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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 36-4408676

1661 Foundation

A private foundation in Brooklyn, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $36,000 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

    $36,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $282,187

  • Tax year 2023

    $31,750

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $289,378

  • Tax year 2022

    $31,750

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $308,056

  • Tax year 2021

    $26,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $288,377

  • Tax year 2020

    $27,750

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $302,713

  • Tax year 2019

    $25,750

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $326,568

  • Tax year 2018

    $25,750

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $337,148

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Medical Students for ChoicePhiladelphia, PA

    unrestricted grant

    $12,000
  2. Individual

    Unrestricted grant

    $12,000
  3. Americans United for Separation ofWashington, DC

    Unrestricted grant

    $7,000
  4. Individual

    unrestricted grant

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $12,00063% of the total
  2. Civil rights1 grant $7,00037% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania1 grant $12,000
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $7,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • James BernfieldPresident Hours 0Pay $0
  • Susan BernfieldDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Mark BernfieldDirector Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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