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Form 990-PFTax year 2017EIN 95-4349698

Joe Weider Foundation

A private foundation in Woodland Hills, CA. Its return for tax year 2017 lists 6 grants and $902,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2017 (period ending Nov 30, 2018), 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

1 return on file

Tax year 2017 is the only return we have read for this foundation so far.

  • Tax year 2017

    $902,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $989,230

Grants paid in 2017

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of TorontoToronto, Canada

    Educational

    $600,000
  2. Temple Beth AmLos Angeles, CA

    Religious

    $125,000
  3. Ben Weider Education and Scholarship FundSanta Monica, CA

    Educational scholarships

    $100,000
  4. Friends of McGill UniversityNew Rochelle, NY

    Educational

    $50,000
  5. International Napoleonic SocietyVille Montroyal, Canada

    Educational

    $25,000
  6. CHP 1199 FoundationFullerton, CA

    Youth development program

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $50,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $227,500
  2. New York1 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.

  • Eric WeiderCEO/DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Sidney MachtingerDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Tonja FullerCFO Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Bernard CartoonSECRETARY/DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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