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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 23-7787340

The Robert J Kahn Lifetime Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Bryn Mawr, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $24,050 paid in grants.

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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $24,050

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $437,052
  • Tax year 2024

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $452,062
  • Tax year 2023

    $26,583

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $369,651
  • Tax year 2022

    $13,200

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $380,327
  • Tax year 2021

    $25,100

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $369,977
  • Tax year 2020

    $13,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $350,444
  • Tax year 2019

    $21,600

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $324,633

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Jewish Federation of Greater PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA

    Charitable donation

    $3,000
  2. Trustees of the University of PA Law School FundPhiladelphia, PA

    Charitable donation

    $3,000
  3. Gladwyne Fire CompanyGladwyne, PA

    Charitable donation

    $2,500
  4. Committee of 70Philadelphia, PA

    Charitable donation

    $2,500
  5. Visitation AcademySt Louis, MO

    Charitable donation

    $2,500
  6. Larchmont TempleLarchmont, NY

    Charitable donation

    $2,500
  7. A Better ChanceArdmore, PA

    Charitable donation

    $2,000
  8. Lower Merion Police Pension AssociationArdmore, PA

    Charitable donation

    $1,000
  9. Narbeth AmbulanceArdmore, PA

    Charitable donation

    $1,000
  10. Stray Rescue of St LouisSaint Louis, MO

    Charitable donation

    $1,000
  11. Mission KidsEast Norriton, PA

    Charitable donation

    $1,000
  12. Little LongearsNew Oxford, PA

    Charitable donation

    $1,000
  13. Adaptive SportsWeston, CT

    Charitable donation

    $800
  14. Brandywine Valley (SPCA)Malvern, PA

    Charitable donation

    $250

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $3,00046% of the total
  2. Disaster relief and public safety1 grant $2,50038% of the total
  3. Animals1 grant $1,00015% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania10 grants $17,250
  2. Missouri2 grants $3,500
  3. New York1 grant $2,500
  4. Connecticut1 grant $800

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Murray I BlackmanTRUSTEE/VARIES Hours 0Pay $3,800

The return

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