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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 23-1280780

Charlotte Cushman Foundation

A private foundation in Berwyn, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 18 grants and $45,750 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
Carol Nitzberg
440 South Broad St 2803
Philadelphia, PA 19146
(856) 313-2570
Form and materials
See attached note.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None - See attached note.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $45,750

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $278,732

  • Tax year 2023

    $45,600

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $301,191

  • Tax year 2022

    $34,225

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $347,955

  • Tax year 2021

    $22,725

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $393,253

  • Tax year 2020

    $30,575

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $402,623

  • Tax year 2019

    $77,425

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $415,710

  • Tax year 2018

    $77,845

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $490,571

Grants paid in 2024

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. EgoPo Classic TheaterPhiladelphia, PA

    Ramayana

    $3,500
  2. Lantern Theatre CompanyPhiladelphia, PA

    Faith Healer

    $3,500
  3. Philadelphia Young PlaywrightsPhiladelphia, PA

    For Artists in Residents

    $3,250
  4. Bearded Ladies CabaretPhiladelphia, PA

    Mabeline: The Greenaissance Tour

    $3,000
  5. Shakespeare in Clark ParkPhiladelphia, PA

    As You Like It

    $3,000
  6. Inis Nua Theatre CompanyPhiladelphia, PA

    Love Song

    $3,000
  7. Plays and PlayersPhiladelphia, PA

    The Zoo Story

    $3,000
  8. The Producer Hub IncNew York, NY

    Nosejob

    $3,000
  9. Quintessence Theatre GroupPhiladelphia, PA

    Father comeshome from the War

    $3,000
  10. 1812 ProductionsPhiladelphia, PA

    Torch Song

    $2,500
  11. Bristol Riverside TheatreBristol, PA

    Big

    $2,500
  12. Theatre HorizonNorristown, PA

    tick, tick... Boom

    $2,000
  13. Wilma Theatre CompanyPhiladelphia, PA

    Hilma

    $2,000
  14. Pig IronPhiladelphia, PA

    Poor Judge

    $2,000
  15. People's LightMalvern, PA

    Off By One

    $2,000
  16. Theatre ArielPhiladelphia, PA

    Amsterdam

    $2,000
  17. Tiny DynamitePhiladelphia, PA

    The Worst Cafe in the World

    $1,500
  18. Azuka Theatre CoPhiladelphia, PA

    An Army of Lovers

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture10 grants $26,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania17 grants $42,750
  2. New York1 grant $3,000

Officers, directors and trustees

13 people as filed

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

  • Shelley GreenTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Esther HornikPresident Hours 2Pay $0
  • Kathleen StephensonTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Nancy BerkowitzTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Sandra GafniSecretary Hours 2Pay $0
  • JLansing SylviaVice President Hours 2Pay $0
  • Nancy HeinzenTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Cirel MagenTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Geraldine DuclowTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Jeanne WrobleskiTreasurer Hours 2Pay $0
  • Stephanie MichelTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Samantha ApgarTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Lystra HarrisTrustee Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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