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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-6377439

Tansy Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $50.1 million 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

    $50,100,016

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $452,004,390
  • Tax year 2024

    $39,000,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $488,065,827
  • Tax year 2023

    $32,045,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $465,013,138
  • Tax year 2022

    $26,500,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $403,865,695
  • Tax year 2021

    $18,600,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $325,076,608
  • Tax year 2020

    $15,550,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $288,842,262
  • Tax year 2019

    $12,625,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $244,591,928
  • Tax year 2018

    $10,000,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $217,197,729

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. GivewellOakland, CA

    General use

    $25,000,000
  2. Partners in HealthBoston, MA

    General use

    $10,000,007
  3. The Carter CenterAtlanta, GA

    General use

    $7,000,000
  4. The Hertz FoundationPleasanton, CA

    General use

    $3,500,000
  5. Community Partners InternationalBerkeley, CA

    General use

    $3,000,009
  6. Digital HarborBaltimore, MD

    General use

    $1,000,000
  7. Presidents and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA

    General use

    $600,000

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 $25,000,00056% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $10,000,00722% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $7,000,00016% of the total
  4. Human services1 grant $3,000,0097% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $31,500,009
  2. Massachusetts2 grants $10,600,007
  3. Georgia1 grant $7,000,000
  4. Maryland1 grant $1,000,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Eric WepsicTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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