Private foundations · 990-PF data

Foundations accepting grant applications in New York

1,111
foundations
$1.3B
grants paid, FY2022–FY2025
$5,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 1,111 private foundations based in New York whose latest 990-PF says they accept unsolicited requests, from filings for FY2022–FY2025. Together they paid out $1.3 billion in grants in their latest filing year. The most common cities are New York (332), Brooklyn (86) and Buffalo (57).

“Accepts unsolicited requests” is a box the foundation ticked on its 990-PF — not a promise to read your letter. Check the foundation’s own site before you write.

See all 6,856 foundations in New York, including the ones that give by invitation only.

Top 25 of 1,111 foundations

Ranked by how many grants they made last year, most first. Another 1,086 are not shown.

Foundations accepting grant applications in New York
American Express FoundationNew York, NY1,495$40$23.2M$1–$3.4MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Shubert Foundation IncNew York, NY662$35,000$42M$15,000–$371,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Mother Cabrini Health Foundation IncNew York, NY601$200,000$172.6M$100–$4.2MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY560$208,000$174.4M$500–$3MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Mutual of America FoundationNew York, NY544$150$833,788$1–$100,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Commonwealth FundNew York, NY534$15,000$31.3M$75–$2.3MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Pinkerton FoundationNew York, NY445$75,000$38.6M$500–$850,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
The Lazard Charitable FoundationNew York, NY437$500$1.6M$25–$670,100No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Surdna Foundation IncNew York, NY397$90,000$56.5M$500–$4.1MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Mertz Gilmore FoundationNew York, NY322$25,000$10.7M$1,000–$500,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
Al & Peggy Dematteis Family FoundationManhasset, NY283$400$176,741$100–$11,560No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Price Chopper's Golub FoundationSchenectady, NY248$1,000$317,650$200–$25,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Peter and Elizabeth C TowerGetzville, NY208$34,167$11.6M$250–$840,743No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Seneca Foods FoundationFairport, NY208$500$2.3M$25–$2MUp 59% over 3 yearsFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Eugene M Lang FoundationNew York, NY206$3,375$4.9M$15–$1.1MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Aaron Copland Fund for Music IncNew York, NY203$5,000$1.5M$2,000–$90,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
D'Addario Foundation IncFarmingdale, NY196$2,147$422,459$87–$10,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
The Andy Warhol Foundation for theNew York, NY191$50,000$17.2M$5,000–$3.4MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Central National Gottesman FoundationPurchase, NY187$5,000$3.2M$569–$428,500No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The John A Hartford Foundation IncNew York, NY177$4,000$24.3M$100–$1.4MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Esl Charitable FoundationRochester, NY173$50,000$22.5M$500–$2.8MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
New York State Health FoundationNew York, NY173$36,590$10.7M$240–$1MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Tiger Baron Foundation IncNew York, NY170$15,000$7.8M$500–$1.7MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
New York FoundationNew York, NY170$10,000$4.8M$250–$200,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The John R Oishei FoundationBuffalo, NY168$20,000$9.5M$750–$930,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.
  • 3-yr trend compares the latest filing year with the year two before it, so it needs grants on file for both. Most foundations file one year of grants, so most rows show a dash.

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Data from 990-PF filings, FY2022–FY2025. Updated September 27, 2026.