New York · Nonprofit
GERDA LISSNER FOUNDATION INC
GERDA LISSNER FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $175,000 to it, the largest being LIEDERKRANZ FOUNDATION INC ($175,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $460k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $175k
- Net assets
- $5.5M
What Gerda Lissner Foundation Inc does
Programs
The foundation makes grants and encouragement awards to thewinners of the various annual competitions to a limitednumber of participants to provide young opera singers withthe financial support they need to pursue their craft andexcel in the world of opera, the trustees believe that theencouragement and assistance to young artists towardachieving their goals is imperative for the continuation ofthis demanding art form,
$0 spentContributions to other 501(c}(3) organizations for generaloperating support in the field of opera and other variousperformance organizations.
$0 spent
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $6.5M to $5.9M (−9%).
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Cornelia Beigel
Exec. Director & secretary
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $35k.
From the IRS filings of GERDA LISSNER FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of GERDA LISSNER FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like GERDA LISSNER FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GERDA LISSNER FOUNDATION INC?
- GERDA LISSNER FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $175,000 to it, the largest being LIEDERKRANZ FOUNDATION INC ($175,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GERDA LISSNER FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $175,000 in grants to GERDA LISSNER FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GERDA LISSNER FOUNDATION INC?
- LIEDERKRANZ FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $175,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GERDA LISSNER FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing