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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 36-3693741

The Wonderful Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $4.7 million 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $4,694,209

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2023

    $188,712

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $2,407,667

  • Tax year 2022

    $211,174

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $2,543,431

  • Tax year 2021

    $160,672

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $2,312,770

  • Tax year 2020

    $122,199

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $2,238,299

  • Tax year 2019

    $128,992

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $2,222,281

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. PayPal Giving FundWashington, DC

    General purpose

    $87,387
  2. Fidelity Charitable FundBoston, MA

    General purpose

    $72,138
  3. American Museum of National HistoryNew York, NY

    General support

    $179
  4. WNET Channel 13New York, NY

    General support

    $60

1 grant of $4,534,445 is held for a check and not listed

Where the money goes

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

  1. Community development1 grant $72,138100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. District of Columbia1 grant $87,387
  2. Ohio1 grant $72,138
  3. New York2 grants $239

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Loraine F GardnerPRESIDENT/TREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Samuel A Dolgin-GardnerDIRECTOR/VICE-PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Benjamin E Dolgin-GardnerDIRECTOR/VICE-PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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