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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 22-3825678

The Waterview Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Parsippany, NJ. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 7 grants and $270,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Aug 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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $270,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,985,678
  • Tax year 2023

    $250,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,725,297
  • Tax year 2022

    $255,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,825,483
  • Tax year 2021

    $258,366

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $3,020,948
  • Tax year 2020

    $246,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $3,069,512
  • Tax year 2019

    $170,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,470,913
  • Tax year 2018

    $250,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $3,212,318

Grants paid in 2024

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Feeding AmericaChicago, IL

    To provide funding towards the achievement of the organization's mission.

    $120,000
  2. Services for the UnderservedNew York, NY

    To provide funding towards the achievement of the organization's mission.

    $55,000
  3. Remote Area MedicalRockford, TN

    To provide funding towards the achievement of the organization's mission.

    $40,000
  4. Tides CenterSan Francisco, CA

    To provide funding towards the achievement of the organization's mission.

    $20,000
  5. Doctors Without Bordersmedecins Sans FrontieresNew York, NY

    To provide funding towards the achievement of the organization's mission.

    $15,000
  6. Heifer InternationalLittle Rock, AR

    To provide funding towards the effort to end world hunger.

    $10,000
  7. Northwest CT Community FoundationTorrington, CT

    To provide funding towards the achievement of the organization's mission.

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Food and agriculture1 grant $120,00067% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $40,00022% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $20,00011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois1 grant $120,000
  2. New York2 grants $70,000
  3. Tennessee1 grant $40,000
  4. California1 grant $20,000
  5. Arkansas1 grant $10,000
  6. Connecticut1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • James L MersfelderFOUNDATION MGR. Hours 2Pay $0
  • Sandra L StarkFOUNDATION MGR. Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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