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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 45-5380788

The Barbara Brodsky Foundation

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $1 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

    $1,000,100

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $5,501,166

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,064,833

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $17,415

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,576,203

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $21,627

  • Tax year 2022

    $774,155

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $25,115

  • Tax year 2021

    $2,230,879

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $15,701

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,522,103

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $82,334

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,931,578

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $28,351

  • Tax year 2018

    $2,591,700

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $296,262

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Lankenau Medical Center FoundationWynnewood, PA

    General operating

    $750,000
  2. Main Line HealthBryn Mawr, PA

    General operating

    $250,000
  3. Friends of the Israeli Defense ForcesNew York, NY

    General operating

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $750,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania2 grants $1,000,000
  2. New York1 grant $100

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Barbara BrodskyTRUSTEE Hours 3Pay $0
  • BNY Mellon NACO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $137
  • Joel C ShapiroCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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