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The Robert & Christina Silberman Charitable Trust: 17 grants to organizations, $280,736 (tax year ended December 2024)
The Robert & Christina Silberman Charitable Trust, a private foundation in Potomac, MD, paid 17 grants to organizations totaling $280,736 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on September 24, 2025. The largest was $100,000 to Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX for operating gift.
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- EIN
- 261500614
- Based in
- Potomac, MD
- Assets
- $6,281,963
- Grants paid
- $280,736
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed September 24, 2025, IRS object ID 202542679349100009. It reported $280,736 in grants paid; 17 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | Operating gift | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The National Theatre Foundation | Washington, DC | Operating gift | Arts, culture and humanities | $26,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| DC Bar Pro Bono Program | Washington, DC | Operating gift | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| MK9 Service Dogs | Vienna, VA | Operating gift | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sankaty Head Foundation | Siasconset, MA | Operating gift | $13,975 | apps.irs.gov | |
| DC Prepatory Academy | Washington, DC | Operating gift | $11,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | Operating gift | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Earth Justice | San Francisco, CA | Operating gift | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Elevated Access | Champaign, IL | Operating gift | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Everytown for Gun Safety | New York, NY | Operating gift | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pro Publica | New York, NY | Operating gift | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| A Sense of Home | Hawthorne, CA | Operating gift | Human services | $8,290 | apps.irs.gov |
| Common Threads | Austin, TX | Operating gift | Arts, culture and humanities | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| The BHD Foudnation | London, UK | Operating gift | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Lam Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | Operating gift | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | Rye Brook, NY | Operating gift | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Game Conservancy USA Inc | Westport, CT | Operating gift | Recreation and sports | $3,971 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $100,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $43,500 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $10,000 |
| Human services | $8,290 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $7,500 |
| Recreation and sports | $3,971 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Texas | $107,500 |
| District of Columbia | $62,000 |
| California | $28,290 |
| New York | $25,000 |
| Virginia | $15,000 |
| Massachusetts | $13,975 |
| Illinois | $10,000 |
| Ohio | $7,500 |
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Updated September 24, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.