Gerda Lissner Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133566516
IRS 990-PF coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2128266100
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$459,815
Expenses
$623,319

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Gerda Lissner Foundation Inc is a nonprofit. Location: New York, NY. EIN 133566516. Tax year 2025 Form 990-PF reports $460K revenue and $623K expenses.

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 33 grants totaling $97,500. The stated grant purpose was to provide young opera singers with the financial support they need to pursue their craft and excel in the world of opera,.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 83% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The foundation carried out 80% of its reported charitable disbursements directly.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 16
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 95

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 15.6%; rating input score 16; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 55.92; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 95th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 38 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 16/100.