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New York City private foundations

There are 13,954private foundations in the greater New York Citymetro area, including the cities of New York, Jersey City, Lakewood, Newark, New Brunswick, and White Plains within the states of New York and New Jersey. Combined, these New York City metro private foundationsemploy 5,389 people, earn more than $27 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $203 billion.
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Types of private foundations in New York City

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
13,954
$26,632,815,751
Corporate foundations
547
$8,140,833,252
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Sizes of private foundations in New York City

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
8,729
$250k to $1M
1,803
$1M to $5M
1,053
$5M to $25M
370
$25M to $100M
74
$100M+
34
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Directory of private foundations in New York City

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES improves lives through arts, education, public health, and city governance while funding innovative civic solutions and sustainable practices globally.
Revenue
$1.5b
Assets
$11.8b
Employees
0
EIN
20-5602483
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Altman Foundation

To support institutions that enrich the quality of life in NY, with a particular focus on initiatives that help individuals, families, and communities benefit from the services and opportunities that will enable them to achieve their full potential.
Revenue
$12.2m
Assets
$283.3m
Employees
8
EIN
13-1623879
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Meyer Foundation

The Meyer Foundation is a private foundation that made seven grants last year. Its trustees are Vincent Meyer, Elizabeth Meyer, Francois Voss. It is located in New York, NY.
Revenue
$740.5k
Assets
$56.2m
Employees
0
EIN
13-3317912
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust supports a wide range of organizations with a major focus on health and medical research, in addition to conservation, education, social services, and cultural access.
Revenue
$385.2m
Assets
$7.3b
Employees
117
EIN
13-7184401
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Ford Foundation

To encourage initiatives by those living and working closest to where problems are located, to promote collaboration among the nonprofit, government and business sectors.
Revenue
$502.4m
Assets
$16.8b
Employees
301
EIN
13-1684331
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF)

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund advances social change that contributes to a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world.
Revenue
$70.8m
Assets
$1.4b
Employees
60
EIN
13-1760106
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Carnegie Corporation of New York, established by industrialist-turned philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding, is one of the largest and most influential of grant making foundations.
Revenue
$548.7m
Assets
$4.1b
Employees
98
EIN
13-1628151
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The JPB Foundation

The JPB Foundation's mission is to enhance the quality of life in the United States through transformational initiatives that promote the health of their communities by creating opportunities for those in poverty.
Revenue
$323.9m
Assets
$2.8b
Employees
47
EIN
90-0747216
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Rockefeller Foundation

Throughout their 100-year history, the Rockefeller Foundation has supported the ingenuity of innovative thinkers and actors by providing the resources, networks, convening power, and technologies to move innovation from idea to impact.
Revenue
$238.1m
Assets
$6.2b
Employees
267
EIN
13-1659629
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Alfred P Sloan Foundation

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation believes that a carefully reasoned and systematic understanding of the forces of nature and society, when applied inventively and wisely, can lead to a better world for all.
Revenue
$118.4m
Assets
$2.1b
Employees
37
EIN
13-1623877
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Open Society Foundations

The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant societies whose governments are accountable and open to the participation of all people.
Revenue
$842.8m
Assets
$10.5b
Employees
0
EIN
26-3753801
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Commonwealth Fund

The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that supports independent research on health care issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy.
Revenue
$40.7m
Assets
$875.6m
Employees
49
EIN
13-1635260
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Rosenkranz Foundation

Rosenkranz Foundation is a private foundation that provides grants to Intelligence Squared Us Foundation, a live debate series with the goal of raising the level of public discourse on important issues.
Revenue
$7.3m
Assets
$28.1m
Employees
1
EIN
13-3940017
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Donald and Paula Smith Family Foundation

The Donald and Paula Smith Family Foundation is a private foundation located in New York, NY. The foundation made seven grants last year to Vanguard Charitable and other organizations. The foundation is supported by Donald Smith.
Revenue
$11.1m
Assets
$93.6m
Employees
1
EIN
22-3732524
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Sol Goldman Charitable Trust

The Sol Goldman Charitable Trust is a private foundation that made 56 grants last year. Its grantees include Yale Law School. Its trustees are Jane H Goldman, Allan H Goldman, and Louisa Little. It is located in New York, NY.
Revenue
$7.7m
Assets
$70.1m
Employees
0
EIN
13-3577310
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Saltzman Foundation

The Saltzman Foundation primarily funds charitable organizations and made one grant last year. It is a private foundation located in New York, NY.
Revenue
$26.5m
Assets
$35.1m
Employees
0
EIN
13-6142471
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Target Als Foundation

The Target Als Foundation supports Johns Hopkins University. It received 27 grants from last year. It is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropiesfamily Foundation.
Revenue
$79.6m
Assets
$180.6m
Employees
2
EIN
81-0756743
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Thompson Family Foundation

The Thompson Family Foundation is a private foundation in New York, NY that made 40 grants last year. Grantees include Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center-Pancreatic Cancer. Trustees are Amanda JT Riegel, Angela E Thompson, Charles Ay Thompson.
Revenue
$13.1m
Assets
$453.5m
Employees
2
EIN
06-1194385
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Arnhold Foundation

The Arnhold Foundation is a private foundation located in New York, NY. They made 244 grants last year. Some of their grantees include Uc Regents.
Revenue
$14.1m
Assets
$449.2m
Employees
1
EIN
13-3456684
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

The Foundation endeavors to strengthen, promote, and, where necessary, defend the contributions of the humanities and the arts to human flourishing and to the well-being of diverse and democratic societies.
Revenue
$450.4m
Assets
$8.0b
Employees
185
EIN
13-1879954
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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