Singer Family Charitable Foundation

The Singer Family Charitable Foundation, formerly called the Paul Singer Family Foundation, is a private grantmaking foundation run by American hedge fund manager Paul Singer and his two sons. The Foundation has supported free-market economics, pro-Israel policies, and promoting LGBT interests. 1

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3), Private Foundation
Formation:

1987

President:

Paul E. Singer

Location: Wilmington, DE View on map
Tax ID: 22-2664654
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $44,077,453 Revenue: $28,370,953 Expenses: $3,722,037

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    Grantmaking

    The Singer Family Charitable Foundation has made grants to organizations that advocate free -market economics, pro-Israel policies, and promoting LGBT rights. The Foundation also donated to several policy-based organizations including the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and the Hudson Institute. 2

    On October 1, 2010, the Singer Family Charitable Foundation granted $90 million worth of shares of Elliot International Limited to the Paul E. Singer Foundation. 3 Between 2010 and 2024, the foundation has made several grants to organizations such as Outright Vermont, the Birthright Israel Foundation, and the University of Rochester. 4

    In 2020 the Singer Family Charitable Foundation granted $2 million to the Gordon and Jenny Singer Foundation, the charitable foundation of Paul Singer’s son. 5

    Funding

    In tax years 2007 and 2009, the Singer Family Charitable Foundation received a combined $73 million in shares of Elliot International Limited from Paul Singer. 6

    Leadership

    Paul E. Singer is the president of the Singer Family Charitable Foundation, president of the Paul E. Singer Foundation, and the founder, president, co-CEO, and co-CIO of Elliott Investment Management. Singer is a cofounder of Start-Up Nation Central and chair of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. 7 In 2012, Singer donated $1 million towards the founding of the American Unity PAC. 8

    Gordon Singer is a vice president of the Singer Family Charitable Foundation and an equity and managing partner at Elliott Investment Management. Singer is the head of Elliott’s London office. 9

    Andrew Morris-Singer is a vice president of the Singer Family Charitable Foundation and the founder and chair of Primary Care Progress. Morris-Singer is a lecturer in Global Health & Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. 10

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2024 $44,077,453 $28,370,953 $3,722,037 View
    2023 $18,196,826 $4,632,831 $5,605,452 View
    2022 $21,834,228 $962,337 $1,058,400 View
    2021 $21,076,636 $2,104,255 $2,856,175 View
    2020 $20,058,962 $721,872 $936,124 View

    Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

    Expenses Detail

    Employee Compensation

    Highest Earning Employees

    EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
    Dylan TatzEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$183,398

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $25,000,000
    • Number of Grants: 1
    • Number of Funders: 1

    Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $25,000,0002024 The Paul E Singer FoundationFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION

    All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $23,330,475
    • Number of Grants: 138
    • Number of Recipients: 82

    Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $4,500,0002023 The Gordon and Jenny Singer FoundationFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $2,000,0002021 The Gordon and Jenny Singer FoundationFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $750,0002024 Save The Music FoundationFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $529,2922024 Maccabbi USAFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $500,0002022 Birthright Israel FoundationFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $500,0002020 Maccabbi USAFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $424,0412024 GRASSROOT SOCCER INCFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $419,2922023 Maccabbi USAFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $354,1252024 Williams CollegeFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $354,1252023 Williams CollegeFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $354,1002022 Williams CollegeFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $250,0002024 BridgeUSA GroupFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $250,0002021 Maccabbi USAFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $152,5002023 Save The Music FoundationFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $150,0002020 The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan IncFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $150,0002021 United Jewish Appeal – Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York dba UJA-Federation of NYFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $150,0002021 University of Colorado FoundationFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $150,0002020 Save The Music FoundationFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $100,0002023 Brothers for LifeFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $80,0002021 Outright VermontFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $77,0002020 Outright VermontFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $75,0002022 Outright VermontFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $75,0002022 Save The Music FoundationFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $75,0002021 Save The Music FoundationFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
    $54,1502021 Williams CollegeFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION

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    References

    1.  “Paul E. Singer.” The Paul E. Singer Foundation. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://thepesfoundation.org/paul-singer/.
    2. The Paul Singer Family Foundation, Return of Private Foundation (Form 990-PF), 2000-2008, Part XV, Line 3a.
    3. The Paul Singer Family Foundation, Return of Private Foundation (Form 990-PF), 2010, Attachment, Part VII-B, Question 5c on page 6.
    4.  The Paul Singer Family Foundation, Return of Private Foundation (Form 990-PF), 2021, Part XV, Line 3a.
    5. The Paul Singer Family Foundation, Return of Private Foundation (Form 990-PF), 2020, Part XV, Line 3a.
    6. The Paul Singer Family Foundation, Return of Private Foundation (Form 990-PF), 2007 and 2009, Schedule B, Part I.
    7.   “Paul E. Singer.” The Paul E. Singer Foundation. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://thepesfoundation.org/paul-singer/.
    8. “American Unity PAC.” Ballotpedia. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://ballotpedia.org/American_Unity_PAC.
    9. “Gordon Singer.” Elliott Investment Management. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.elliottmgmt.com/who-we-are/gordon-singer/.
    10. “Andrew Morris Singer, MD.” Harvard Medical School. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://primarycare.hms.harvard.edu/faculty-staff/andrew-morris-singer.