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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 25-6688717

Zausmer Foundation

A private foundation in Philadelphia, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $103,000 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

    $103,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $590,039
  • Tax year 2024

    $135,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $615,910
  • Tax year 2023

    $161,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $669,362
  • Tax year 2022

    $106,250

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $792,013
  • Tax year 2021

    $66,250

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $884,204
  • Tax year 2020

    $129,850

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $750,552
  • Tax year 2019

    $78,750

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $834,093

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Congregation Rodeph ShalomPhiladelphia, PA

    To support the endowment campaign

    $20,000
  2. Jewish Theological SeminaryNew York, NY

    General

    $20,000
  3. Living Beyond Breast CancerBala Cynwyd, PA

    General

    $20,000
  4. Museum of the American RevolutionPhiladelphia, PA

    General

    $10,000
  5. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (pafa)Philadelphia, PA

    To support lecture series

    $10,000
  6. Pennsylvania Innocence ProjectPhiladelphia, PA

    General

    $10,000
  7. Settlement Music SchoolPhiladelphia, PA

    To support renovation

    $3,500
  8. KleinlifePhiladelphia, PA

    General

    $2,500
  9. Settlement Music SchoolPhiladelphia, PA

    To support renovation

    $2,500
  10. Revive South Jersey Scholarship FundCamden, NJ

    General

    $1,500
  11. Auditory Oral School of New YorkBrooklyn, NY

    General

    $1,000
  12. Leukemia and Lymphoma SocietyNew York, NY

    General

    $1,000
  13. Settlement Music SchoolPhiladelphia, PA

    To support renovation

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $20,00046% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $10,00023% of the total
  3. Crime and legal aid1 grant $10,00023% of the total
  4. Sports and recreation1 grant $2,5006% of the total
  5. Education1 grant $1,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania9 grants $79,500
  2. New York3 grants $22,000
  3. New Jersey1 grant $1,500

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Bruce A RosenfieldTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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