How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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New York Foundation's Website - WWW
150 West 30th Street Suite 1401
New York, NY 100014003
(212) 594-8009
- Form and materials
- Provide a brief description (no more than three pages) of your request, which should include: 1. Your organization's history; 2. The need or problem you seek to address; 3. Your organizational goals for the coming year; 4. How you will use new york foundation's funding to help you achieve your goals. Attach the following documents: brief bios of senior leadership or key staff members; and current sources of support.
- Deadlines
- March 1st
- Restrictions
- The new york foundation is a steadfast supporter of community organizing, grassroots advocacy, and movement-building. We believe that the resilience and vitality of new yorkers is the city's greatest resource, and we value the courage and experience of community groups and their leaders. In the ongoing struggle for racial, economic, gender, and climate justice, the foundation supports grassroots initiatives that build power to confront systemic barriers and inspire people to work toward a more just, equitable, and inclusive city.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$4,754,500
- Grants listed
- 170
- Assets, end of year
- $58,813,475
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Tax year 2024
$4,942,950
- Grants listed
- 176
- Assets, end of year
- $57,058,636
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Tax year 2023
$6,273,100
- Grants listed
- 192
- Assets, end of year
- $54,520,936
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Tax year 2022
$7,557,490
- Grants listed
- 236
- Assets, end of year
- $55,262,797
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Tax year 2021
$6,201,722
- Grants listed
- 206
- Assets, end of year
- $67,360,857
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Tax year 2020
$5,794,894
- Grants listed
- 255
- Assets, end of year
- $62,484,730
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Tax year 2019
$4,619,290
- Grants listed
- 187
- Assets, end of year
- $63,350,365
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy CoalitionBronx, NY
For general operating support.
$200,000 -
Caaav Organizing Asian CommunitiesNew York, NY
For general operating support.
$195,000 -
Drum - Desis Rising Up & MovingJackson Heights, NY
For general operating support.
$125,000 -
El Puente de WilliamsburgBrooklyn, NY
For general operating support.
$125,000 -
Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy ProjectBrooklyn, NY
For general operating support.
$125,000 -
Make the Road New YorkBrooklyn, NY
For general operating support.
$125,000 -
The Brotherhood Sister Sol IncNew York, NY
For general operating support.
$125,000 -
Vocal-NyBrooklyn, NY
Support for housing justice for all, a fiscally sponsored project of vocal-ny.
$100,000 -
Community Voices HeardNew York, NY
For general operating support.
$85,000 -
New York Communities Organizing FundBrooklyn, NY
For general operating support.
$80,000 -
Casa New SettlementBronx, NY
For general operating support.
$70,000 -
Chhaya Community Development CorporationJackson Heights, NY
For general operating support.
$70,000 -
Good Old Lower East SideNew York, NY
For general operating support.
$70,000 -
Red Hook InitiativeBrooklyn, NY
For general operating support.
$70,000 -
East New York CLTBrooklyn, NY
To transform tenants into homeowners, ensuring that land remains under community control through a 99-year lease model.
$60,000 -
Fund for the City of New YorkNew York, NY
Support for right to counsel NYC coalition, a fiscally sponsored project of fund for the city of NY.
$60,000 -
New York State Tenants & Neighbors Information ServiceLong Island City, NY
To expand our base of tenants leaders who are educated, empowered, and actively working to preserve existing affordable housing, maintain the diversity of our communities, and defend and expand tenants rights.
$60,000 -
The Association for Neighborhood & Housing DevelopmentNew York, NY
For general operating support.
$60,000 -
Justice for All CoalitionAstoria, NY
To support public housing tenant organizing in western queens.
$50,000 -
Make the Road New YorkBrooklyn, NY
To continue frontline organizing and base-building aid response, policy and legal strategy, and digital and grassroots reach.
$50,000 -
Make the Road New YorkBrooklyn, NY
Support for right to a roof coalition, a fiscally sponsored project of make the road NY.
$50,000 -
United Way of New York CityNew York, NY
Support for change capital fund, a fiscally sponsored project of the united way of new york
$50,000 -
A Little Piece of LightBrooklyn, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social JusticeWoodside, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Advocacy InstituteNew York, NY
To support training programs for organizing groups in new york city.
$47,500 -
All Kings ProjectBrooklyn, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Alliance for Global JusticeTucson, AZ
Support for black trans media, a fiscally sponsored project of alliance for global justice.
$47,500 -
BrandworkersLong Island City, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Bushwick Housing Independence ProjectBrooklyn, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Caribbean Equality ProjectS Ozone Park, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Castle Hill Resource CenterBronx, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Council on American-Islamic Relations of New YorkNew York, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Eastern Queens AllianceJamaica, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Faith in New YorkCorona, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Families and Friends of the Wrongfully ConvictedBrooklyn, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Farm Training Collective NYCNew York, NY
Support for farm school NYC, a fiscally sponsored project of farm training collective NYC.
$47,500 -
Forgotten FoodsStaten Island, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Fund for the City of New YorkNew York, NY
Support for new pride agenda, a fiscally sponsored project of the fund for the city of new york.
$47,500 -
Goodnation Foundation IncNew York, NY
Support for the people's plan, a fiscally sponsored project of goodnation foundation.
$47,500 -
Independence Care SystemNew York, NY
Support for civics league for disability rights, a fiscally sponsored project of independence care system.
$47,500 -
Inner City Green Team Economic and Environmental DevelopmentBronx, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Laundry Workers CenterNew York, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Lawyers Alliance for New YorkNew York, NY
To provide pro bono counsel and other direct services to members of the nonprofit community.
$47,500 -
Mekong NYCBronx, NY
Support for clemency coalition of new york, a fiscally sponsored project of the mekong.
$47,500 -
National Religious Campaign Against TortureWashington, DC
Support for new york campaign for alternatives to isolated confinement , a fiscally sponsored project of national religious campaign against torture.
$47,500 -
New Economy ProjectNew York, NY
Support for public bank NYC, a fiscally sponsored project of the new economy project.
$47,500 -
New York Immigration CoalitionBronx New York, NY
Support for transnational villages network, a fiscally sponsored project of new york immigration coalition.
$47,500 -
New York State Tenants & Neighbors Information ServiceLong Island City, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
New York Transgender Advocacy GroupNew York, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
North Star FundNew York, NY
Support for communities united for police reform, a fiscally sponsored project of north star fund.
$47,500 -
Rockaways Neighbors Helping NeighborsArverne, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Social and Environmental EntrepreneursCalabasas, CA
Support for red canary song, a fiscally sponsored project of the social and environmental entrepreneurs.
$47,500 -
South Queens Women's MarchHoward Beach, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Sure We CanBrooklyn, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
The Association for Neighborhood & Housing DevelopmentNew York, NY
To support the center for community leadership, a program of apprenticeships and additional organizing training and resources that increase capacity of grassroots community organizing and advocacy organizations across new york city.
$47,500 -
Third Sector New EnglandBoston, MA
Support for worker's justice project, a fiscally sponsored project of third sector new england.
$47,500 -
Urban Justice CenterNew York, NY
Support for street vendor project, a fiscally sponsored project of the urban justice center.
$47,500 -
Urban Justice CenterNew York, NY
Support for freedom agenda, a fiscally sponsored project of urban justice center.
$47,500 -
Virginia OrganizingCharlottesvle, VA
Support for youth alliance for housing, a fiscally sponsored project of virginia organizing.
$47,500 -
Women's Community Justice AssociationNew York, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Women's Empowerment Coalition of NYCBrooklyn, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Youth Power CoalitionHarrison, NY
For general operating support.
$47,500 -
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy CoalitionBronx, NY
To support the bronx-wide coalition's 2026 priorities.
$45,000 -
Virginia OrganizingCharlottesvle, VA
To transform the housing system into one in which landlords and the real estate industry do not profit off historically marginalized communities, where tenants have decision-making power over their housing, and where youth have an influential voice.
$40,000 -
Takeroot JusticeNew York, NY
For research and policy support for current and former grantees.
$35,000 -
Bushwick Housing Independence ProjectBrooklyn, NY
To build the collective strength, stability, visibility and self-determination of bushwicks working class and immigrant renters.
$30,000 -
Queens PowerJamaica, NY
To organize queens residents to build the power needed to fight for and win justice for themselves and the communities they live in.
$30,000 -
Center for Empowered Politics Education FundOakland, CA
To support the community safety program.
$25,000 -
New Economy ProjectNew York, NY
To sustain organizing and expand community ownership of land and housing.
$25,000 -
New York Community TrustNew York, NY
For a collaborative fund to support voter education, engagement, and mobilization in advance of the upcoming mayoral and city council elections.
$25,000 -
Ma Mukti IncBronx, NY
For general operating support.
$20,000 -
New York Immigration CoalitionNew York, NY
For general operating support.
$20,000 -
New York State Tenant BlocBrooklyn, NY
Support for non-partisan civic engagement around affordable housing.
$20,000 -
The Center for Anti-Violence Education IncBrooklyn, NY
For capacity building support.
$20,000 -
Working Families Organization IncBrooklyn, NY
Support for new york renews, a project of the working families organization.
$20,000 -
BrandworkersLong Island City, NY
To hire a summer intern as part of the new york foundation summer internship in community organizing (sico) program.
$17,000 -
Faith in New YorkCorona, NY
To hire a summer intern as part of the new york foundation summer internship in community organizing (sico) program.
$17,000 -
Virginia OrganizingCharlottesvle, VA
To hire a summer intern as part of the new york foundation summer internship in community organizing (sico) program.
$17,000 -
Faith in New YorkCorona, NY
For capacity building support.
$15,000 -
Hopewell FundWashington, DC
To support the release of all due respects recommendations to create stronger labor standard for community organizing in new york city.
$15,000 -
Lawyers Alliance for New YorkNew York, NY
For general operating support.
$15,000 -
Neo PhilanthropyNew York, NY
For non-partisan public education efforts on ranked choice voting.
$15,000 -
Caaav Organizing Asian CommunitiesNew York, NY
To support caaav in hiring a digital security consultant.
$10,000 -
Caaav Voice IncNew York, NY
To support the organization's annual leadership development retreat.
$10,000 -
Center for Popular DemocracyBrooklyn, NY
A project support grant for the narrative initiative, "we the poets." we the poets is an intergenerational cultural response to democracy through the use of poetry.
$10,000 -
Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy ProjectBrooklyn, NY
To support legal clinics for immigrant youth.
$10,000 -
Fund for the City of New YorkNew York, NY
For capacity building support.
$10,000 -
National Economic and Social Rights InitiativeNew York, NY
To support the convening of education justice organizers in the fall.
$10,000 -
New Economy ProjectNew York, NY
For capacity building support.
$10,000 -
New York State Youth Leadership CouncilNew York, NY
To support the ongoing efforts of nyslc in providing civic education, engagement, and training to young people in NYC.
$10,000 -
Social Good FundRichmond, CA
To engage in non-partisan election protection work.
$10,000 -
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MI
For rapid response support.
$7,500 -
Caribbean Equality ProjectS Ozone Park, NY
For rapid response support.
$7,500 -
Drum - Desis Rising Up & MovingJackson Heights, NY
For rapid response support.
$7,500 -
Goodnation Foundation IncNew York, NY
For rapid response support.
$7,500 -
Laundry Workers CenterNew York, NY
For rapid response support.
$7,500 -
LGBT Center Intercultural CollectiveJackson Heights, NY
For rapid response support.
$7,500 -
Social and Environmental EntrepreneursCalabasas, CA
For rapid response support.
$7,500 -
Staten Island Immigration Center (DBA El Centro Del Inmigrante)Staten Island, NY
For rapid response support.
$7,500 -
El Puente de WilliamsburgBrooklyn, NY
To support el puente in hosting a nonpartisan, youth-led mayoral candidate forum prior to the primary elections in june 2025.
$7,000 -
A Little Piece of LightBrooklyn, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
All Kings ProjectBrooklyn, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Alliance for Global JusticeTucson, AZ
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
BrandworkersLong Island City, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Bushwick Housing Independence ProjectBrooklyn, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Caribbean Equality ProjectS Ozone Park, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Castle Hill Resource CenterBronx, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Eastern Queens AllianceJamaica, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Families and Friends of the Wrongfully ConvictedBrooklyn, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Farm Training Collective NYCNew York, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Forgotten FoodsStaten Island, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Funders for JusticeCalabasas, CA
A program support grant for funders for justice, to support the development of a funders learning institute.
$5,000 -
Goodnation Foundation IncNew York, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Hopewell FundWashington, DC
Project grant to support the release of all due respects recommendations to create stronger labor standard for community organizing in new york city.
$5,000 -
Independence Care SystemNew York, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Inner City Green Team Economic and Environmental DevelopmentBronx, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Laal NYCBronx, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Laundry Workers CenterNew York, NY
For capacity building support
$5,000 -
LGBT Center Intercultural CollectiveJackson Heights, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Mekong NYCBronx, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
National Religious Campaign Against TortureWashington, DC
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
New York Immigration CoalitionBronx New York, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
New York Law SchoolNew York, NY
To support the american community survey event at new york law school's census and redistricting institute.
$5,000 -
New York State Tenants & Neighbors Information ServiceLong Island City, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
New York State Youth Leadership CouncilNew York, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
North Star FundNew York, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy CoalitionBronx, NY
For rapid response support.
$5,000 -
Social and Environmental EntrepreneursCalabasas, CA
To support the purchase of needed equipment.
$5,000 -
Social and Environmental EntrepreneursCalabasas, CA
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
South Queens Women's MarchHoward Beach, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Staten Island Immigration Center (DBA El Centro Del Inmigrante)Staten Island, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Sure We CanBrooklyn, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Third Sector New EnglandBoston, MA
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Urban Justice CenterNew York, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Virginia OrganizingCharlottesvle, VA
For capacity building support
$5,000 -
Women's Community Justice AssociationNew York, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Women's Empowerment Coalition of NYCBrooklyn, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Youth Power CoalitionHarrison, NY
For capacity building support.
$5,000 -
Philanthropy New YorkNew York, NY
To support this network of new york area grantmaking institutions.
$4,100 -
Virginia OrganizingCharlottesvle, VA
To provide the youth alliance for housing with the resources needed to execute the annual youth power festival.
$3,000 -
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and RefugeesPetaluma, CA
For an affinity group examining a wide range of immigration and immigrant integration issues.
$2,500 -
New York Law SchoolNew York, NY
To participate in the somos 2025 census panel.
$2,500 -
Transnational Villages Network Red de Pueblos TransnacionalesBronx, NY
For rapid-response support.
$2,500 -
Women's Empowerment Coalition of NYCBrooklyn, NY
For rapid-response support.
$2,500 -
Grantmakers for Effective OrganizationsWashington, DC
For a funders affinity group that seeks to strengthen the nonprofit sector.
$1,500 -
National Committee for Responsive PhilanthropyWashington, DC
For a campaign to improve philanthropic accountability and responsiveness.
$1,500 -
Neighborhood Funders GroupBerkeley, CA
For the philanthropy forward values aligned investment praxis group.
$1,500 -
Peak GrantmakingWashington, DC
For participation in an affinity network of grant managers.
$1,500 -
The Brotherhood Sister Sol IncNew York, NY
Honorarium for for hosting a yoccf meeting on monday, june 23rd.
$1,500 -
Mission Investors ExchangeNew York, NY
For membership in mission investors exchanges work with foundations dedicated to deploying capital for social and environmental change.
$1,150 -
Caaav Organizing Asian CommunitiesNew York, NY
Honorarium for participation in NFF meeting.
$1,000 -
Red Hook InitiativeBrooklyn, NY
Honorarium for participation in NFF MTG on 5/14.
$1,000 -
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MI
An honorarium for taking time to discuss their request for funding at a site visit with program staff but were not selected to move on in the process.
$500 -
Black Diaspora Liberty Initiative IncAtlanta, GA
An honorarium for taking time to discuss their request for funding at a site visit with program staff but were not selected to move on in the process.
$500 -
Caaav Organizing Asian CommunitiesNew York, NY
An honorarium for taking time to discuss their request for funding at a site visit with program staff but were not selected to move on in the process.
$500 -
Center for Urban Pedagogy IncBrooklyn, NY
NFF honorarium to center for urban pedagogy for pilar finuccio's participation on a panel of capacity builders during the NFF meeting on 9/17.
$500 -
Chhaya Community Development CorporationJackson Heights, NY
For participation in NFF meeting.
$500 -
Drum - Desis Rising Up & MovingJackson Heights, NY
For participation at new york foundation december 3, 2025 board meeting.
$500 -
Drum - Desis Rising Up & MovingJackson Heights, NY
An honorarium for taking time to discuss their request for funding at a site visit with program staff but were not selected to move on in the process.
$500 -
Good Old Lower East SideNew York, NY
For participation in NFF meeting on 2/26.
$500 -
Justfix IncBrooklyn, NY
NFF honorarium to just fix, inc. For participation on a panel of capacity builders during the NFF meeting on 9/17.
$500 -
Mekong NYCBronx, NY
An honorarium for taking time to discuss their request for funding at a site visit with program staff but were not selected to move on in the process.
$500 -
Mission to End Modern Slavery IncLong Island City, NY
An honorarium for taking time to discuss their request for funding at a site visit with program staff but were not selected to move on in the process.
$500 -
Mixteca OrganizationBrooklyn, NY
An honorarium for taking time to discuss their request for funding at a site visit with program staff but were not selected to move on in the process.
$500 -
New York Communities Organizing FundBrooklyn, NY
For participation in NFF meeting on 2/26.
$500 -
New York Communities Organizing FundBrooklyn, NY
For participation at new york foundation december 3, 2025 board meeting.
$500 -
Pratt InstituteBrooklyn, NY
NFF honorarium to pratt center for alexa kasden's participation on a panel of capacity builders during the NFF meeting on 9/17.
$500 -
Takeroot JusticeNew York, NY
NFF honorarium to takeroot justice for paula segal's participation on a panel of capacity builders during the NFF meeting on 9/17.
$500 -
Voces Ciudadanas IncBrooklyn, NY
An honorarium for taking time to discuss their request for funding at a site visit with program staff but were not selected to move on in the process.
$500 -
New York Community TrustNew York, NY
Honorarium to new york community trust immigration for participating in funder call on 10/1/25.
$250
Approved for future payment
Approved in 2025 and not yet paid.
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Center for Transformative ActionIthaca, NY
Mobility and advocacy 2025 honorarium
$250 -
Enlace Services IncRochester, NY
2025 honorarium
$250
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Community development31 grants $1,077,50032% of the total
- Philanthropy and grantmaking17 grants $331,90010% of the total
- Crime and legal aid5 grants $295,5009% of the total
- Civil rights12 grants $263,0008% of the total
- Human services15 grants $260,0008% of the total
- Education8 grants $205,5006% of the total
- 10 other causes34 grants $917,50027% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- New York152 grants $4,520,500
- District of Columbia7 grants $77,000
- Arizona2 grants $52,500
- Massachusetts2 grants $52,500
- California5 grants $44,000
- Michigan2 grants $8,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- George SuttlesBOARD CHAIR Hours 2Pay $0
- Trisha TchumeVICE CHAIR Hours 1Pay $0
- Lenore Champagne BeirneTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
- Kerry-Ann EdwardsSECRETARY THROUGH 06/2025 Hours 2Pay $0
- Helena WongSECRETARY AS OF 07/2025 Hours 1Pay $0
- Robert CorderoTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
- Crilhien FranciscoTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
- Christopher HarvellTRUSTEE THROUGH 06/2025 Hours 1Pay $0
- Eric HorvathTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
- Rasmina Kirmani-FryeTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
- Vanessa LeungTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
- Cathie MahonTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
- Hafizah OmarTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
- Angelica OteroTRUSTEE AS OF 07/2025 Hours 1Pay $0
- Angela Outlaw-MathenyTRUSTEE AS OF 07/2025 Hours 1Pay $0
- Michael PartisTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
- Marcela PinillaTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
- Antonio RodriguezTRUSTEE AS OF 07/2025 Hours 1Pay $0
- Sean Thomas-BreitfeldTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
- Gay YoungTRUSTEE THROUGH 06/2025 Hours 2Pay $0
- Rickke MananzalaPRESIDENT Hours 40Pay $241,000
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