Private foundation · EIN 13-3566516 · New York, New York

Gerda Lissner Foundation Inc

Should you approach them?

Yes, approach them if your work fits its grantee list. The foundation accepts applications (Refer to foundation's website: Www.gerdalissner.org) and its median grant is $1,500.

From the 2025 Form 990-PF: 33 grants paid, $98K total, median $1,500. 30% of grants stayed in New York. Stated restrictions: Refer to foundation's website: Www.gerdalissner.org

Accepts applications
Yes
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2025
33
$98K
Median grant
$1,500
Stays in NY
30%
of grants
Deadline
See below
Refer to foundation's website: Www.gerda
Assets
$5.5M

How to apply

Refer to foundation's website: Www.gerdalissner.org Contact: Cornelia Beigel, 15 E 65th Street, New York, Ny, 2128260366, MAIL@GERDALISSNER.ORG Deadlines: Refer to foundation's website: Www.gerdalissner.org Restrictions: Refer to foundation's website: Www.gerdalissner.org

Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2025 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.

Grants paid in 2025

33 grants, all shown · from Form 990-PF Part XV

RecipientPurposeAmount
Magdalena KuzmaMaspeth, NYTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$17K
Giorgi GuliashviliWestminster, MDTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$12K
Erin WagnerEl Paso, TXTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$9,000
Tatev BaroyanSarasota, FLTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$7,500
Michael ButlerBowie, MDTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$6,000
Sofia GotchBrooklyn, NYTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$5,500
Shelen HughesWest New York, NJTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$5,000
Amanda BatistaNew York, NYTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$3,000
Mary Bridget EslerVancouver, CATo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$3,000
Anna ThompsonFenton, MITo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$2,000
Ashlyn RockSterling, VATo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$2,000
Benjamin SokolWestbury, NYTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$2,000
Mary Gabrielle BeteagLilburn, GATo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$2,000
Navasard HakobyanKaty, TXTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$2,000
Samuel KiddSan Francisco, CATo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$2,000
The Giuilio Gari FoundationNew York, NYTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$1,750
Anna KellyNew York, NYTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$1,500
Evan LazdowskiMoultonborough, NHTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$1,500
Kamil Enes PektasAstoria, NYTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$1,500
Alexandra Rose HammondCosta Mesa, CATo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$1,000
Angela YamFolsom, CATo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$1,000
Cierra ByrdNoblesville, INTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$1,000
Cole McIlquhamOsseo, WITo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$1,000
Dalia MedovnikovWoodbridge, CTTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$1,000
Evan GrayPhiladelphia, PATo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$1,000
Juliette TacchinoPhiladelphia, PATo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$1,000
Matthew GoodheartBinghamton, NYTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$1,000
Titus Joseph Muzi IIIWaukesha, WITo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$1,000
Adam CatanguiSioux Falls, SDTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$500
Casady SchoolOklahoma City, OKTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$500
Julianna SmithPhiladelphia, PATo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$500
Lin FanNew York, NYTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$500
Classic Lyric ArtsNew York, NYTo provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,$250

By state: New York 10 · Maryland 2 · Texas 2 · Florida 1 · New Jersey 1 · California 3

About this foundation

Gerda Lissner Foundation Inc is a private grantmaking foundation in New York, New York, tax-exempt since 1991. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

Foundation websiteAll filings on ProPublica

Does Gerda Lissner Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. On its 2025 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. Refer to foundation's website: Www.gerdalissner.org Deadlines: Refer to foundation's website: Www.gerdalissner.org.

How much does Gerda Lissner Foundation Inc give each year?

In tax year 2025 it paid $98K across 33 grants, a median of $1,500.

Where does Gerda Lissner Foundation Inc give?

New York (10 grants), Maryland (2 grants), Texas (2 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.

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