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The Meryl & Charles Witmer Charitable Foundation

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New York, New York · EIN 13-4129627 · Private foundation

Grants paid (2025)$1.4M
Organizations funded39
Typical grant$5,000
Total assets$6.4M

Half of its grants to organizations were between $2,000 and $13,000.

From the return

How to apply

On its return for tax year 2025 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

  • Education6
  • Health3
  • Arts & Culture2
  • Children & Youth1
  • Environment1
  • Human Services1

Where it gives

48% of grants went outside New York.

Grants paid in tax year 2025

RecipientLocationPurposeAmount
Beat Childhood CancerLand O Lakes, FLGeneral use$1,000,000
Golf Fights CancerNorton, MAGeneral use$100,000
Children's Brain Tumor Project FoundationNew York, NYGeneral use$55,000
Philips InstituteRichmond, VAGeneral use$50,000
Children's Brain Tumor Family FoundationNew York, NYGeneral use$25,000
Inner-City Scholarship FundNew York, NYGeneral use$25,000
Harlem Children's ZoneNew York, NYGeneral use$20,000
James B Lee Jr Scholarship FundWesthampton Beach, NYGeneral use$14,000
The Benjamin SchoolNorth Palm Beach, FLGeneral use$14,000
Georgetown UniversityWashington, DCGeneral use$13,000
James C Ferrer Education FundSouthampton, NYGeneral use$12,000
Hoover InstitutionStanford, CAGeneral use$10,000
Lake Agawam ConservancySouthampton, NYGeneral use$10,000
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NYGeneral use$10,000
The Buckley SchoolNew York, NYGeneral use$10,000
Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, MAGeneral use$10,000
Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJGeneral use$8,000
Lost Tree FoundationNorth Palm Beach, FLGeneral use$7,000
Brooklyn Community Services - Gary Klinsky Children's CentersBrooklyn, NYGeneral use$5,000
Second Stage TheatreNew York, NYGeneral use$5,000
Student Sponsor Partnership IncNew York, NYGeneral use$5,000
Marine Corps Scholarship FoundationAlexandria, VAGeneral use$5,000
International Tennis Hall of FameNewport, RIGeneral use$4,790
Mcintire School of Commerce FoundationCharlottesville, VAGeneral use$3,000
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PAGeneral use$3,000
Choate Rosemary Hall FoundationWallingford, CTGeneral use$2,500
Darden School FoundationCharlottesville, VAGeneral use$2,500
Lost Tree ChapelNorth Palm Beach, FLGeneral use$2,500
Chapel & York US Foundation IncNew York, NYGeneral use$2,500
Southampton Fresh Air HomeSouthampton, NYGeneral use$2,000
The Thirty Six East Sixty Second Street FoundationNew York, NYGeneral use$2,000
Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York, NYGeneral use$2,000
Cottage 1886 FoundationPrinceton, NJGeneral use$1,000
Episcopal School in the City of New YorkNew York, NYGeneral use$1,000
Swim Across AmericaLarchmont, NYGeneral use$1,000
Boys and Girls Club of NewportNewport, RIGeneral use$1,000
Auxiliary to the Isabella Mccosh InfirmaryPrinceton, NJGeneral use$500
Ussga Memorial FundElmsford, NYGeneral use$500
Kevin Williams Memorial FoundationShoreham, NYGeneral use$250

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidGrant lines
2025$1,445,04039
2024$1,001,07046
2023$378,70042

Sources

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