Raised vegetable beds and benches in a community garden

Cause Community developmentState New York901 funders

Foundations that fund community development in New York

901 private foundations based in New York with a return in the last two years gave $353.9 million to community development organizations in 2,308 grants. The median grant was $15,000, and 226 of these foundations accept applications.

Foundations with a return in the last two years, each by its latest return (tax years 2023 to 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Ranked by giving to community development

Top 50

Grants in each foundation’s latest return to organizations whose IRS category is community development.

  1. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 119 grants Accepts applications $41,205,383 to community development
  2. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 30 grants Preselected only $34,115,000 to community development
  3. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2025 263 grants Preselected only $31,421,143 to community development
  4. The Bloomberg Family Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 8 grants Preselected only $26,892,000 to community development
  5. Marina Kellen French Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $13,092,186 to community development
  6. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 16 grants Accepts applications $12,295,813 to community development
  7. Citi FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 22 grants Preselected only $10,500,000 to community development
  8. BMS Family FoundationJericho, NY · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $10,072,000 to community development
  9. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY · tax year 2023 30 grants Preselected only $8,807,267 to community development
  10. Danoff Family Private Charitable FoundationAlbany, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $8,006,102 to community development
  11. The Gaisman Foundation IncWainscott, NY · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $7,673,710 to community development
  12. Surdna Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 39 grants Accepts applications $7,045,000 to community development
  13. The Goldman Sachs FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 5 grants Preselected only $5,427,370 to community development
  14. Mother Cabrini Health Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 9 grants Accepts applications $4,640,000 to community development
  15. Novo FoundationHurley, NY · tax year 2024 20 grants Preselected only $4,035,000 to community development
  16. The Margaret and Daniel Loeb FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 4 grants Preselected only $3,760,000 to community development
  17. The Rockefeller FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 15 grants Preselected only $3,556,498 to community development
  18. Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY · tax year 2024 7 grants Accepts applications $3,421,250 to community development
  19. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY · tax year 2024 9 grants Preselected only $3,371,000 to community development
  20. Cri Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $3,300,000 to community development
  21. 199 Philanthropic FundNew York, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $3,000,000 to community development
  22. Marina Kellen French FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $2,824,643 to community development
  23. The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $2,695,000 to community development
  24. The Nathan Cummings Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 30 grants Accepts applications $2,482,500 to community development
  25. Gebbie Foundation IncJamestown, NY · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $2,375,286 to community development
  26. Sharon S Davis Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $2,341,256 to community development
  27. The Tepper FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 6 grants Preselected only $2,280,000 to community development
  28. Open Society InstituteNew York, NY · tax year 2024 2 grants Accepts applications $2,000,600 to community development
  29. The Kohlberg Foundation IncArmonk, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $2,000,000 to community development
  30. Blavatnik Family FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $2,000,000 to community development
  31. Tiger Global Impact Ventures IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $1,930,000 to community development
  32. Gerry Foundation IncLiberty, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $1,700,000 to community development
  33. The Diller-Von Furstenberg Family FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $1,500,000 to community development
  34. The Hackett Family FundAlbany, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $1,500,000 to community development
  35. Sargol Charitable TrustBrooklyn, NY · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $1,461,410 to community development
  36. Rousseeuw FoundationJericho, NY · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $1,380,000 to community development
  37. Point Break FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $1,350,000 to community development
  38. Sara & Robert Savage Charitable Foundation U/A/D 12-28-2004New York, NY · tax year 2023 1 grant Preselected only $1,288,250 to community development
  39. Signal FoundationHarrison, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $1,285,000 to community development
  40. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 6 grants Accepts applications $1,256,700 to community development
  41. Rockefeller Brothers Fund IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 17 grants Accepts applications $1,246,700 to community development
  42. Nuttall Philanthropies Inc (fka Nuttal Family Foundation)Albany, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $1,157,170 to community development
  43. The Simons Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 10 grants Preselected only $1,131,461 to community development
  44. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 5 grants Accepts applications $1,129,228 to community development
  45. The Sidney E Frank FoundationHarrison, NY · tax year 2024 4 grants Preselected only $1,085,000 to community development
  46. The Blackstone Charitable FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 5 grants Preselected only $1,085,000 to community development
  47. New York FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2025 31 grants Accepts applications $1,077,500 to community development
  48. Park Foundation IncIthaca, NY · tax year 2024 22 grants Accepts applications $1,037,800 to community development
  49. Pinkerton FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 9 grants Accepts applications $1,034,000 to community development
  50. The Derald H Ruttenberg FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $1,004,187 to community development

Open to applications

25 foundations

The return gives an application contact and does not check the preselected-only box.

  1. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 119 grants Accepts applications $41,205,383 to community development
  2. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 16 grants Accepts applications $12,295,813 to community development
  3. Surdna Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 39 grants Accepts applications $7,045,000 to community development
  4. Mother Cabrini Health Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 9 grants Accepts applications $4,640,000 to community development
  5. Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY · tax year 2024 7 grants Accepts applications $3,421,250 to community development
  6. The Nathan Cummings Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 30 grants Accepts applications $2,482,500 to community development
  7. Gebbie Foundation IncJamestown, NY · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $2,375,286 to community development
  8. Open Society InstituteNew York, NY · tax year 2024 2 grants Accepts applications $2,000,600 to community development
  9. Gerry Foundation IncLiberty, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $1,700,000 to community development
  10. Signal FoundationHarrison, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $1,285,000 to community development
  11. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 6 grants Accepts applications $1,256,700 to community development
  12. Rockefeller Brothers Fund IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 17 grants Accepts applications $1,246,700 to community development
  13. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 5 grants Accepts applications $1,129,228 to community development
  14. New York FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2025 31 grants Accepts applications $1,077,500 to community development
  15. Park Foundation IncIthaca, NY · tax year 2024 22 grants Accepts applications $1,037,800 to community development
  16. Pinkerton FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 9 grants Accepts applications $1,034,000 to community development
  17. William Randolph Hearst FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 7 grants Accepts applications $934,150 to community development
  18. The Commonwealth FundNew York, NY · tax year 2024 18 grants Accepts applications $873,155 to community development
  19. The Clark FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 5 grants Accepts applications $850,000 to community development
  20. American Express FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 10 grants Accepts applications $750,368 to community development
  21. New York State Health FDN D/B/A New York Health FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2025 10 grants Accepts applications $750,036 to community development
  22. The William G Pomeroy FoundationSyracuse, NY · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $729,972 to community development
  23. Altman FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 10 grants Accepts applications $650,000 to community development
  24. A Lindsay & Olive B O'Connor Foundation IncDelhi, NY · tax year 2024 25 grants Accepts applications $585,636 to community development
  25. Foundation for Child DevelopmentNew York, NY · tax year 2024 4 grants Accepts applications $585,500 to community development