Private foundation · EIN 13-4270505 · New York, New York · Philanthropy & grantmaking

Sonia Jaye 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: 47 grants paid, $1.7M total, median $10K. 81% of grants stayed in New York.

Accepts applications
No
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2025
47
$1.7M
Median grant
$10K
Stays in NY
81%
of grants
Deadline
—
Assets
$43M

Grants paid in 2025

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

RecipientPurposeAmount
NYU Langone HealthNew York, NYCharitable$275K
Martha's Vineyard HospitalOak Bluffs, MACharitable$250K
Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York, NYCharitable$210K
Well Cornell Medical CenterNew York, NYCharitable$200K
American Sephardic FederationNew York, NYCharitable$100K
Dana Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, MACharitable$100K
Center for Jewish HistoryNew York, NYCharitable$50K
Hawai'i Mobile Museum of ToleranceHonolulu, HICharitable$50K
Smile TrainNew York, NYCharitable$50K
Kehila Kedosha Janina Perservation CultNew York, NYCharitable$30K
Northwell Health FoundationNew Hyde Park, NYCharitable$30K
Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood FoundaionForest Hills, NYCharitable$28K
American Friends of Rabin Medical CenterNew York, NYCharitable$25K
Punahou SchoolHonolulu, HICharitable$25K
Martha's Vineyard Hebrew CenterVineyard Haven, MACharitable$23K
Spark Youth NYCNew York, NYCharitable$21K
Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NYCharitable$20K
Westhampton Beach Performing Arts CenterWesthampton Beach, NYCharitable$20K
Friends of Hudson River ParkNarrowsburg, NYCharitable$20K
Jewish Community Relation Council of NYCNew York, NYCharitable$20K
Lung Cancer Research FoundationNew York, NYCharitable$18K
Jamestown Charitable FoundationAtlanta, GACharitable$15K
Sephardic Community CenterBrooklyn, NYCharitable$15K
Camp Harbor ViewBoston, MACharitable$10K
City Meals on WheelsNew York, NYCharitable$10K
Met CouncilNew York, NYCharitable$10K
UJA Federation of New YorkNew York, NYCharitable$10K
Art Omi IncGhent, NYCharitable$10K
Creative Art WorksNew York, NYCharitable$10K
Pediatric Cancer FoundationPurchase, NYCharitable$10K
Steve Kamin FoundationPurchase, NYCharitable$10K
Lincoln Center for the Performing ArtdNew York, NYCharitable$8,400
The Skin Cancer FoundationNew York, NYCharitable$5,000
American Lung FoundationNew York, NYCharitable$5,000
Fordham Law SchoolNew York, NYCharitable$5,000
Iahd FoundationTarrytown, NYCharitable$5,000
Jewish National FundNew York, NYCharitable$5,000
New Yorkers Against Gun ViolenceNew York, NYCharitable$5,000
The Hope ProgramBrooklyn, NYCharitable$5,000
The Sephsrdic TempleCedarhurst, NYCharitable$5,000
United Way of NYCNew York, NYCharitable$5,000
Suffolk YjccCommack, NYCharitable$5,000
Friends of Israel Denfense ForcesNew York, NYCharitable$3,600
Chilmark Town Affairs CouncilChilmark, MACharitable$2,900
New York UniversityNew York, NYCharitable$2,500
The Matthew S Hisger Film FoundationQuogue, NYCharitable$1,000
Maccami USAPhiladelphia, PACharitable$500

By state: New York 38 · Massachusetts 5 · Hawaii 2 · Georgia 1 · Pennsylvania 1

About this foundation

Sonia Jaye Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation in New York, New York, administered in care of Motechin & Maruffi, 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.

All filings on ProPublica

Does Sonia Jaye 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 Sonia Jaye Foundation give each year?

In tax year 2025 it paid $1.7M across 47 grants, a median of $10K.

Where does Sonia Jaye Foundation give?

New York (38 grants), Massachusetts (5 grants), Hawaii (2 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.

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