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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 81-0894119

The Great Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 39 grants and $90,567 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $90,567

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2023

    $66,200

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $105,098

  • Tax year 2022

    $500,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $171,286

  • Tax year 2021

    $169,206

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $966,030

  • Tax year 2020

    $243,357

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $1,839,251

  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,310,663

  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,321,323

Grants paid in 2024

39 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Tiger FoundationNew York, NY

    General purpose fund

    $50,000
  2. People's Theatre ProjectNew York, NY

    General purpose fund

    $12,500
  3. Mount Sinai Health SystemNew York, NY

    General purpose fund

    $5,000
  4. Children's AidNew York, NY

    General purpose fund

    $4,000
  5. Nativity Preparatory School BostonJamaica Plain, MA

    General purpose fund

    $2,500
  6. Thrive for Life Prison ProjectNew York, NY

    General purpose fund

    $2,500
  7. Sacred Heart AcademyNew York, NY

    General purpose fund

    $2,200
  8. Diocese of BridgeportKensington, CT

    General purpose fund

    $1,500
  9. Birthday BudsSullivans Is, SC

    General purpose fund

    $1,126
  10. Sandy Hook Promise FoundationNewtown, CT

    General purpose fund

    $1,100
  11. National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction IncNew York, NY

    General purpose fund

    $1,080
  12. Access Reproductive Care - SoutheastAtlanta, GA

    General purpose fund

    $573
  13. One Simple WishEwing, NJ

    General purpose fund

    $531
  14. Tamerlaine Farm SanctuaryMontague, NJ

    General purpose fund

    $511
  15. Environmental Defense FundNew York, NY

    General purpose fund

    $500
  16. Griffiths Professorship Fund Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and ConscBaltimore, MD

    General purpose fund

    $500
  17. Middleybury CollegeMiddlebury, VT

    General purpose fund

    $500
  18. New Harvest IncSacramento, CA

    General purpose fund

    $500
  19. Heifer InternationalArkansas, AR

    General purpose fund

    $300
  20. Cornwall Conservation Land TrustEast Dennis, MA

    General purpose fund

    $250
  21. Cornwall Historical SocietyCornwall, CT

    General purpose fund

    $250
  22. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY

    General purpose fund

    $250
  23. The Dennis Conservation Land TrustEast Dennis, MA

    General purpose fund

    $250
  24. The Michael J Fox Foundation for ParkinsonsNew York, NY

    General purpose fund

    $250
  25. Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyNew York, NY

    General purpose fund

    $200
  26. Off the StreetsTrumbull, CT

    General purpose fund

    $200
  27. The Good Food InstituteWashington, DC

    General purpose fund

    $200
  28. The Hoboken ShelterHoboken, NJ

    General purpose fund

    $165
  29. Vermont Land TrustMontpelier, VT

    General purpose fund

    $160
  30. Norwalk Hospital FoundationNorwalk, CT

    General purpose fund

    $120
  31. American Foundation for Suicide PreventionNew York, NY

    General purpose fund

    $100
  32. Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA

    General purpose fund

    $100
  33. Fordham UniversityNew York, NY

    General purpose fund

    $100
  34. Friars GiveRhode Island, RI

    General purpose fund

    $100
  35. Material Innovation InitiativeNapa, CA

    General purpose fund

    $100
  36. Success Academy Charter SchoolsNew York, NY

    General purpose fund

    $100
  37. Swim Across AmericaCharlotte, NC

    General purpose fund

    $100
  38. The Add Impact Network IncWashington, DC

    General purpose fund

    $100
  39. Notre Dame High SchoolFairfield, CT

    General purpose fund

    $51

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $12,50050% of the total
  2. Human services3 grants $6,65727% of the total
  3. Crime and legal aid2 grants $3,60014% of the total
  4. Environment5 grants $1,5836% of the total
  5. Education2 grants $200<1% of the total
  6. Health1 grant $120<1% of the total
  7. 3 other causes3 grants $3001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York13 grants $78,280
  2. Connecticut6 grants $3,221
  3. Massachusetts4 grants $3,100
  4. New Jersey3 grants $1,207
  5. South Carolina1 grant $1,126
  6. District of Columbia3 grants $800
  7. Vermont2 grants $660
  8. California2 grants $600
  9. Georgia1 grant $573
  10. Maryland1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Thomas HansenTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • James FeeneyTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

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