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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 83-2721771

Derek and Leora Kaufman Foundation

A private foundation in Greenwich, CT. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 2 grants and $581,959 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

    $581,959

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,348,505

  • Tax year 2023

    $674,672

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,167,873

  • Tax year 2022

    $786,520

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,664,250

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,650,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,356,949

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,900,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,084,407

  • Tax year 2019

    $473,001

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $6,187,854

  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $6,000,000

Grants paid in 2024

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Jewish Communal FundNew York, NY

    To promote charitable giving to organizations and provide support to Jewish organizations in New York

    $531,959
  2. Smithsonian Air & Space MuseumWashington DC, DC

    To support the conservation and research of the history and science of aviation and spaceflight.

    $50,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $531,959100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $531,959
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Derek KaufmanPres., Treas. & Director Hours 0Pay $0
  • Leora Horwitz KaufmanVP, Secy. & Director Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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