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The Nicole Schiffman Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Garden City, NY EIN: 11-6617404 Website

The Nicole Schiffman Foundation at a glance

Total assets
$37,731
-10.1% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$3,686
-41.7% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$7,903
+0.6% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-EZ, 2025 View filing

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

Who The Nicole Schiffman Foundation funds

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

States

Cities

BellmoreNew York

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10K$20K$30K$40K2 grants2019 2 grants2020 Total only2021 Total only2022 Total only2023 Total only2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $5K (2021) to $40K (2020). In 2024 it reported $6K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

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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$37,731$3,686$7,903———
2024$41,948$6,318$7,856$6,135Total only$35
2023$43,485$13,526$12,078$9,327Total only$23
2022$42,037$2,131$7,463$5,819Total only$17
2021$47,369$1,531$7,674$5,428Total only$37
2020$53,515$42,159$31,404$40,0002$73
2019$42,760$15,010$42,449$40,0002$121

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About The Nicole Schiffman Foundation

Based on IRS filings

The Nicole Schiffman Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Garden City, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $38K in total assets.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

The Nicole Schiffman Foundation's 2025 filing lists 3 officers; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Cheryl Schiffman

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lindsey Schiffman

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ronald Schiffman

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

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.

Frequently asked questions about The Nicole Schiffman Foundation

How large is The Nicole Schiffman Foundation?

The Nicole Schiffman Foundation reported $38K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-EZ. Its revenue that year was $4K.

What is The Nicole Schiffman Foundation?

The Nicole Schiffman Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Garden City, NY. It holds $38K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does The Nicole Schiffman Foundation operate?

The Nicole Schiffman Foundation has awarded grants in New York.

What is The Nicole Schiffman Foundation's EIN?

The Nicole Schiffman Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 11-6617404. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS January 15, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS January 14, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS January 27, 2025)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS January 27, 2025)
  5. Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS January 29, 2026)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 13, 2020)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS January 14, 2021)

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