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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 84-6452305

SFM Foundation

A private foundation in Brooklyn, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $114,658 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $114,658

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $198,757

  • Tax year 2024

    $175,515

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $311,597

  • Tax year 2023

    $199,578

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $471,285

  • Tax year 2022

    $184,750

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $670,857

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $636,000

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Yeshivas Kavanus HalevBrooklyn, NY

    To support religious causes

    $35,100
  2. The Ojc FundBrooklyn, NY

    To support religious causes

    $34,250
  3. Binyan YerushlaimBrooklyn, NY

    To support religious causes

    $24,500
  4. Congregation Kahal Yirei Hashem IncBrooklyn, NY

    To support religious causes

    $5,800
  5. Kollel Sharei Tzion LmetzyonimBrooklyn, NY

    To support religious causes

    $5,000
  6. Kivisi IncBrooklyn, NY

    To support religious causes

    $5,000
  7. Zichron Mordechai Avraham IncBrooklyn, NY

    To support religious causes

    $2,900
  8. Hashems ChildrenBrooklyn, NY

    To support religious causes

    $1,500
  9. Cong Yetev LevBrooklyn, NY

    To support religious causes

    $500
  10. ToiremBrooklyn, NY

    To support religious causes

    $108

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $35,75049% of the total
  2. Religion4 grants $32,50844% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $5,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York10 grants $114,658

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Solomon MarkowitzTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Fraidy MarkowitzTRUSTEE AND TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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