Harriet & George P Engel Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Paramus, NJ EIN: 01-6222291

Harriet & George P Engel Foundation is a private foundation, based in Paramus, NJ. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $511K in total assets. Net investment income was $13K.

Harriet & George P Engel Foundation at a glance

Total assets
$510,748
+4.4% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$13,068
-30.0% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$13,038
-30.0% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$50,024
+60.8% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Harriet & George P Engel Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

2 grants across all recorded years

1<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 2 (50%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Tenafly

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K0 grants2019 0 grants2020 0 grants2021 2 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

In 2022 it made 2 grants totaling $110K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Church of Atonement Tenafly, NJPer Terms of Trust$76,671
Church of Atonement Tenafly, NJPer Terms of Trust$33,764
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$510,748$13,068$50,024——$13,038
2024$489,432$18,665$31,101——$18,633
2023$468,298$39,729$22,403——$39,714
2022$423,000$44,634$130,747$110,4352$44,282
2021$675,274$46,531$15,384——$46,216
2020$608,320$41,929$19,524——$29,718
2019$552,662$22,412$27,825——$22,089

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Harriet & George P Engel Foundation is led by Linda Schnell, Trustee on every filing since 2019 — the only officer listed, and compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Linda Schnell

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    $4K (2024) → $4K (2025)

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Linda Schnell — Trustee: $4KLinda SchnellTrustee$4K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $4K, to Linda Schnell (Trustee).

Frequently asked questions about Harriet & George P Engel Foundation

How large is Harriet & George P Engel Foundation?

Harriet & George P Engel Foundation reported $511K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $13K.

Where does Harriet & George P Engel Foundation operate?

Harriet & George P Engel Foundation has awarded grants in New Jersey.

What is Harriet & George P Engel Foundation's EIN?

Harriet & George P Engel Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 01-6222291. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 12, 2025)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 11, 2026)
  3. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 15, 2020)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 12, 2021)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 14, 2022)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
  7. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 13, 2024)

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