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Sidney & Judith Kranes Charitable Trust

Accepts applications New York, New York · EIN 136981197

Sidney & Judith Kranes Charitable Trust is a private foundation in New York, New York. In tax year 2025 it gave $119,000 in 21 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $10,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $123,000 the year before.

10% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$112,00021$2.4 million
2024$123,00022$2.6 million
2025$119,00021$2.4 million

How to apply

ContactDavid Hubbard Esq
420 Lexington Ave Ste 1402, New York, NY 10170
Phone or email(212) 599-1892, deckerhubbardllc@gmail.com
What to submitInclude an outline of the proposed project; a statement of its significance; the proposed budget.
DeadlinesMiddle of may
RestrictionsDistributions are exclusively for charitable, religious, scientific, literary and educational purposes.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Sidney & Judith Kranes Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York18$98,000
Massachusetts2$16,000
Connecticut1$5,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 21 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Mt Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
General purposes$10,000
Center for Hearing & Communication
New York, NY
General purposes$6,000
Clarke School for the Deaf
Northampton, MA
General purposes$6,000
Good Shepherd
New York, NY
General purposes$6,000
Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen
New York, NY
General purposes$6,000
Legal Aid Society
New York, NY
General purposes$6,000
Little Sisters of the Assumption
New York, NY
General purposes$6,000
New York Public Library
New York, NY
General purposes$6,000
St Johns Bread and Life
Brooklyn, NY
General purposes$6,000
The Fresh Air Fund
New York, NY
General purposes$6,000
Broadway Community
New York, NY
General purposes$5,000
Cary Inst of Ecosystem Studies
Millbrook, NY
General purposes$5,000
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese
New York, NY
General purposes$5,000
City Harvest
New York, NY
General purposes$5,000
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
New York, NY
General purposes$5,000
Madison Square Boys and Girls Club
New York, NY
General purposes$5,000
Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter
New York, NY
General purposes$5,000
New York Botanical Gardens
Bronx, NY
General purposes$5,000
New York Landmarks Conservancy
New York, NY
General purposes$5,000
Women in Need Inc
New York, NY
General purposes$5,000
United Church of Christ in Cornwall
North Cornwall, CT
General purposes$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Sidney & Judith Kranes Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Middle of may.

How much does Sidney & Judith Kranes Charitable Trust give?

$119,000 in tax year 2025, across 21 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Sidney & Judith Kranes Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists David Hubbard (Trustee Nominal) and Deidre Sweeney (Trustee Nominal).

What does Sidney & Judith Kranes Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, community development and environment and conservation.

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