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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 84-3998981

The Ogunlesi Family Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 17 grants and $1.4 million paid in grants.

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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $1,365,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $18,477,562
  • Tax year 2024

    $900,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $17,531,052
  • Tax year 2023

    $1,000,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $16,702,877
  • Tax year 2022

    $925,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $16,696,485
  • Tax year 2021

    $151,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $18,282,070
  • Tax year 2020

    $376,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $14,826,530

Grants paid in 2025

17 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Studio Museum in HarlemNew York, NY

    General support

    $200,000
  2. Thurgood Marshall College Fund IncWashington, DC

    General support

    $140,000
  3. Cure CDKL5 Epilepsy FoundationBowie, MD

    General support

    $125,000
  4. Manhattan CollegeBronx, NY

    General support

    $100,000
  5. Partnership to End AddictionNew York, NY

    General support

    $100,000
  6. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural HistoryWashington, DC

    General support

    $100,000
  7. Parkside SchoolNew York, NY

    General support

    $80,000
  8. St Bernards SchoolNew York, NY

    General support

    $80,000
  9. Summit SchoolQueens, NY

    General support

    $80,000
  10. Hotchkiss SchoolLakeville, CT

    General support

    $75,000
  11. Amherst College TrusteesAmherst, MA

    General support

    $50,000
  12. Caron Foundation - PennsylvaniaWernersville, PA

    General support

    $50,000
  13. Episcopal SchoolNew York, NY

    General support

    $50,000
  14. Fashion Institute of TechnologyNew York, NY

    General support

    $50,000
  15. New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury, NY

    General support

    $50,000
  16. Southampton Bath & Tennis Club Charitable FundSouthampton, NY

    General support

    $25,000
  17. The Thirty Six East Sixty Second Street Foundation IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education6 grants $495,00060% of the total
  2. Arts and culture2 grants $210,00025% of the total
  3. Mental health1 grant $100,00012% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $25,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York11 grants $825,000
  2. District of Columbia2 grants $240,000
  3. Maryland1 grant $125,000
  4. Connecticut1 grant $75,000
  5. Massachusetts1 grant $50,000
  6. Pennsylvania1 grant $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Adebayo OgunlesiVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Amelia OgunlesiBOARD CHAIR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Carl OgunlesiPRESIDENT Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Geoffrey OgunlesiSECRETARY Hours 0.1Pay $0

The return

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