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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-1136617

The Wallace Fox Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $97,500 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

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

    $97,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,377,988
  • Tax year 2024

    $110,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,524,365
  • Tax year 2023

    $155,720

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,546,001
  • Tax year 2022

    $134,400

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,811,105
  • Tax year 2021

    $197,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,853,355
  • Tax year 2020

    $274,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $3,231,007
  • Tax year 2019

    $215,250

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $3,128,703
  • Tax year 2018

    $216,500

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $3,164,292

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Rye Arts CenterRye, NY

    General support

    $20,500
  2. La Jolla Country Day SchoolLa Jolla, CA

    General support

    $20,000
  3. Samuel Waxman Cancer Research FoundationNew York, NY

    General support

    $20,000
  4. Valley Hospital FoundationParamus, NJ

    General support

    $11,000
  5. Frontline Women's Fund formerly Donor Direct ActionNew York, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  6. The New PressNew York, NY

    Books for ERA Coalition/Fund for Women's Equality

    $10,000
  7. Coalition against Trafficking in Women (CATW)New York, NY

    General support

    $5,000
  8. Arts WestchesterWhite Plains, NY

    General support

    $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 culture2 grants $30,50073% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $11,00027% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York6 grants $66,500
  2. California1 grant $20,000
  3. New Jersey1 grant $11,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Gail H RomanTrustee Hours 5Pay $0
  • Gloria S NeuwirthTrustee Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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