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New York City private foundations

There are 13,963private 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 5,363 people, earn more than $27 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $204 billion.
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Types of private foundations in New York City

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
13,963
$26,598,043,864
Corporate foundations
492
$7,833,622,769
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Sizes of private foundations in New York City

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
8,763
$250k to $1M
1,808
$1M to $5M
1,035
$5M to $25M
369
$25M to $100M
71
$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)

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
$629.1m
Assets
$7.3b
Employees
100
EIN
13-7184401
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)

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)

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)

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)

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 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)

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)

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)

Ralph Landau Foundation

The Ralph Landau Foundation is a private foundation that made 50 grants last year. Grantees include Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Trustees are Laurie J Landeau, Edward Rover. It is located in New York, NY.
Revenue
$6.1m
Assets
$47.0m
Employees
0
EIN
13-2895717
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Marina Kellen French Foundation

The Marina Kellen French Foundation is a family foundation associated with the French family, located in New York, NY, and supported by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Inc.
Revenue
$514.1m
Assets
$513.4m
Employees
0
EIN
92-2711044
IRS type
501(c)(3)

RZH Foundation

The RZH Foundation is a private foundation located in New York, NY that primarily funds educational institutions and social service organizations. It made one grant last year.
Revenue
$5.6m
Assets
$88.1m
Employees
0
EIN
11-3242489
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Stanton Foundation

The Stanton Foundation, created by Dr. Frank Stanton, supports areas where he was unable to complete his charitable intentions during his lifetime.
Revenue
$17.0m
Assets
$87.0m
Employees
5
EIN
13-3598005
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Charles H. Revson Foundation

The Charles H. Revson Foundation operates grant programs in Urban Affairs, Jewish Life, Biomedical Research, and Education.
Revenue
$8.1m
Assets
$192.6m
Employees
6
EIN
13-6126105
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Equitable Foundation

The Axa Equitable Foundation is a corporate foundation located in New York, New York. The foundation's assets totaled $52,476,443 and it awarded $3,692,745 in grants last year.
Revenue
$21.9m
Assets
$106.1m
Employees
0
EIN
13-1340512
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Paestum Foundation

The Paestum Foundation funds support for maintaining a collection of works of art and photographs for exhibition and loan to museums. The Foundation made one grant last year to Fidelity Charitable, located in New York, NY.
Revenue
$6.3m
Assets
$46.1m
Employees
0
EIN
13-4082016
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Susan & Leonard Feinstein Foundation

The Susan & Leonard Feinstein Foundation is a private foundation that primarily funds general. It made one grant last year and is located in Jericho, NY.
Revenue
$5.7m
Assets
$36.4m
Employees
0
EIN
11-3131761
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Griffin-Cole Fund

The Griffin-Cole Fund is a private foundation that primarily funds for general purposes. It is a nonprofit located in New York, NY and made one grant last year.
Revenue
$57.7m
Assets
$93.1m
Employees
0
EIN
13-7109406
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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