Contributions 512024 - 4302025 - Detail Available Upon Request
WARREN, NJ
$2.4MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Charitable activities
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Sy Syms Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 22-2617727 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
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This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: SY SYMS FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | $2.4M |
| 2023 | 39 | $2.2M |
Where Sy Syms Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
National Public Radio Inc
Washington, DC
$300KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Charitable Arts Musical Grant
Wnet-New York Public Media
New York, NY
$299.8KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Charitable Arts Musical Grant
Pan American Center
WARREN, NJ
$200KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Charitable community service
Gesher Foundation USA
NEW YORK, NY
$200KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Charitable Community Service
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (40 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Sy Syms Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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