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Cause EducationState New York3,542 funders

Foundations that fund education in New York

3,542 private foundations based in New York with a return in the last two years gave $1.8 billion to education organizations in 16,755 grants. The median grant was $6,500, and 665 of these foundations accept applications.

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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 education

Top 50

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

  1. The Bloomberg Family Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 28 grants Preselected only $113,157,000 to education
  2. The Simons Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 438 grants Preselected only $76,256,380 to education
  3. The Marianthi Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $75,097,746 to education
  4. The Pindaros Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 5 grants Preselected only $69,891,079 to education
  5. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 120 grants Accepts applications $69,220,122 to education
  6. The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 51 grants Preselected only $60,151,500 to education
  7. Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY · tax year 2024 170 grants Accepts applications $54,081,411 to education
  8. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 65 grants Preselected only $48,112,500 to education
  9. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 292 grants Accepts applications $44,970,115 to education
  10. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY · tax year 2024 43 grants Preselected only $37,055,609 to education
  11. The Gottesman FundNew York, NY · tax year 2024 16 grants Preselected only $28,240,000 to education
  12. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 168 grants Accepts applications $26,492,848 to education
  13. Mother Cabrini Health Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 69 grants Accepts applications $26,240,210 to education
  14. Stephen A Schwarzman FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $25,585,153 to education
  15. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2025 1,412 grants Preselected only $24,981,547 to education
  16. The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable TrustNew York, NY · tax year 2024 38 grants Preselected only $23,710,577 to education
  17. Gray FoundationAlbany, NY · tax year 2025 26 grants Preselected only $18,983,051 to education
  18. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY · tax year 2023 54 grants Preselected only $17,284,142 to education
  19. The Weill Family FoundationAlbany, NY · tax year 2024 5 grants Preselected only $16,757,214 to education
  20. Open Society InstituteNew York, NY · tax year 2024 45 grants Accepts applications $16,522,653 to education
  21. The Starr FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 15 grants Preselected only $13,425,000 to education
  22. Carson Family Charitable TrustNew York, NY · tax year 2024 31 grants Preselected only $13,164,748 to education
  23. Denise and Michael Kellen Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $11,110,000 to education
  24. The Henry Luce Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 122 grants Accepts applications $10,632,048 to education
  25. Leon Levy FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 14 grants Preselected only $10,478,969 to education
  26. The H & F Baker Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 8 grants Preselected only $9,943,334 to education
  27. Novo FoundationHurley, NY · tax year 2024 44 grants Preselected only $9,856,840 to education
  28. The Goldman Sachs FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 10 grants Preselected only $9,784,660 to education
  29. Jerome L Greene FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 7 grants Preselected only $9,515,000 to education
  30. The Wallace FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 72 grants Preselected only $9,500,109 to education
  31. W P Carey Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 25 grants Preselected only $8,988,406 to education
  32. The Hollyhock Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 18 grants Preselected only $8,982,671 to education
  33. The Tepper FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 15 grants Preselected only $8,938,500 to education
  34. Iris FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $8,893,360 to education
  35. Arnhold Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 18 grants Preselected only $8,547,842 to education
  36. The Robertson Scholars Leadership ProgramNew York, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $7,730,159 to education
  37. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 54 grants Accepts applications $7,065,565 to education
  38. The Blackstone Charitable FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 40 grants Preselected only $6,967,626 to education
  39. Manton FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 6 grants Preselected only $6,928,899 to education
  40. MJS Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2025 17 grants Preselected only $6,829,543 to education
  41. Druckenmiller FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2023 5 grants Preselected only $6,755,000 to education
  42. Endeavor Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2025 17 grants Accepts applications $6,670,029 to education
  43. The Rockefeller FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 35 grants Preselected only $6,556,497 to education
  44. William T Grant Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 57 grants Accepts applications $6,521,933 to education
  45. The Tracking FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $6,250,000 to education
  46. UA for Helene Fuld Health Trust 10-205620New York, NY · tax year 2024 9 grants Preselected only $5,885,299 to education
  47. William Randolph Hearst FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 62 grants Accepts applications $5,853,500 to education
  48. Pepsico Foundation IncPurchase, NY · tax year 2024 6 grants Preselected only $5,700,204 to education
  49. Saunders FoundationRochester, NY · tax year 2024 6 grants Preselected only $5,479,057 to education
  50. Donald A Pels Charitable Trust Utd 8/18/92Harrison, NY · tax year 2024 16 grants Preselected only $5,460,000 to education

Open to applications

25 foundations

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

  1. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 120 grants Accepts applications $69,220,122 to education
  2. Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY · tax year 2024 170 grants Accepts applications $54,081,411 to education
  3. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 292 grants Accepts applications $44,970,115 to education
  4. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 168 grants Accepts applications $26,492,848 to education
  5. Mother Cabrini Health Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 69 grants Accepts applications $26,240,210 to education
  6. Open Society InstituteNew York, NY · tax year 2024 45 grants Accepts applications $16,522,653 to education
  7. The Henry Luce Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 122 grants Accepts applications $10,632,048 to education
  8. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 54 grants Accepts applications $7,065,565 to education
  9. Endeavor Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2025 17 grants Accepts applications $6,670,029 to education
  10. William T Grant Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 57 grants Accepts applications $6,521,933 to education
  11. William Randolph Hearst FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 62 grants Accepts applications $5,853,500 to education
  12. Edwin Gould Foundation for ChildrenNew York, NY · tax year 2024 6 grants Accepts applications $5,262,500 to education
  13. The G Harold & Leila Y Mathers Charitable FoundationRye Brook, NY · tax year 2024 30 grants Accepts applications $5,135,435 to education
  14. The Edward and Caroline Hyman Family FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2025 4 grants Accepts applications $4,985,346 to education
  15. The Commonwealth FundNew York, NY · tax year 2024 68 grants Accepts applications $4,385,178 to education
  16. Pinkerton FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 64 grants Accepts applications $4,006,800 to education
  17. The Herrnstein Family FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 2 grants Accepts applications $4,000,000 to education
  18. The John A Hartford Foundation IncNew York, NY · tax year 2025 27 grants Accepts applications $3,949,907 to education
  19. The Charles A Dana Foundation IncorporatedNew York, NY · tax year 2024 19 grants Accepts applications $3,784,506 to education
  20. The Freeman FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 29 grants Accepts applications $3,708,596 to education
  21. Russell Sage FoundationNew York, NY · tax year 2024 60 grants Accepts applications $2,874,691 to education
  22. The John R Oishei FoundationBuffalo, NY · tax year 2024 14 grants Accepts applications $2,845,564 to education
  23. Rockefeller Brothers Fund IncNew York, NY · tax year 2024 25 grants Accepts applications $2,761,900 to education
  24. Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable TrustNew York, NY · tax year 2024 13 grants Accepts applications $2,571,000 to education
  25. Park Foundation IncIthaca, NY · tax year 2024 31 grants Accepts applications $2,511,900 to education