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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 22-3705537

Denise A& Eugene Chinery Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 9 grants and $5.8 million 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $5,750,489

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,069,004

  • Tax year 2023

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $4,987,134

  • Tax year 2022

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $303,058

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $301,987

  • Tax year 2020

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $263,549

  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $308,417

  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $299,203

Grants paid in 2024

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Faculty of Arts & Sciences for the Denise A. and Eugene W. Chinery Research Scholar Fund

    $1,400,000
  2. The Rockefeller UniversityNew York, NY

    Charisse Chinery Postdoctoral Fellowship, Charisse Chinery Postdoctoral Fellowship Endowment Fund

    $1,150,000
  3. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA

    Denise A. and Eugene W. Chinery Fund for Neurodevelopment Research

    $1,000,000
  4. Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, NY

    Chinery Foundation for Neuroscience Laboratory

    $600,000
  5. Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, NY

    Chinery Foundation for Neuroscience Laboratory

    $500,000
  6. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Faculty of Arts & Sciences for the Research Support Fund u-d Paola Arlotta

    $420,000
  7. The Rockefeller UniversityNew York, NY

    Charitable Contribution

    $330,489
  8. Spectrum for LivingRiver Vale, NJ

    Charitable contribution

    $250,000
  9. Harvard UniversityCambrdige, MA

    Faculty of Arts & Sciences for the Research Support Fund u-d Paola Arlotta

    $100,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $2,480,489100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts4 grants $2,920,000
  2. New York4 grants $2,580,489
  3. New Jersey1 grant $250,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Kenneth WesselSecretary/Treasurer Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jayne M KurzmanPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Ernest AponteVice President Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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