Private foundation
MINEOLA, NYEIN
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
No parsed e-filed return is on record for this organization yet, so year-by-year financials are not available.
Asset, income and revenue figures come from the IRS master file (the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File), a coarse annual extract. Year-by-year figures appear once the organization's e-filed returns are in the database.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 18% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island HarvestMelville, NY | Feeding the Hungry | $50,000 | 2020 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis S Meltzer | President | 0.00 | $0 |
| Ira Halperin | Vice President | 0.00 | $0 |
| Avi Kestenbaum | Secretary | 0.00 | $0 |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| Medical Research |
| $30,000 |
| 2025 |
| National Dance InstituteNew York, NY | children aide | $10,000 | 2021 |
| United WayMiami, FL | Community Help | $10,000 | 2022 |
| ISLAND HARVESTMELVILLE, NY | HUNGER | $10,000 | 2023 |
| ISLAND HARVESTMELVILLE, NY | HUNGER | $10,000 | 2022 |
| Friends of Magen David AdomNew York, NY | human trafficing survivors | $9,000 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense ForceMatched to this organization because 10 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.New York, NY | education | $9,000 | 2023 |
| Friends of United HatzalahNew York, NY | breast cancer | $9,000 | 2023 |
| ISLAND HARVESTMELVILLE, NY | HUNGER | $7,500 | 2025 |
| American Friends of SderotPassaic, NJ | Jewish Fund | $6,100 | 2025 |
| Father Fred FoundationTraverse City, MI | Health | $6,000 | 2025 |
| Believe in a cureNew Hyde Park, NY | Medical Research | $5,000 | 2021 |
| American Friends of SDEROTPassaic, NJ | Jewish Education | $5,000 | 2023 |
| Believe in a cureNew Hyde Park, NY | Medical Research | $5,000 | 2022 |
| Lustgarten FoundationMatched to this organization because 11 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Woodbury, NY | Medical | $5,000 | 2022 |
| AMERICAN FRIEND OF MIDGAL OHRNY, NY | JEWISH | $5,000 | 2022 |
| Nassau County Bar - We CareMineola, NY | community care | $4,500 | 2021 |
| Alzheimers AssocationChicago, IL | medical | $4,500 | 2023 |
| World Central KitchenWashington, DC | Feed the Hungry | $4,038 | 2022 |
| SUSAN G COMEN BREAST CANCERDALLAS, TX | MEDICAL | $3,685 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Migdal OhrNew York, NY | children aide | $3,600 | 2025 |
| International Red CrossWashington, DC | Ukraine | $3,433 | 2022 |
| Alzheimers AssocationChicago, IL | medical | $3,100 | 2025 |
| Northwell Health FoundationNew Hyde Park, NY | Jewish Education | $3,000 | 2025 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2024 · period ending Dec 31, 2024IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202541339349101939
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202411359349102381
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202321319349103567
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202221319349103647
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202111339349102911
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