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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 25-1752556

Tzedakah Foundation

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 39 grants and $100,535 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $100,535

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $1,484,075

  • Tax year 2024

    $86,230

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $1,202,235

  • Tax year 2023

    $76,730

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $1,152,685

  • Tax year 2022

    $40,465

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $1,090,379

  • Tax year 2021

    $34,345

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $1,029,785

  • Tax year 2020

    $21,157

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $892,291

Grants paid in 2025

39 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Hillel Academy of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $38,600
  2. United Jewish Federation of PghPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $18,000
  3. Congregation Poale ZedeckPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $11,775
  4. Aleph InstitutePittsburgh, PA

    General Charitable purposes

    $4,000
  5. Film PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $3,000
  6. Jewish Cemetery and Burial AssocPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $2,000
  7. Anti Defamation LeagueNew York, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $2,000
  8. Rauh Jewish ArchivesPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $2,000
  9. Jewish Family and Community SvcsPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $2,000
  10. Shaarei Torah CongregationPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $1,680
  11. Jewish National FundRockville Center, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $1,250
  12. National Conf of Synagogue YouthNew York, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $1,000
  13. World Jewish Congress AmericanNew York, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $1,000
  14. Jewish Assistance FundPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $1,000
  15. US Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington, DC

    General charitable purposes

    $1,000
  16. Bnai Brith Hillel FoundationWashington, DC

    General Charitable purpose

    $1,000
  17. Jewish Womens Foundation of Gr PghPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $1,000
  18. Holocaust Center of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $750
  19. Eruv FundPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $500
  20. Wiesenthal CenterLos Angeles, CA

    General charitable purposes

    $500
  21. American Friends of Magen David AdomNew York, NY

    Charitable Purpose

    $500
  22. Bikur Cholim of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $500
  23. Zaka Tel AvivBrooklyn, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $500
  24. TikvahNew York, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $500
  25. AJC American Jewish CommitteePhiladelphia, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $500
  26. Birthright Israel FoundationNew York, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $500
  27. Classrooms Without BordersPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $500
  28. American Friends of Leket IsraelTeaneck, NJ

    General charitable purposes

    $500
  29. Stand With Us File 2215Pasadena, CA

    General charitable purposes

    $500
  30. Chasdei AvosFlushing, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $400
  31. United Institutions of Karlin StoliBrooklyn, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $250
  32. The Frick PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $250
  33. Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $250
  34. Carnegie MuseumsPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $200
  35. Pittsburgh Jewish ChroniclePittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $180
  36. Phipps ConservatoryPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $150
  37. Jewish Telegraphic Agency 70 Faces MediaNew York, NY

    General charitable purposes

    $100
  38. Squirrel Hill Urban CoalitionPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $100
  39. WqedPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $38,85075% of the total
  2. Religion3 grants $5,50011% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $3,0006% of the total
  4. Civil rights1 grant $2,0004% of the total
  5. International aid3 grants $1,4003% of the total
  6. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $1,0002% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $100<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania23 grants $89,035
  2. New York10 grants $7,500
  3. District of Columbia2 grants $2,000
  4. California2 grants $1,000
  5. New Jersey2 grants $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Philip SamsonTrustee Hours 5Pay $0
  • Iris SamsonTrustee Hours 5Pay $0

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