Private foundation · EIN 13-1982683 · New York, New York

Ambrose Monell Foundation

Should you approach them?

Yes, approach them if your work fits its grantee list. The foundation accepts applications (NONE) and its median grant is $50K.

From the 2024 Form 990-PF: 103 grants paid, $20M total, median $50K. 52% of grants stayed in New York. Stated restrictions: NONE

Accepts applications
Yes
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2024
103
$20M
Median grant
$50K
Stays in NY
52%
of grants
Deadline
NONE
Assets
$94M

How to apply

Simple letter Contact: Maurizio J Morello, One Rockefeller Plaza, New York, Ny, 2125860700 Deadlines: NONE Restrictions: NONE

Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.

Grants paid in 2024

Top 60 of 103 grants by amount · from Form 990-PF Part XV

RecipientPurposeAmount
Monell Chemical Senses CenterPhiladelphia, PA$1,000,000 for general purposes; $2,000,000 remainder of $5,500,000 grant installment referred to in letter dated november 13, 2024; $5,500…$9.3M
Rockefeller UniversityNew York, NY$500,000 for general purposes and $100,000 for application to dr. jarvis' earth biogenome initiative$600K
American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York, NY$300,000 for general purposes and $200,000 for the institute for comparative genomics$500K
Dana Farber Cancer CenterBoston, MASecond and final installment for application to the presidential initiatives fund$500K
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NYFirst installment of $1,000,000 grant for application to the advanced light microscopy innovation laboratory referred to in letter dated de…$500K
Yale University School of Public HealthNew Haven, CT$75,000 to be applied to research on "new strategies for african trypanosomiasis control; $350,000 for application to the department of epi…$425K
Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York, NYFirst installment of $700,000 grant referred to in letter dated december 10, 2024$350K
Institute for Advanced StudyPrinceton, NJGeneral purposes$350K
Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterWinstonsalem, NCSecond installment of $1,000,000 grant for application to its geroscience healthspan initiative$333K
Carnegie Institution for ScienceWashington, DCGeneral purposes$300K
Emory UniverityAtlanta, GATo the emory vaccine center for application at dr. rafi ahmed's discretion$300K
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer CenterCharlestown, MAApplication for its programs for the detection and treatment of cancer$300K
National Jewish HealthDenver, COGeneral purposes$300K
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of MiamiPalm Beach Gardens, FLGeneral purposes$250K
Cancer Research InstituteNew York, NYFirst of five installments of $250,000 each towards grant for application to the star award referred to in letter dated december 10, 2024$250K
Mayo FoundationJacksonville, FLApplication to the benefactor innovation fund$250K
Multiple Myeloma Research FoundationNorwalk, CTIn support of mmrf multi-faceted strategy to drive personalized treatment approaches$250K
New York Presbyterian HospitalNew York, NYSecond installment of $500,000 grant to be applied as follows: (a) $125,000 as directed by leonard n. girardi, md, to its division of cardi…$250K
Lincoln Center TheaterNew York, NYGeneral purposes$200K
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount SinaiNew York, NYFor application to its microsurgical education foundation$150K
Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicago, ILFor application to dr. schaeffer's research and education fund in the department of urology$150K
Norwalk Hospital FoundationDanbury, CT$100,000 for application to the new patient pavilion at norwalk hospital; $50,000 for general operating purposes$150K
NYU Langone HealthNew York, NYFor application to a skull-based fellowship in the department of neurosurgery under the direction of dr. john golfinos$150K
Women's Prison AssociationNew York, NYGeneral purposes$150K
Children's Hospital BostonBoston, MAFor application to the folkman angiogenesis research institute$125K
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy ResearchWashington, DCGeneral purposes$100K
Hoover InstitutionStanford, CAGeneral purposes$100K
John Hopkins University Brady Urological InstituteBaltimore, MDGeneral purposes$100K
Kennedy Krieger InstituteBaltimore, MDFor application to the innovation and collaboration pilot grant initiative$100K
Lincoln Center JazzNew York, NYGeneral purposes$100K
Manhattan InstituteNew York, NYGeneral purposes$100K
Penn Medicine DevelopmentPhiladelphia, PATo be applied to the "working group: maternal and reproductive health"$100K
Trudeau InstituteSaranac Lake, NYGeneral purposes$100K
Brooklyn Academy of MusicBrooklyn, NYGeneral purposes$75K
Brooklyn Botanic GardenBrooklyn, NYGeneral purposes$75K
Brooklyn Museum of ArtBrooklyn, NYGeneral purposes$75K
Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PASecond and final installment for application to student-faculty international study abroad program$75K
Doctors Without BordersNew York, NYInternational medical relief programs$75K
Fountain HouseNew York, NYGeneral purposes$75K
Higher Ground Sun ValleyKetchum, IDFor application to the higher ground veterans programs$75K
Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklyn, NYFor application to its nursing program$75K
Blythedale Children's HospitalValhalla, NYFor application to its social work program$50K
Central Park ConservancyNew York, NYGeneral purposes$50K
Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryCold Spring Harbor, NYGeneral purposes$50K
College FunduncfNew York, NYGeneral purposes$50K
Community Library Association of Ketchum and Sun ValleyKetchum, IDGeneral purposes$50K
Eat Real CertifiedSan Francisco, CAGeneral purposes$50K
Edible School Yard NYCNew York, NYGeneral purposes$50K
Federalist Society of Law and Public Policy StudiesWashington, DCGeneral purposes$50K
Friends of the Lobkowicz CollectionsDover, MAFor application to the restoration and conservation of the lobkowicz collections$50K
Harlem GrownNew York, NYGeneral purposes$50K
Howard University College of MedicineWashington, DCFor application to scholarships at the college of medicine$50K
Institute for Contemporary Art Miami IncMiami, FLGeneral purposes$50K
Mount Sinai Health SystemNew York, NYFor the mt. sinai st. luke and the mt. sinai roosevelt hospitals for their language assistance programs$50K
New York Foundling HospitalNew York, NYGeneral purposes$50K
New York Public LibraryNew York, NYGeneral purposes$50K
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund AllianceWashington, DCFor application to the support, resources and education programs previously operated by the ovarian cancer national alliance$50K
Palm Beach Day AcademyPalm Beach, FLGeneral purposes$50K
Riverbrook Regional YMCAWilton, CTGeneral purposes$50K
Rockefeller Univeristy HospitalNew York, NYGeneral purposes$50K

By state: Pennsylvania 3 · New York 54 · Massachusetts 5 · Connecticut 5 · Florida 7 · District of Columbia 6

About this foundation

Ambrose Monell Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation in New York, New York, administered in care of Fulton Vittoria Llp, tax-exempt since 1953. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

Foundation websiteAll filings on ProPublica

Does Ambrose Monell Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. On its 2024 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. Simple letter Deadlines: NONE.

How much does Ambrose Monell Foundation give each year?

In tax year 2024 it paid $20M across 103 grants, a median of $50K.

Where does Ambrose Monell Foundation give?

Pennsylvania (3 grants), New York (54 grants), Massachusetts (5 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.

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