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The Joan F and Donald E Axinn Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Jericho, New York · EIN 237165425

The Joan F and Donald E Axinn Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Jericho, New York. In tax year 2024 it gave $2.4 million in 5 grants; the typical grant was $50,000 and the largest $2.0 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $256,316 the year before.

40% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$256,3164$21.3 million
2024$2.4 million5$23.6 million

How to apply

ContactKenneth B Katzman
100 Jericho Quadrangle Suite 220, Jericho, NY 11753
Phone or email(516) 333-6100
What to submitIn writing

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Joan F and Donald E Axinn Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York5$2.4 million

Grants paid in 2024

All 5 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Scientic reasearch facility buildings$2.0 million
NYU Graduate School of Arts & Science
New York, NY
Axinn foundation fellowship for writingaxinn foundation/e.l. Doctorow prize in the graduate school of arts and science$231,900
Interfaith Nutrition Network
Hempstead, NY
Food insecurity assistance$50,000
Island Harvest
Bethpage, NY
Food insecurity assistance$50,000
Long Island Cares
Hauppauge, NY
Food insecurityfood insecurity$50,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Joan F and Donald E Axinn Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Joan F and Donald E Axinn Foundation Inc give?

$2.4 million in tax year 2024, across 5 grants, with a typical grant of $50,000.

Who runs The Joan F and Donald E Axinn Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Kenneth B Katzman (Secretary/Treasurer), Mark W Hamer (President) and Leo A Guthart (Vice President).

What does The Joan F and Donald E Axinn Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly science and research and food and hunger.

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