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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 35-2510764

Michael Asher Foundation

A private foundation in Los Angeles, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 2 grants and $13,840 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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 2024

    $13,840

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $9,570,396

  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $9,665,954

  • Tax year 2022

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $9,607,434

  • Tax year 2021

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $11,320,411

  • Tax year 2020

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $11,057,577

  • Tax year 2019

    $80,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $10,696,202

  • Tax year 2018

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $10,805,370

Grants paid in 2024

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL

    Grant to support exhibition and catalogue

    $10,000
  2. Fractured AtlasNew York, NY

    Grant to support exit interview publication

    $3,840

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $3,840100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois1 grant $10,000
  2. New York1 grant $3,840

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

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

  • Karen DunbarEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $141,138
  • Ann GoldsteinDIRECTOR & PRESIDENT Hours 7Pay $6,000
  • Miwon KwonDIRECTOR & CONSULTANT Hours 11Pay $25,913
  • Stephan PascherDIRECTOR Hours 6Pay $6,000
  • Kirsi PeltomakiDIRECTOR Hours 6Pay $6,000
  • Stephen James PrinaDIRECTOR Hours 6Pay $6,000
  • Mathieu GregoireDIRECTOR & TREAS.; SECRTY Hours 7Pay $6,000

The return

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