Private foundation · EIN 02-0710984 · Greenwich, Connecticut · Philanthropy & grantmaking

Pohly Family Foundation

Should you approach them?

Don't send a cold proposal. The foundation reports that it only gives to preselected organizations; an introduction through a current grantee or board member is the realistic route.

From the 2025 Form 990-PF: 19 grants paid, $127K total, median $1,250.

Accepts applications
No
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2025
19
$127K
Median grant
$1,250
Stays in CT
—
of grants
Deadline
—
Assets
$2.3M

Grants paid in 2025

19 grants, all shown · from Form 990-PF Part XV

RecipientPurposeAmount
Harlem Children's ZoneNew York, NYGeneral purpose$50K
914 CaresNorth White Plains, NYGeneral purpose$21K
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PAGeneral purpose$20K
Jewish Child Care AssociationBrooklyn, NYGeneral purpose$10K
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NYGeneral purpose$5,500
Devils Youth FoundationNewark, NJGeneral purpose$5,091
DreamNew York, NYGeneral purpose$5,000
Temple Shaaray TefilaNew York, NYGeneral purpose$2,500
Penn HillelPhiladelphia, PAGeneral purpose$1,800
Lets Win PcNew York, NYGeneral purpose$1,250
Chappaqua Volunteer Ambulance CorpsChappaqua, NYGeneral purpose$1,000
Horace Greeley Scholarship FundChappaqua, NYGeneral purpose$1,000
Metropolitan Golf Association FoundationElmsford, NYGeneral purpose$600
Foundation to Combat AntisemitismFoxboro, MAGeneral purpose$512
Mount Kisco Child Care CenterMount Kisco, NYGeneral purpose$510
A Cure in Our LifetimePurchase, NYGeneral purpose$450
The Acceleration ProjectScarsdale, NYGeneral purpose$270
The Thomas M Brennan Memorial Foundation IncChappaqua, NYGeneral purpose$258
Ronald McDonald House of New YorkNew York, NYGeneral purpose$105

By state: New York 15 · Pennsylvania 2 · New Jersey 1 · Massachusetts 1

About this foundation

Pohly Family Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation in Greenwich, Connecticut, administered in care of Michael Pohly, tax-exempt since 2004. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

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Does Pohly Family Foundation accept grant applications?

No. On its 2025 Form 990-PF the foundation checked that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations. Look for an introduction through a current grantee.

How much does Pohly Family Foundation give each year?

In tax year 2025 it paid $127K across 19 grants, a median of $1,250.

Where does Pohly Family Foundation give?

New York (15 grants), Pennsylvania (2 grants), New Jersey (1 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.

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