New York · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in New York

Imperigo has identified 1,128 funders that made 7,574 grants totaling $1.8B to 816 community improvement organizations in New York, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in New York

Total granted $1.8B
Funders 1,128
Grants 7,574
Organizations funded 816

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. National Equity Fund Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $17.5M · through 2024 · 99.0% of their giving
$77.7M
2. National Council on Aging Inc
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $12.6M · through 2024 · 26.2% of their giving
$68.8M
3. Hamaspik Care Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25.0M · through 2024 · 99.5% of their giving
$60.0M
4. Fund for the Aged Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10.0M · through 2019 · 20.8% of their giving
$10.0M
5. Greater Rochester Enterprise Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$8.0M
6. Robin Hood Foundation
91 grants to 43 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2024 · 4.3% of their giving
$28.3M
7. Foot Locker Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 42.4% of their giving
$3.2M
8. Rochester Area Community Foundation Initiatives Inc
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 44.0% of their giving
$3.2M
9. Hamaspik of Orange County Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $3.0M · through 2022 · 89.6% of their giving
$3.0M
10. Help USA Inc and Affiliates
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $3.0M · through 2022 · 67.5% of their giving
$3.0M
11. World Trade Center Small Business Recovery Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.7M · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.7M
12. Cfa Institute
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2023 · 14.0% of their giving
$3.6M
13. Phoenix Suns Charities Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 13.9% of their giving
$3.0M
14. Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.6M · through 2023 · 42.7% of their giving
$1.6M
15. Community Restoration Corporation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $750K · through 2021 · 75.6% of their giving
$1.5M
16. Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc
83 grants to 37 organizations · largest $696K · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$6.6M
17. Milwaukee Bucks Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2023 · 58.8% of their giving
$1.4M
18. Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $478K · through 2024 · 16.9% of their giving
$1.6M
19. United Way of Greater Cincinnati
11 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$7.5M
20. New York City Partnership Foundation Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $539K · through 2022 · 13.3% of their giving
$2.0M
21. United Way of New York City
74 grants to 26 organizations · largest $380K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$8.2M
22. The New York Yacht Club
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $823K · through 2024 · 33.3% of their giving
$1.3M
23. Chautauqua Region Community Foundation Inc
32 grants to 8 organizations · largest $265K · through 2025 · 10.8% of their giving
$2.3M
24. PathStone Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $889K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.2M
25. Brooklyn Community Foundation
76 grants to 28 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2023 · 6.5% of their giving
$3.6M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement work in New York, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 16 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering community improvement work, with an address in New York. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable community improvement funding in New York, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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