTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Barbara WilkersonTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Christopher WilkersonTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Whitney WilkersonTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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