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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 87-3785017

Banmarkay Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Princeton, NJ. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 20 grants and $104,225 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $104,225

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $2,322,585

  • Tax year 2024

    $96,080

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $2,198,524

  • Tax year 2023

    $91,500

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $2,040,314

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,994,447

  • Tax year 2021

    $2,060

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,893,047

Grants paid in 2025

20 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Princeton Area Community FoundationPrinceton, NJ

    General support

    $25,000
  2. Princeton Mobile Food PantryPrinceton, NJ

    General support

    $12,500
  3. Institute for Advanced StudyPrinceton, NJ

    The friends of the institute

    $10,000
  4. Save A Friend to Homeless AnimalsSkillman, NJ

    General support

    $5,225
  5. Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, PA

    General scholarships

    $5,000
  6. Easel Animal Rescue LeagueTrenton, NJ

    General support

    $5,000
  7. Princeton Community HousingPrinceton, NJ

    General support

    $5,000
  8. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    General support

    $5,000
  9. WhyyPhiladelphia, PA

    General support

    $5,000
  10. WnycNew York, NY

    General support

    $5,000
  11. President & Trustees of Bates CollegeLewiston, ME

    General support

    $5,000
  12. Hi-Tops PrincetonPrinceton, NJ

    General support

    $2,500
  13. Housing Initiatives of PrincetonPrinceton, NJ

    General support

    $2,500
  14. McCarter TheatrePrinceton, NJ

    General support

    $2,500
  15. Princeton University ConcertsPrinceton, NJ

    General support

    $2,500
  16. So PercussionBrooklyn, NY

    Programming and operations

    $2,500
  17. Greater Portland LandmarksPortland, ME

    General support

    $1,500
  18. 101 FundPrinceton, NJ

    General support

    $1,000
  19. Princeton Public LibraryPrinceton, NJ

    General support

    $1,000
  20. Hancock & Sand Ponds AssociationDenmark, ME

    General support

    $500

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 $25,00035% of the total
  2. Education3 grants $15,00021% of the total
  3. Science and technology1 grant $10,00014% of the total
  4. Arts and culture3 grants $9,00012% of the total
  5. Housing and shelter2 grants $7,50010% of the total
  6. Animals1 grant $5,2257% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $500<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Jersey13 grants $79,725
  2. Pennsylvania2 grants $10,000
  3. New York2 grants $7,500
  4. Maine3 grants $7,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Jonah LanskyTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Amy LanskyTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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