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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-7691472

Leonian Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Bronx, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $1.4 million paid in grants.

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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

    $1,425,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $8,099,858

  • Tax year 2024

    $582,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $9,812,240

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,911,091

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $10,417,612

  • Tax year 2022

    $6,440,600

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $12,233,949

  • Tax year 2021

    $8,753,400

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $15,587,647

  • Tax year 2020

    $5,455,200

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $15,435,268

  • Tax year 2019

    $2,051,755

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $12,851,620

  • Tax year 2018

    $11,025,651

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $6,884,601

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The University of Texas at Austin's Briscoe Center of American HistoryAustin, TX

    Support intern & endowment

    $520,000
  2. Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn, NY

    Establish the phillip and edith leonian photography exhibition fund and cover the annual salary for curator

    $250,000
  3. Bronx Documentary CenterBronx, NY

    General operating

    $250,000
  4. Museum of Fine Arts HoustonHouston, TX

    Photo exhibition gallery endowment

    $200,000
  5. Yavne Foundation IncPlattsburgh, NY

    Photography program

    $200,000
  6. Black Dimensions in Art IncRensselaer, NY

    General operating

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture4 grants $705,00078% of the total
  2. Religion1 grant $200,00022% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas2 grants $720,000
  2. New York4 grants $705,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Judith LaneCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER; TRUSTEE Hours 24Pay $134,231

The return

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