Foundations that fund organizations in Queens, New York
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Queens nonprofits
266 private foundations gave $24M to Queens organizations in their latest filings; 28 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
351 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Queens around $40K. 71 of these funders are based in New York; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 266
- Accept applications
- 28
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Queens
- $24M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 351
- Typical median grant
- $40K
- Based in NY
- 71%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Queens organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Inc | Stamford, CT | 4 | $8.0M | $413K | Preselected only | Education; Recreation & sports; Workforce development |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 15 | $2.2M | $125K | Yes | General support; Tie-off core support to build the collective civic power, v…; Core support for grassroots action project, a comprehensive… |
| Joan N and Norman Bluestone Foundation Inc | Jamaica, NY | 1 | $1.6M | $1.6M | Preselected only | Donation for construction of additional building for the be… |
| The Donald and Barbara Zucker Family Foundation | New York, NY | 3 | $1.1M | $500K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Nonna's Garden | Orlando, FL | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | General contribution |
| Riley Family Foundation C/O Eisner Advisory Group LLC | Melville, NY | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | See statement #13 |
| The Chazen Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | General support |
| The Henry Luce Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 3 | $659K | $200K | Yes | Support for archving of permanent collection; Support for the Clare Boothe Luce STEM program; General Operating Support |
| Teiger Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $550K | $275K | Preselected only | Program support. |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $500K | $500K | Yes | To support general operations |
| The Brennan Charitable Foundation Inc | Floral Park, NY | 1 | $350K | $350K | Preselected only | Charity |
| Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund | Broomfield, CO | 3 | $320K | $150K | Yes | Charter school growth; Impact and innovation |
| Charina Endowment Fund Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $225K | $225K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Taffner Family Charitable Trust Trust - C/O Don L Taffner Jr Trustee | New York, NY | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Marie-Josee and Henry R Kravis Foundation | Miami, FL | 2 | $200K | $100K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| The Macmillan Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 3 | $190K | $30K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Pinkerton Foundation | New York, NY | 4 | $180K | $26K | Yes | President's discretionary; After school & summer learning; Career readiness |
| The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 3 | $170K | $50K | Yes | General support; Arts education |
| Vital Projects Fund Inc C/O McDermott Will & Schulte Llp | New York, NY | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | General support |
| Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund | New York, NY | 1 | $140K | $140K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc | New York, NY | 3 | $125K | $45K | Yes | #23-17: new york deafblind collaborative; Sch2019-11: brother kearney scholarship program, phase 4, j…; Sch2024-10-01: brother kearney scholarship program (phase v) |
| Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $125K | $63K | Yes | In support of an integrated mental health screening, treatm…; In support of the expansion of the pre-k stem (science,tech… |
| Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008 | Chicago, IL | 1 | $125K | $125K | Yes | General |
| Annie E Casey Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 1 | $125K | $125K | Preselected only | Support culturally responsive evidence-building and scaling… |
| Jkj Charitable Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $125K | $125K | Preselected only | General charitable purpose |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $119K | $119K | Preselected only | Graduate school mentorship program (gsmi 2024) |
| M & H Neiman Foundation Inc | Bronx, NY | 1 | $116K | $116K | Preselected only | Charity |
| Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc C/O Intentional Philanthropy | Bethesda, MD | 1 | $101K | $101K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| The Kimmel Family Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General support |
| Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation | Erie, PA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| The Grove Creek Fund C/O Coopersmith Simon & Vogel Pc | Uniondale, NY | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General |
| Mathis Pfohl Foundation | Long Island City, NY | 21 | $87K | $1,500 | Preselected only | Charitable purposes |
| John S and James L Knight Foundation | Miami, FL | 1 | $85K | $85K | Yes | To support independent research on the transatlantic govern… |
| Terra Foundation for American Art | Chicago, IL | 1 | $75K | $75K | Yes | Arts education |
| Charina Foundation Inc Richard Menschel | New York, NY | 3 | $71K | $7,500 | Preselected only | General support |
| The Ira Decamp Foundation Xxxxx2009 | Chicago, IL | 1 | $70K | $70K | Yes | General |
| The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $65K | $33K | Preselected only | General operations |
| The Judy and Michael Steinhardt Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $65K | $65K | Preselected only | To aid donee in fulfilling their tax exempt purpose |
| The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $60K | $60K | Yes | "sonia boyce: demonstrate" exhibition |
| Reichenthal Foundation | Jamaica, NY | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | Education |
| Craig-Scheckman Family Foundation | Steamboat Springs, CO | 1 | $56K | $56K | Yes | Unrestricted |
| Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $55K | $28K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Mertz Gilmore Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $55K | $55K | Yes | Cuny dance initiative - kupferberg center for the arts |
| The Kupferberg Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| The Mailman Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Unrestricted charitible purpose |
| Malchus Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| The Francesco and Mary Giambelli Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Altman Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | To provide capacity building and planning support for its c… |
| The Kovner Foundation | Jupiter, FL | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Education |
| The Thompson Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | To aid the donee organization in carrying out its exempt fu… |
| Billy Rose Foundation Inc | Rockville Centre, NY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | General Support |
| The Lionel Foundation C/O Samuel Lionel | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Charitable - general support |
| Je & Zb Butler Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $45K | $45K | Preselected only | Access mornings at momi |
| Cdl Foundation Inc | Lawrence, NY | 1 | $43K | $43K | Preselected only | Education |
| Moskowitz Foundation | Massapequa Park, NY | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | For Support of Jewish Students |
| Feigenbaum Family Charitable Foundation Inc | Far Rockaway, NY | 1 | $40K | $40K | Yes | Education |
| The William Fox Jr Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | Religious, educational & scientific |
| The Ganger Foundation Inc | Lawrence, NY | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| The Pary & Abdulrahim Levian Charitable Foundation | Great Neck, NY | 1 | $36K | $36K | Preselected only | Benefit people in need |
| Srs Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $35K | $35K | Yes | General support |
| Marion E Kenworthy Sarah H Swift Foundation C/O Kathryn Conroy | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | $35K | $35K | Preselected only | to sustain and expand ABC's Fast Break Children's Mobile Me… |
| The Hyde and Watson Foundation | Warren Township, NJ | 3 | $34K | $7,500 | Yes | Purchase of equipment and furnishings.; Purchase of equipment.; Hard costs related to renovations and purchase of security… |
| Neena Rao Charitable Corp | Amsterdam, NY | 2 | $32K | $16K | Preselected only | Charity |
| The Green Fund Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | General |
| Rose M Badgeley Charitable Trust 10-214890 | New York, NY | 1 | $30K | $30K | Yes | General charitable purposes |
| Joseph J Jaroschak Foundation Inc | Cranford, NJ | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | Student education |
| The Dr E Lawrence Deckinger Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 5 | $29K | $5,000 | Preselected only | Sponsorship of advertising legends 2025 speaking event; Sponsorship of shed restoration for women's tennis; Additional sponsorship of jerry della femina 2024 speaking… |
| The Chestnut Foundation | Lawrence, NY | 2 | $28K | $14K | Preselected only | Public support of organization mission |
| Plaut Family Foundation | Lawerence, NY | 1 | $28K | $28K | Preselected only | To help with operating budget |
| Hyman & Ann Arbesfeld Foundation Inc | Kew Gardens, NY | 3 | $27K | $1,000 | Yes | General support |
| The Annenberg Foundation | Conshohocken, PA | 2 | $25K | $13K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Chapin Foundation | Jamaica, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| The Ronald & Jo Carole Lauder Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| The Lucius N Littauer Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | College bound program and summer law institute |
| Pickman Foundation Inc | Forest Hills, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | To further donee's exempt purpose |
| Adams Family Foundation | Naples, FL | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | For mission support |
| Mark David & Anne Kupferberg Pepper Family Foundation | Princeton Junction, NJ | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | To support the documentary project entitled, "isis & osiris… |
| The Silberstein Family Private Foundation Inc | Hollywood, FL | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | To further jewish causes |
| Math for America | New York, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General grant |
| The Shs Foundation | Plainview, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | The arts |
| The Liu Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | General operating support |
| The Neuman Family Foundation | Lawrence, NY | 2 | $24K | $12K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Charitarian C/O Lawrence Benenson | New York, NY | 1 | $23K | $23K | Yes | General support |
| Rmy Foundation Inc | Fresh Meadows, NY | 2 | $23K | $11K | Preselected only | To support jewish education |
| Stock Family Foundation Inc | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $22K | $22K | Preselected only | Charitable donation |
| The Richard and Elizabeth Boggio Fo | Glen Oaks, NY | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Animal welfare |
| Leroy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Queens teens program |
| William L & Lesley H Collins Family Foundation | Naples, FL | 2 | $20K | $10K | Preselected only | To support the mission of the organization. |
| Robert Rauschenberg Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Ponce de Leon Foundation | Bronx, NY | 1 | $20K | $20K | Yes | After-school and senior center programming |
| Southpole Foundation Inc | Fort Lee, NJ | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Charitable grant |
| Rauf & Azeem Foundation Inc | League City, TX | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Zakat |
| The Richard Brady Brualdi Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| The Mermelstein Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Donation to charitable organization. |
| The Setton Foundation | Commack, NY | 1 | $18K | $18K | Preselected only | Charity |
| Mendy and Heddy Klein Foundation | Valley Stream, NY | 1 | $18K | $18K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| The Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation Inc | Melville, NY | 1 | $16K | $16K | Preselected only | Education |
| Joy of Giving Something Inc | Syracuse, NY | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | Scholarships for students pursuing a BFA in Photography and… |
| Mary Owen Borden Memorial Fund | Rumson, NJ | 1 | $15K | $15K | Yes | For operations |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Queens, New York?
Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Inc, The Ford Foundation, Joan N and Norman Bluestone Foundation Inc, The Donald and Barbara Zucker Family Foundation, Nonna's Garden and 95 others reported grants to Queens organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Queens. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.