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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 22-3768896

Acorn Foundation Inc

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $75,000 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
George F Merck
C/o FFF-460 Park AVE-12TH Fl
New York, NY 10022
(212) 245-5900
Form and materials
A formal proposal describing the petitioning organization, their tax exempt status, and the purpose to which the grant will be put.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Grants for charitable, religious, educational, literary, cultural and scientific fields.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,429,384

  • Tax year 2024

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,510,277

  • Tax year 2023

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $772,604

  • Tax year 2022

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $800,594

  • Tax year 2021

    $65,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $774,526

  • Tax year 2020

    $65,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $802,517

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of DenverDenver, CO

    Unrestricted support

    $15,000
  2. Camp PasquaneyHebron, NH

    Unrestricted support

    $10,000
  3. Fountain Valley SchoolColorado Springs, CO

    Unrestricted support

    $10,000
  4. National Resources Defense CouncilNew York, NY

    Unrestricted support

    $10,000
  5. Raritan Headwaters AssociationBedminster, NJ

    Unrestricted support

    $10,000
  6. 1000 Friends of FloridaTallahassee, FL

    Unrestricted support

    $5,000
  7. Clarence Dillon Public LibraryBedminster, NJ

    Unrestricted support

    $5,000
  8. Crested Butte Land TrustCrested Butte, CO

    Unrestricted support

    $5,000
  9. Innocence ProjectNew York, NY

    Unrestricted support

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $15,00038% of the total
  2. Environment2 grants $10,00025% of the total
  3. Sports and recreation1 grant $10,00025% of the total
  4. Human services1 grant $5,00012% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado2 grants $15,000
  2. New Jersey2 grants $15,000
  3. New York2 grants $15,000
  4. Texas1 grant $15,000
  5. Maryland1 grant $10,000
  6. Florida1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • George F MerckPRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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