Private foundation · EIN 82-1912764 · New York, NY · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31

Where Lester and Phyllis Epstein Foundation's grants went

It reported $169,500 in grants paid across 27 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 90.6% of those dollars to 24 recipient organizations.

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What its filing says about applications

Preselected only It checked the 990-PF box saying it only gives to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 27 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
Kingston Land Trust
Kingston, NY · EIN 26-2338986
$40,000General Support Environmental HistoricSame address 1.00
Asian Counseling and Referral Service
Seattle, WA · EIN 91-0916176
$10,000General Support Public HealthSame city 0.96
Hudson River Watershed Alliance
Kingston, NY · EIN 45-2772407
$10,000General Support Environmental ConservationSame address 1.00
Maya Gold Foundation
New Paltz, NY · EIN 47-5490398
$10,000General Support Community CharacterSame address 1.00
Wing Luke Museum
Seattle, WA · no confident EIN match
$10,000Genereal Support Fine and Decorative ArtsUnmatched Help match
Living Traditions
Brooklyn, NY · EIN 11-3193909
$6,000Performing Arts restricted to Monas ProjectSame address 1.00
Threadhead Cultural Foundation
New Orleans, LA · EIN 26-4543585
$5,000Performing Arts restricted tp the Sarah Quintana ProjectSame city 1.00
Friends of Historic Kingston
Kingston, NY · EIN 23-7054735
$5,000General Support Historic PreservationSame address 1.00
Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation
New York, NY · EIN 13-3042600
$5,000General Support Historic PreservationSame address 0.79
Scenic Hudson
Poughkeepsie, NY · EIN 13-2898799
$5,000General Support Environmental ConservationSame ZIP 1.00
Riverkeeper
Ossining, NY · EIN 13-3204621
$5,000General Support Environmental ConservationSame city 1.00
Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History
Kingston, NY · EIN 84-3315804
$5,000General Support Historic PreservationSame city 0.90
Land Trust Alliance
Washington, DC · EIN 04-2751357
$5,000General Support Environmental ConservationSame street 1.00
YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County
Kingston, NY · no confident EIN match
$5,000Restricted to Y Farm Project Public HealthUnmatched Help match
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, WA · EIN 91-0640788
$4,000General Support Fine and Decorative ArtsSame address 1.00
Jack Straw Foundation
Seattle, WA · EIN 91-0776606
$4,000General Supprt Performing ArtsSame address 1.00
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Seattle, WA · EIN 91-0756535
$4,000General Support Performing ArtsSame ZIP 1.00
Seattle Theatre Group
Seattle, WA · EIN 94-3130227
$4,000Genereal Supprt Performing ArtsSame address 1.00
A Contemporary Theatre
Seattle, WA · EIN 91-0787792
$4,000General Support Performing ArtsSame address 1.00
Bike Works Seattle
Seattle, WA · EIN 91-1753062
$4,000GeneralSupport Public HealthSame ZIP 1.00
Spectrum Dance Theater
Seattle, WA · EIN 91-1263530
$4,000General Support Performing ArtsSame address 0.94
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association
Ashland, OR · EIN 93-0407022
$4,000General Support Performing ArtsSame address 0.95
Rondout-Esopus Land Conservanc
Accord, NY · EIN 22-2858802
$3,000Restricted to Speak to the Earth Project Environmental ConservationSame address 1.00
Intiman Theatre
Seattle, WA · EIN 23-7328597
$2,500General Support Performing ArtsSame city 1.00
Woodstock Land Conservancy
Woodstock, NY · EIN 22-2950482
$2,500General Support Environmental ConservationSame address 1.00
The Amy Yee Tennis Foundation
Seattle, WA · EIN 91-2079536
$2,500General Support Public HealthSame city 1.00
Wallkill Valley Lkand Trust
New Paltz, NY · no confident EIN match
$1,000General Support Environmental ConservationUnmatched Help match

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. AmazonSmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    22 recipients in common
  2. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    6 recipients in common
  3. Novo Foundation Hurley, NY
    4 recipients in common
  4. The Norcliffe Foundation Seattle, WA
    4 recipients in common
  5. Ash Family Foundation Kirkland, WA
    4 recipients in common
  6. Grousemont Foundation Seattle, WA
    4 recipients in common
  7. The Shubert Foundation New York, NY
    4 recipients in common
  8. Wyman Youth Trust Seattle, WA
    4 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.