Private foundation · EIN 11-3358107 · Woodmere, New York · Philanthropy & grantmaking

High Five 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 2024 Form 990-PF: 116 grants paid, $396K total, median $500. 55% of grants stayed in New York.

Accepts applications
No
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2024
116
$396K
Median grant
$500
Stays in NY
55%
of grants
Deadline
—
Assets
$6.9M

Grants paid in 2024

Top 60 of 116 grants by amount · from Form 990-PF Part XV

RecipientPurposeAmount
Datrmouth CollegeHanover, NHGeneral purposes$63K
Clal the National Jewish Center for Learning and LeadershipNew York, NYGeneral purposes$50K
Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NHGeneral purposes$50K
Sunrise AssociationOceanside, NYGeneral purposes$25K
Sunrise AssociationOceanside, NYGeneral purposes$25K
Clal the National Jewish Center for Learning and LeadershipNew York, NYGeneral purposes$25K
Central Park FoundationNew York, NYGeneral purposes$18K
United Jewish Appeal Federation of New YorkNew York, NYGeneral purposes$16K
United Jewish Appeal Federation of New YorkNew York, NYGeneral purposes$16K
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach CountyWest Palm Beach, FLGeneral purposes$6,250
Harvard Business SchoolCambridge, MAGeneral purposes$6,250
Sunrise AssociationOceanside, NYGeneral purposes$5,120
The Innovate of Palm BeachPalm Beach, FLGeneral purposes$5,000
Arbor RisingNew York, NYGeneral purposes$5,000
The Directors Company of New YorkNew York, NYGeneral purposes$5,000
Columbia University Business SchoolNew York, NYGeneral purposes$5,000
Virginia Military InstitueLexington, VAGeneral purposes$3,750
Care and Care InstituteUnion, NJGeneral purposes$3,000
American PromiseWashington, DCGeneral purposes$2,500
Metropolitan Museum of Modern ArtNew York, NYGeneral purposes$2,500
Morgan Pressel FoundationDel Ray Beach, FLGeneral purposes$2,500
Inwood CharitiesNew York, NYGeneral purposes$2,500
Kravis Center for the Performing ArtsWest Palm Beach, FLGeneral purposes$2,500
Friends of Old WestburyOld Westbury, NYGeneral purposes$2,500
US Holocaust MemorialWashington, DCGeneral purposes$2,000
International Sports and Music ProjectBrooklyn, NYGeneral purposes$2,000
Sunrise AssociationOceanside, NYGeneral purposes$2,000
Sunrise AssociationOceanside, NYGeneral purposes$2,000
American Friends of the Hebrew UniversityNew York, NYGeneral purposes$1,250
Intrerstitial Cystitis AssocationLakewood, COGeneral purposes$1,250
Montefiore Einstein HopsitalBronx, NYGeneral purposes$1,250
Jewish Hospice and ChaplancyWest Bloomfield, MIGeneral purposes$1,250
Childrens Tumor FoundationNew York, NYGeneral purposes$1,250
American Folk Art MuseumNew York, NYGeneral purposes$1,250
Samuel Waxman FoundationNew York, NYGeneral purposes$1,250
Immokalee FoundationImmokalee, FLGeneral purposes$1,250
Lincoln MemorialWashington, DCGeneral purposes$1,250
The Nicholas CenterPort Washington, NYGeneral purposes$1,250
City Meals on WheelsNew York, NYGeneral purposes$1,250
Lori and Jeff Rush Family FoundationSolana Beach, CAGeneral purposes$1,250
American Foreign Policy CouncilWashington, DCGeneral purposes$1,250
Pink AidWestport, CTGeneral purposes$1,250
Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York, NYGeneral purposes$1,250
Palm Beach United WayWest Palm Beach, FLGeneral purposes$1,250
Brookly Bridge Animal Welfare CoalitionBrooklyn, NYGeneral purposes$1,000
Fund Texas ChoiceAustin, TXGeneral purposes$1,000
Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NHGeneral purposes$1,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt SinaiNew York, NYGeneral purposes$750
Five Towns Community ChestWoodmere, NYGeneral purposes$750
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York, NYGeneral purposes$750
Smile TrainNew York, NYGeneral purposes$750
Morgan Pressel FoundationDel Ray Beach, FLGeneral purposes$625
Stern Center for Language and LearningWilliston, VTGeneral purposes$500
Breakthrough New YorkNew York, NYGeneral purposes$500
Mount Sinai South Nassau HospitalOceanside, NYGeneral purposes$500
Pef Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NYGeneral purposes$500
New Heights NYCBrooklyn, NYGeneral purposes$500
United Jewish Appeal Federation of New YorkNew York, NYGeneral purposes$500
Jewish Family ServicesWest Palm Beach, FLGeneral purposes$500
Inwood CharitiesNew York, NYGeneral purposes$500

By state: New York 64 · New Hampshire 11 · Florida 17 · District of Columbia 9 · Massachusetts 1 · Virginia 3

About this foundation

High Five Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation in Woodmere, New York, administered in care of Gerald Kaminsky, tax-exempt since 1997. 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 High Five Foundation accept grant applications?

No. On its 2024 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 High Five Foundation give each year?

In tax year 2024 it paid $396K across 116 grants, a median of $500.

Where does High Five Foundation give?

New York (64 grants), New Hampshire (11 grants), Florida (17 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.

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