JOSEPH AND MARTHA MELOHN TZEDAKA FUND

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MLA “JOSEPH AND MARTHA MELOHN TZEDAKA FUND.” furp.org, tax years 2009–2024, https://furp.org/org/joseph-and-martha-melohn-tzedaka-fund-133395219. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

Retrieved 2026-11-11; covers tax years 2009–2024. Data: furp.org (index © the FURP Alliance; the records are public domain).

2024 · Form 990PF · revenue $245K · expenses $753K · assets $5.8M

EIN
13-3395219
Address
CO MELOHN 250 WEST 55TH ST 17TH F, NEW YORK, NY 10019-0000
NTEE code
T20 Private Grantmaking Foundations (Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations) inferred (by a small language model from the name and 990 text, confidence 0.75; not an IRS classification)
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (trust)
Ruling date
March 1988 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (private foundation) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Private non-operating foundation
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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 1 person listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

1 person listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Leon Melohn TRUSTEE2009-2024 0 $0 reported 2

People by year

2024 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LEON MELOHN TRUSTEE0 $0-$0 $02
2023 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LEON MELOHN TRUSTEE0 $0-$0 $02
2022 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LEON MELOHN TRUSTEE0 $0-$0 $02
2021 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LEON MELOHN TRUSTEE0 $0-$0 $02
2020 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LEON MELOHN TRUSTEE0 $0-$0 $02
2019 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LEON MELOHN TRUSTEE0 $0-$0 $02
2017 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LEON MELOHN TRUSTEE AS NEEDED0 $0-$0 $02
2011 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LEON MELOHN TRUSTEE AS NEEDED0 $0-$0 $02
2010 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LEON MELOHN TRUSTEE AS NEEDED0 $0-$0 $02
2009 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LEON MELOHN TRUSTEE AS NEEDED0 $0-$0 $02

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2024 · 22 grants to organizations · $736K
2023 · 14 grants to organizations · $2.4M
2022 · 15 grants to organizations · $52K
2021 · 14 grants to organizations · $137K
2019 · 15 grants to organizations · $258K
2017 · 9 grants to organizations · $293K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributors listed on Schedule B of the Form 990-PF: name, city and state as filed (street addresses are not shown), with total and noncash contributions for the year. A link to an organization's page is tagged Fuzzy with its name-similarity score (0 to 1) when it rests on name and state; Schedule B lists no EIN, so no link here is an exact identifier match.

2023 · 1 contributor · $4.5M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 THE SIMI AND LEON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC Fuzzy 0.81 Organization or other NEW YORK, NY $4,500,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2023 · filing
2022 · 1 contributor · $4.2M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 LEON MELOHN Person NEW YORK, NY $4,200,000$4,200,000 Form 990PF Sch. B, 2022 · filing
2019 · 1 contributor · $200K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 MELOHN FOUNDATION INC Fuzzy 1.00 Organization or other NEW YORK, NY $200,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2019 · filing
2017 · 1 contributor · $385K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 LEON MELOHN Organization or other NEW YORK, NY $385,000$385,000 Form 990PF Sch. B, 2017 · filing

Contributors listed here are as reported on the filing. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990PF period ending 2025-11-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$245,049$753,191 $5,779,416$5,719,416 -- $0--
2023 · Form 990PF period ending 2024-11-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$4,351,188$2,416,164 $6,287,558$6,227,558 $4,500,000- $0--
2022 · Form 990PF period ending 2023-11-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$4,521,845$54,844 $363,043$303,043 $4,200,000- $0--
2021 · Form 990PF period ending 2022-11-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$0$140,339 $7,098-$52,902 -- $0--
2020 · Form 990PF period ending 2021-11-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$0$3,359 $147,437$87,437 -- $0--
2019 · Form 990PF period ending 2020-11-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$200,000$262,921 $150,796$90,796 $200,000- $0--
2017 · Form 990PF period ending 2018-11-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$392,692$304,645 $256,779$256,779 $385,000- $0--
2011 · Form 990PF period ending 2012-11-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$0$1,039 $2,431-$99,819 -- $0--
2010 · Form 990PF period ending 2011-11-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$0$919 $3,470-$98,780 -- $0--
2009 · Form 990PF period ending 2010-11-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$0$769 $4,389-$97,861 -- $0--

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $450,000 in all, tax years 2019 to 2019. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTotal givenGrantsLatest year's amountLatest yearYears givenTypeMatchGrants
MELOHN FOUNDATION INC $450,0001 $450,0002019 2019 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “JOSEPH AND MAARTHA MELOHN TZEDAKA FUND”
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Same category: NTEE code and revenue

Ranked without any AI: same NTEE code first, then the same NTEE group; then revenue within 2x, 5x or 10x; then the same state; then similar name and mission text. NTEE: the IRS’s code when it lists one, otherwise FURP’s inferred code. Same state only · More (100)

OrganizationStateNTEELatest revenueLatest expensesTop-paid titleTop payWhy similar
ELMAR FUNDNYT20 $235,231$194,445 V PRES & SECRETARY$6,000 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
JAY AND MARY GOLDBERG CHARITABLE TRNYT20 $243,940$184,696 TRUSTEE - AS NEEDED$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
TORAH DEFENDERS FUNDNYT20 $249,471$161,638 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
THE ROBERT AND SARA SMITH FOUNDATIONNYT20 $245,775$390,825 President$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
MARGARET FORD LEONARD AND MARION E MCKINNEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONNYT20 $235,901$129,406 Trustee$15,000 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
JAMES S MARCUS FOUNDATIONNYT20 $243,288$434,088 TRUSTEE$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
JACQUES AND EMY COHENCA FOUNDATION INCNYT20 $248,694$74,725 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
MICHAEL AND ROBIN PSAROS FAMILY FOUNDATIONNYT20 $253,492$391,893 DIRECTOR/TREASURER$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
EPHRAIM AND GAIL PROPP FAMILY FOUNDATION INCNYT20 $254,275$394,622 PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
THOMAS R ODONNELL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INCNYT20 $252,220$203,462 CHAIRMAN$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
A AND R SCHONBERGER FAMILY FOUNDATION INCNYT20 $237,888$464,808 PRES TREAS$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
MARGUERITE D STEWART TOWNSEND CHARITABLE TRUSTNYT20 $253,346$238,236 Trustee$11,653 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
THE ASCOT FOUNDATIONNYT20 $250,000$0 PRESIDENT/CHAIR/DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
A & J SAKS FOUNDATION INCNYT20 $240,007$234,798 DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
A B & J NOYES FOUNDATION INCNYT20 $236,375$121,428 DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT, TREASURER$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
MONTANI FAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TR AGREEMENTNYT20 $241,051$375,531 TRUSTEE$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
THE LILLIAN A HERTLIN FOUNDATIONNYT20 $251,299$150 PRESIDENT/SECRETARY$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
KEITH WOLD JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRNYT20 $254,134$224,211 TRUSTEE$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
TLK FOUNDATION INCNYT20 $235,083$148,191 SECRETARY$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
RICHARD & TEREZ ABATECOLA FOUNDATION INCNYT20 $239,554$327,448 DIRECTOR$103,936 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
THE GAL FOUNDATION INCNYT20 $241,972$129,044 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
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Who funds organizations like this

Grantors that funded the 100 most similar organizations. Ranked by total given to them. Foundations (990-PF) and donor-advised fund sponsors only. Same matching as Funders above (by EIN, or by name for foundations).

GrantorTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedTypeYearsWhich ones
The Klaassen Family Private Foundation $1,789,8201 1Private foundation2018–2018 MERRITT CHARITABLE FUND INC
CATESBY FOUNDATION $240,0001 1Private foundation2024–2024 COTTAGE TWO FOUNDATION INC
NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES $18,0001 1DAF sponsor2022–2022 RENEE & CHAIM GROSS FOUNDATION INC
ROBERT DAVID LION GARDINER FOUNDATION INC $10,5001 1Private foundation2021–2021 RENEE & CHAIM GROSS FOUNDATION INC
MORRELL FAMILY FOUNDATION INC $1,0001 1Private foundation2024–2024 KRAMER FOUNDATION

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990PF · $753,191 spent · pay $0 · grants $735,600 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $735,600 97.7%
Fees: accounting $9,588 1.3%
Taxes $4,846 0.6%
Fees: legal $3,157 0.4%
Total$753,191100%

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2023 · Form 990PF · $2,416,164 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,351,200 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $2,351,200 97.3%
Taxes $59,757 2.5%
Fees: accounting $4,531 0.2%
Fees: legal $676 0.0%
Total$2,416,164100%

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2022 · Form 990PF · $54,844 spent · pay $0 · grants $51,930 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $51,930 94.7%
Fees: legal $1,495 2.7%
Fees: accounting $1,419 2.6%
Total$54,844100%

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2021 · Form 990PF · $140,339 spent · pay $0 · grants $137,214 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $137,214 97.8%
Fees: legal $1,912 1.4%
Fees: accounting $1,163 0.8%
Other expenses $50 0.0%
Total$140,339100%

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2020 · Form 990PF · $3,359 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees: accounting $2,005 59.7%
Fees: legal $1,304 38.8%
Other expenses $50 1.5%
Total$3,359100%

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2019 · Form 990PF · $262,921 spent · pay $0 · grants $257,800 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $257,800 98.1%
Fees: accounting $3,289 1.3%
Fees: legal $1,782 0.7%
Other expenses $50 0.0%
Total$262,921100%

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2017 · Form 990PF · $304,645 spent · pay $0 · grants $293,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $293,000 96.2%
Taxes $5,245 1.7%
Fees: accounting $3,924 1.3%
Other expenses $2,476 0.8%
Total$304,645100%

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2011 · Form 990PF · $1,039 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees: accounting $645 62.1%
Fees: legal $264 25.4%
Other expenses $130 12.5%
Total$1,039100%

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2010 · Form 990PF · $919 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees: accounting $476 51.8%
Fees: legal $318 34.6%
Other expenses $125 13.6%
Total$919100%

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2009 · Form 990PF · $769 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees: accounting $400 52.0%
Fees: legal $244 31.7%
Other expenses $125 16.3%
Total$769100%

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