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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 80-0338779

Building Foundations Inc

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $26,717 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $26,717

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,481

  • Tax year 2023

    $19,011

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,481

  • Tax year 2022

    $32,200

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,481

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,481

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,481

  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,481

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Monmouth UniversityW Long Branch, NJ

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  2. Montclair UniversityMontclair, NJ

    Scholarship

    $5,989
  3. Union College of Union County NJCranford, NJ

    Scholarship

    $5,728
  4. John Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    Scholarship

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $10,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Jersey3 grants $21,717
  2. Maryland1 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.

  • Adam Leitman BaileyDIRECTOR, AS Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ray HarrisonDIRECTOR, AS Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jennifer Leitman BaileyDIRECTOR, AS Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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