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Filing year 2024

THE JIM HENSON FOUNDATION

Long Island City, New York·EIN 13-3133702·NTEE T20 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·501(c)(3)

* Sector derived from filing type (Form 990-PF), not IRS-assigned

Total revenue
$3M
Total assets
$6.6M
Total expenses
$499k
Reported officers
10

Reported officers (all unpaid)

No paid executives reported in 2024. THE JIM HENSON FOUNDATION reported 10 unpaid officers and board members on its 990-PF.

President
Secretary
Treasurer
Vice President
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director

Grants paid

Itemized grants reported on this foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF, Part XV.

Total granted

$261k

Itemized grants

45

Median grant

$4k

RecipientLocationPurposeAmount
CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTSATLANTA, GAPUPPET PRODUCTION$25k
CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTSATLANTA, GAPUPPET PRODUCTION$25k
DIXON PLACENEW YORK, NYPUPPET PRODUCTION$10k
HERE ARTS CENTERNEW YORK, NYPUPPET PRODUCTION$10k
LA MAMANEW YORK, NYPUPPET PRODUCTION$10k
NEW VICTORY THEATERNEW YORK, NYPUPPET PRODUCTION$10k
JAPAN SOCIETYNEW YORK, NYPUPPET PRODUCTION$10k
DIXON PLACENEW YORK, NYPUPPET PRODUCTION$7k
HERE ARTS CENTERNEW YORK, NYPUPPET PRODUCTION$7k
JAPAN SOCIETYNEW YORK, NYPUPPET PRODUCTION$7k
ROGUE ARTISTS ENSEMBLESUN VALLEY, CAPUPPET PRODUCTION$7k
SHADOWLIGHT PRODUCTIONSSAN FRANCISCO, CAPUPPET PRODUCTION$7k
SHAKE ON THE LAKESILVER LAKE, NYPUPPET PRODUCTION$7k
AUSTIN CREATIVE ALLIANCEAUSTIN, TXPUPPET PRODUCTION$7k
MONKEYBAR'S HARMOLODIC WORKSHOPMINNEAPOLIS, MNPUPPET PRODUCTION$7k
DIXON PLACENEW YORK, NYPUPPET PRODUCTION$5k
HERE ARTS CENTERNEW YORK, NYALLELU AWARD$5k
THE BATTERY CONSERVANCYNEW YORK, NYPUPPET PRODUCTION$5k
THE CENTER AT WEST PARKNEW YORK, NYPUPPET PRODUCTION$5k
THE EUGENE O'NEILL THEATER CENTERWATERFORD, CTPUPPET PRODUCTION$5k
THE TANKNEW YORK, NYPUPPET PRODUCTION$5k
THE BUSHWICK STARRBROOKLYN, NYALLELU AWARD$5k
BLACK CHERRY PUPPET THEATERBALTIMORE, MDPUPPET PRODUCTION$4k
PUPPETEERS OF AMERICA INCMINNEAPOLIS, MNPUPPET PRODUCTION$4k
GREAT ARIZONA PUPPET THEATERPHOENIX, AZPUPPET PRODUCTION$4k
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Funded by

Private foundations whose Form 990-PF Part XV grants matched this organization.

Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

THE JIM HENSON FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$669k
$534k
2023
$3M
$499k
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.

This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($1M - $10M), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.

Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in New York

THE JIM HENSON FOUNDATION reported no executive compensation in its latest filing. For context, the highest-paid executive at a comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organization in New York earns a median of $20,079.

25th percentile
$6k
Median
$20,079
75th percentile
$88k
90th percentile
$228k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 2,519 organizations across 2,519 filings (2020 – 2024).

See full Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking pay data for New York
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What are THE JIM HENSON FOUNDATION's revenue and expenses?

In 2024, THE JIM HENSON FOUNDATION reported $3M in total revenue and $499k in total expenses on its IRS Form 990.

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This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($1M - $10M), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.