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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 85-2568150

Reka Darida Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 15 grants and $226,348 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

    $226,348

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $32,339,911
  • Tax year 2024

    $109,762

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $22,414,800
  • Tax year 2023

    $56,133

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $10,982,188
  • Tax year 2022

    $37,512

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $10,250,927
  • Tax year 2021

    $104,008

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $11,391,153
  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,892,382

Grants paid in 2025

15 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Carpathian FoundationEger, Hungary

    For real estate development and professional programs active in the field of folk art.

    $86,098
  2. Hungary Lve Art FoundationBudapest, Hungary

    Support for the 3rd annual Hungary L!ve Festival

    $35,000
  3. Hungarian Parent Teacher Association HPTANew York, NY

    Rent support for Hunagarian school

    $27,500
  4. Individual

    Individual grant for "CLICK! A Kertesz Opera" project

    $15,000
  5. Individual

    Individual grant for "Enemies of the People" project

    $15,000
  6. Hungarian American Coalition (HAC)Washington, DC

    Gala Donation

    $12,500
  7. The American Liszt SocietyWinfield, IL

    Support 2025 ALS conference

    $5,000
  8. The Hungarian Cultural Association of PhoenixGlendale, AZ

    Support Hungarian Heritage Festival AZ 2026

    $5,000
  9. Art Wall JCPowerhouse Arts & Wine Festival LLCJersey City, NJ

    Support Glitches & Glory: The Digitally Rewired Art of David Szaude

    $5,000
  10. Individual

    Individual [individual] for "The Wild Saints of Emeric Park: Hungarian American Lives in Fiction" project

    $5,000
  11. Individual

    Individual grant for Resonant Diaspora: A Transatlantic Folk-Modern Composition Initiative

    $4,750
  12. Wallingford Symphony Society IncWallingford, CT

    Support 2026 Wallingford Symphony Orchestra's Hungarian Heritage Concert

    $3,850
  13. The New Stage Theatre Company IncNew York, NY

    Support US premiere of "The Bat by Krisztina Toth" project

    $3,000
  14. American Foundation for Hungarian Literature and Education Ltd dba AFHLENew York, NY

    Support Jokai200 Production: Csillagkodkeplet, Composition of a Nebula

    $2,650
  15. Eszterlanc Hungarian Folk EnsembleSan Ramon, CA

    Support Ezterlanc Hungarian Folk Ensemble

    $1,000

Approved for future payment

4 grants

Approved in 2025 and not yet paid.

  1. Hungarian Parent Teacher Association HPTANew York, NY

    Rent support for Hunagarian school

    $15,000
  2. Hungarian American Coalition (HAC)Washington, DC

    Gala Donation

    $12,500
  3. Individual

    Individual [individual] for "The Wild Saints of Emeric Park: Hungarian American Lives in Fiction" project

    $5,000
  4. Individual

    Individual grant for Resonant Diaspora: A Transatlantic Folk-Modern Composition Initiative

    $4,750

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture3 grants $11,850100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York3 grants $33,150
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $12,500
  3. Arizona1 grant $5,000
  4. Illinois1 grant $5,000
  5. New Jersey1 grant $5,000
  6. Connecticut1 grant $3,850
  7. California1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Edward SchmidtPresident, Director, Member Hours 1Pay $0
  • Monika KrauszExecutive Director Hours 50Pay $253,899

The return

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