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The Scherman Foundation Inc: 130 grants to organizations, $6.7 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Scherman Foundation Inc, a private foundation in New York, NY, paid 130 grants to organizations totaling $6,720,617 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 12, 2025. The largest was $225,000 to Tides Foundation in San Francisco, CA for program/project support.
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- EIN
- 136098464
- Based in
- New York, NY
- Assets
- $139,123,141
- Grants paid
- $6,720,617
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 12, 2025, IRS object ID 202543169349103669. It reported $6,720,617 in grants paid; 130 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Program/project support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $225,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arabella Advisors' Windward Fund | Washington, DC | Program/project support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| In Our Own Voice National Black Women's Reproductive Justice | Washington, DC | Program/project support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Way of Nyc | New York, NY | Program/project support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| BVM Capacity Building Institute | Atlanta, GA | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York Foundation | New York, NY | Youth organizing & culture change fund | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York Foundation | New York, NY | Neighborhoods first fund | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| State Voices | Washington, DC | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Partnership for New Americans | Chicago, IL | Program/project support | Human services | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York City Environmental Justice Alliance | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | Environment | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition | Bronx, NY | Program/project support | Community improvement and capacity building | $110,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Align | New York, NY | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development (anhd) | New York, NY | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Demos | New York, NY | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Florida Rising (dba New Florida Majority Education Fund Inc) | Miami, FL | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Latinojustice Prldef | New York, NY | General operating support | Crime and legal-related | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Minkwon Center for Community Action | Flushing, NY | General operating support | Human services | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum | Chicago, IL | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York Foundation | New York, NY | Engage new york | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Star Fund | New York, NY | Program/project support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pratt Institute Dba Pratt Center for Community Development | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Public Policy and Education Fund of New York | Albany, NY | Program/project support | Public and societal benefit | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective | Atlanta, GA | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Advocacy Institute | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice | New York, NY | General operating support | Health care | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The New York Community Trust | New York, NY | Program/project support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The New York Immigration Coalition | New York, NY | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Urge Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity (fka Choice USA) | Washington, DC | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Voices of Community Activists and Leaders | Brooklyn, NY | Program/project support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| African Communities Together | New York, NY | General operating support | Human services | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | Program/project support | Environment | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Bemidji, MN | General operating support | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Power (philadelphians Organized To Witness Empower & Rebuild) | Philadelphia, PA | General operating support | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kentucky Coalition | London, KY | Program/project support | Public and societal benefit | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Make the Road New York | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | Crime and legal-related | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Settlement Apartments | Bronx, NY | Program/project support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Point Community Development Corporation | Bronx, NY | General operating support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bold Futures (formerly Young Women United) | Albuquerque, NM | General operating support | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brooklyn Arts Council | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Long Island Progressive Coalition | Massapequa, NY | General operating support | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | Program/project support | Public and societal benefit | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Voices for Reproductive Justice | Pittsburgh, PA | General operating support | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| West Virginia Free | Charleston, WV | General operating support | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brandworkers | Long Island City, NY | General operating support | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Communities Resist | Brooklyn, NY | Program/project support | Housing and shelter | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Environmental Advocates of New York | Albany, NY | General operating support | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hi-Arts | New York, NY | General operating support | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Washington, DC | Program/project support | Environment | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Medical Students for Choice | Philadelphia, PA | General operating support | Health care | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Museum Hue | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Black Theatre Workshop Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pregones Theater Puerto Rican Traveling Theater | Bronx, NY | General operating support | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Laundromat Project | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Abrons Arts Centerhenry Street Settlement | New York, NY | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arabella Advisors' Windward Fund | Washington, DC | Program/project support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bronx Documentary Center | Bronx, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brooklyn Arts Exchange Inc (bax) | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| California Latinas for Reproductive Justice | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | Health care | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Popular Democracy | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Funds Inc (aka New York Community Trust) | New York, NY | Program/project support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Earthworks | Washington, DC | Program/project support | Public and societal benefit | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of the Earth | Washington, DC | Program/project support | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lawyers Alliance of New York | New York, NY | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Louisiana Bucket Brigade | New Orleans, LA | General operating support | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York Live Arts Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Star Fund | New York, NY | Program/project support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nys Tenants & Neighbors | New York, NY | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Playwrights Horizons | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Red Hook Initiative | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stand (formerly Forestethics) | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| State Voices | Washington, DC | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bronx Museum of the Arts | Bronx, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The New York Women's Foundation | New York, NY | Program/project support | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Great Small Works | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chesapeake Climate Action Network | Takoma Park, MD | General operating support | Environment | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Elevator Repair Service Theater Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jews for Racial and Economic Justice Community | New York, NY | Program/project support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New Voices for Reproductive Justice | Pittsburgh, PA | General operating support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Progeorgia State Table Inc | Atlanta, GA | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Classical Theatre of Harlem | New York, NY | Program/project support | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Florida Rising (dba New Florida Majority Education Fund Inc) | Miami, FL | General operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Michigan Voices | Detroit, MI | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pennsylvania Voice | Philadelphia, PA | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| BVM Capacity Building Institute | Atlanta, GA | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Performance Zone Inc Dba the Field | New York, NY | General operating support | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| 350org | Boston, MA | Program/project support | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Philanthropy New York | New York, NY | General operating support | $11,800 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New Voices for Reproductive Justice | Pittsburgh, PA | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Power (philadelphians Organized To Witness Empower & Rebuild) | Philadelphia, PA | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Environmental Grantmakers Association (ega) | New York, NY | General operating support | $9,418 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Neo Philanthropy | New York, NY | General operating support | Public and societal benefit | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | Program/project support | Public and societal benefit | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Paul J Aicher Foundation | Hartford, CT | Everyday democracy | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Possibility Labs | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Billie Holiday Theater | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Funders for Reproductive Equity | Rockville, MD | General operating support | Health care | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Neighborhood Funders Group | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $3,750 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Marble Hill Nursery | Bronx, NY | General operating support | $3,333 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Neighborhood Funders Group | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hartford Religious Society of Friends | West Hartford, CT | General operating support | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Social Movement Technologies Foundation Inc | Bloomfield, CT | General operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| The New York Shakespeare Festival (dba the Public Theater) | New York, NY | General operating support | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Consultative Group On Biological Diversity (dba Biodiversity Funders Grou | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Intentional Endowments Network Co the Crane Institute of Sustainability Inc | Manchester, MA | General operating support | $1,375 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Minkwon Center for Community Action | Flushing, NY | General operating support | Human services | $1,036 | apps.irs.gov |
| Autistic Adults Nyc Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Environmental Advocates of New York | Albany, NY | General operating support | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Riverside Language Program | New York, NY | General operating support | Education | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Grantmakers in the Arts | Bronx, NY | General operating support | $550 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development (anhd) | New York, NY | General operating support | $535 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Forge Project Association | Ancram, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Family Life in Sunset Park | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Concrete Temple Theatre | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dixon Place | New York, NY | General operating support | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Documented | New York, NY | General operating support | Human services | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Montello Foundation | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility | New York, NY | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bang Group | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Citizen Action of New York | Albany, NY | General operating support | Human services | $240 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Yorkers for Cutlure and Arts | New York, NY | General operating support | $155 | apps.irs.gov | |
| La Mama Experimental Theatre Club Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $150 | apps.irs.gov |
| Red Hook Initiative | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | Human services | $134 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hour Children | Long Island City, NY | General operating support | Human services | $100 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Star Fund | New York, NY | General operating support | $100 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Advocacy Institute | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $100 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Advocacy Institute | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $57 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice | New York, NY | General operating support | Health care | $34 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $541,400 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $450,250 |
| Environment | $395,000 |
| Human services | $361,760 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $327,500 |
| Public and societal benefit | $306,000 |
| Health care | $214,034 |
| Crime and legal-related | $175,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $4,026,492 |
| District of Columbia | $910,000 |
| California | $418,750 |
| Georgia | $300,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $285,000 |
| Illinois | $225,000 |
| Florida | $125,000 |
| Minnesota | $80,000 |
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Updated November 12, 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.