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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 37-1420725

Stuart S Applebaum Giving Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 62 grants and $353,619 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

    $353,619

    Grants listed
    62
    Assets, end of year
    $214,548
  • Tax year 2024

    $296,080

    Grants listed
    65
    Assets, end of year
    $184,249
  • Tax year 2023

    $251,760

    Grants listed
    60
    Assets, end of year
    $379,138
  • Tax year 2022

    $249,455

    Grants listed
    65
    Assets, end of year
    $437,586
  • Tax year 2021

    $244,390

    Grants listed
    56
    Assets, end of year
    $412,697
  • Tax year 2020

    $156,261

    Grants listed
    48
    Assets, end of year
    $482,626
  • Tax year 2019

    $146,256

    Grants listed
    54
    Assets, end of year
    $523,555
  • Tax year 2018

    $142,672

    Grants listed
    51
    Assets, end of year
    $554,597

Grants paid in 2025

62 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. UJA Federation of New YorkNew York, NY

    General

    $75,000
  2. Queens Public Library FoundationJamaica, NY

    Anne, jack, and edward applebaum endowment, pomonok library, general

    $70,000
  3. Friendly Cat RescueNew York, NY

    General

    $40,000
  4. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY

    General

    $26,000
  5. 92nd Street YNew York, NY

    General

    $20,018
  6. Planned Parenthood of Greater New YorkBrooklyn, NY

    General

    $20,000
  7. Pen AmericaNew York, NY

    General

    $15,000
  8. First BookWashington, DC

    General

    $9,000
  9. National Book FoundationNew York, NY

    General

    $9,000
  10. The Center for FictionBrooklyn, NY

    General

    $6,000
  11. Anti-Defamation LeagueNew York, NY

    General

    $5,000
  12. Binc FoundationAnn Arbor, MI

    General

    $5,000
  13. American Friends of Magen David AdomNew York, NY

    Greatest need

    $4,018
  14. Poets & WritersNew York, NY

    General

    $4,000
  15. The Solomon R Guggenheim MuseumNew York, NY

    General

    $3,500
  16. Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDSNew York, NY

    General

    $2,625
  17. The WNET GroupNew York, NY

    General

    $2,500
  18. DorotNew York, NY

    General

    $1,518
  19. Simon Wiesenthal CenterLos Angeles, CA

    General

    $1,518
  20. CaringkindNew York, NY

    General

    $1,500
  21. Literacy Partners IncNew York, NY

    General

    $1,500
  22. Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY

    General

    $1,300
  23. Lighthouse GuildNew York, NY

    General

    $1,300
  24. Kibler LibraryStanley, VA

    General

    $1,200
  25. Calvert Hall CollegeBaltimore, MD

    Hall 175

    $1,000
  26. Cancer CareNew York, NY

    General

    $1,000
  27. Cancer Research & Treatment Fund IncNew York, NY

    General

    $1,000
  28. Girls Write NowNew York, NY

    General

    $1,000
  29. Health Advocates for Older PeopleNew York, NY

    General

    $1,000
  30. Mesa Verde FoundationArvada, CO

    General

    $1,000
  31. Mount Sinai Health SystemNew York, NY

    Lillian and benjamin hertzberg palliative care institute

    $1,000
  32. Queens College FoundationFlushing, NY

    Benjamin rosenthal library

    $1,000
  33. Rutgers University FoundationNew Brunswick, NJ

    Augusta dutka harcar memorial endowed scholarship

    $1,000
  34. Ruth Culver Community LibraryPrairie Du Sac, WI

    General

    $1,000
  35. Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel & Center at YaleNew Haven, CT

    General

    $1,000
  36. Susan G Komen Breast Cancer FoundationDallas, TX

    General

    $1,000
  37. Jbi InternationalNew York, NY

    General

    $818
  38. Temple ChaverimPlainview, NY

    General

    $818
  39. Crandell TheatreChatham, NY

    General

    $800
  40. National Coaltion Against CensorshipNew York, NY

    General

    $800
  41. Stand Up to CancerLos Angeles, CA

    General

    $800
  42. Wounded Warrior ProjectJacksonville, FL

    General

    $800
  43. Reading Is FundamentalWashington, DC

    General

    $750
  44. St Valentine ChurchRedford, MI

    General

    $600
  45. Congregation Beth ElNorfolk, VA

    General

    $518
  46. Friends of Yad Sarah IncNew York, NY

    General

    $518
  47. American Heart AssociationDallas, TX

    General

    $500
  48. Carl Schurz Park ConservancyNew York, NY

    General

    $500
  49. Carnegie Hill NeighborsNew York, NY

    General

    $500
  50. Comic Book Legal Defense FundLake Oswego, OR

    General

    $500
  51. Committee to Protect JournalistsNew York, NY

    General

    $500
  52. Community Foodbank of New JerseyHillside, NJ

    General

    $500
  53. Food Bank for New York CityBronx, NY

    General

    $500
  54. Fresh Air FundNew York, NY

    General

    $500
  55. God's Love We DeliverNew York, NY

    General

    $500
  56. Learning AllyPrinceton, NJ

    General

    $500
  57. March of DimesArlington, VA

    General

    $500
  58. National Kidney FoundationNew York, NY

    General

    $500
  59. San Francisco Conservatory of MusicSan Francisco, CA

    The rubin institute for music criticism

    $500
  60. The Doe FundNew York, NY

    General

    $500
  61. The Friends of the Ramsey Public LibraryRamsey, NJ

    General

    $500
  62. Share the Harvest Farm IncEast Hampton, NY

    General

    $400

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $75,80039% of the total
  2. Animals1 grant $40,00021% of the total
  3. Health8 grants $31,33616% of the total
  4. Education8 grants $20,25010% of the total
  5. Arts and culture4 grants $7,3184% of the total
  6. Civil rights3 grants $6,0003% of the total
  7. 7 other causes15 grants $14,3547% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York41 grants $324,433
  2. District of Columbia2 grants $9,750
  3. Michigan2 grants $5,600
  4. California3 grants $2,818
  5. New Jersey4 grants $2,500
  6. Virginia3 grants $2,218
  7. Colorado1 grant $1,000
  8. Connecticut1 grant $1,000
  9. Maryland1 grant $1,000
  10. Texas1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Stuart S ApplebaumPRES, VP, SECR, TREAS Hours 5Pay $0
  • Irwyn ApplebaumDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Wendi S LangerDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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