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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-6430519

The Edith Berg Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $25,000 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

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $769,339

  • Tax year 2024

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $745,744

  • Tax year 2023

    $34,950

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $756,588

  • Tax year 2022

    $39,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $824,358

  • Tax year 2021

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $907,178

  • Tax year 2020

    $51,200

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $869,855

  • Tax year 2019

    $24,430

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $953,400

  • Tax year 2018

    $37,150

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,012,688

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Blue Card IncNew York, NY

    Emergency cash assitance program

    $15,000
  2. Mayo ClinicRochester, MN

    STEM cell research

    $5,000
  3. The Brave HouseBrooklyn, NY

    Nema program

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $15,00060% of the total
  2. Civil rights1 grant $5,00020% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $5,00020% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York2 grants $20,000
  2. Minnesota1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Michael D LissnerTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Barbara H LissnerTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Woody RaymondTREASURER Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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