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LUESTHER T MERTZ CHARITABLE TR

EIN 13-7049014 NEW YORK, NY

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Revenue 2023
$20,730
Expenses 2023
$78,716

Program services were 10.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T900
Classification
2000
Street
218 E 18TH ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE TRUST IS A TESTAMENTARY CHARITABLE TRUST UNDER NEW YORK LAW AND IS A SO-CALLED "SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION" DESCRIBED IN SECTION 509(A)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THE SOLE EXEMPT PURPOSE AND ACTIVITY OF THE TRUST IS TO SUPPORT DIRECTLY FOURTEEN PUBLICLY SUPPORTED CHARITIES WHICH ARE NAMED IN THE TRUST'S GOVERNING INSTRUMENT WHICH REQUIRES THAT ALL NET INCOME OF THE TRUST BE DISTRIBUTED TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPPORT FOR A SUBSTANTIAL PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY OF ONE OR MORE OF THE NAMED BENEFICIARY ORGANIZATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE MISSION STATEMENT ON PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 1

  • DURING THE YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 2024, THE TRUST WAS AWAITING APPROVAL FROM THE NYS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TO DISSOLVE. ON DECEMBER 20, 2024, A NOTICE OF NO OBJECTION WAS ISSUED. THE TRUST WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH DISSOLUTION DURING FY 25. AFTER PAYMENTS FOR CLOSING EXPENSES, THE REMAINING FUNDS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE ATTENTIVE SUPPORTIVE ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $8,161

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Larry E Condon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Golden Beckner Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $20,730
    Expenses
    $78,716
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $200,196
    Expenses
    $1,155,611
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $917,328

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,295,349
    Expenses
    $4,631,145
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,408,894
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,179,114
    Expenses
    $116,070,172
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,999,424
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,968,264
    Expenses
    $32,696,476
    Assets (EOY)
    $94,333,964
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,228,061
    Expenses
    $15,280,140
    Assets (EOY)
    $117,972,027
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,086,418
    Expenses
    $15,006,209
    Assets (EOY)
    $119,535,503
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,055,948
    Expenses
    $15,871,482
    Assets (EOY)
    $107,276,911
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,373,400
    Expenses
    $15,946,275
    Assets (EOY)
    $104,416,685
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,396,364
    Expenses
    $13,036,661
    Assets (EOY)
    $102,655,351

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • 2022 DISTRIBUTION MADE TO THE LUESTHER T. MERTZ LEGACY TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, A TYPE I SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN IRC SECTION 509(A)(3), WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A CONDUIT FOR THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.