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 2 of 4

26. The Walter Kaitz Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $491K · through 2024 · 17.2% of their giving
$1.3M
27. Ndc Support I Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $348K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
28. Rochester Downtown Partnership Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $582K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
29. Nfl Foundation Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $3.5M · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$7.6M
30. Invest Buffalo Niagara Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $276K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$927K
31. The New York Times Communities Fund
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $727K · through 2024 · 6.0% of their giving
$2.9M
32. Highbridge Community Housing Development Fund Corp
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $191K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$838K
33. Tides Foundation
98 grants to 40 organizations · largest $1.9M · through 2024
$20.7M
34. Impactassetsinc
49 grants to 24 organizations · largest $8.2M · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$14.6M
35. Hunger Solutions New York Inc
35 grants to 4 organizations · largest $162K · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$2.9M
36. The Chicago Community Trust
67 grants to 28 organizations · largest $12.0M · through 2023
$35.1M
37. Taxpayers for an Affordable NY Inc C/O the Real Estate Board of NY
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $346K · through 2024 · 22.2% of their giving
$783K
38. The Toy Association Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $459K · through 2024 · 49.2% of their giving
$614K
39. Hamaspik of Rockland County Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $600K · through 2020 · 66.7% of their giving
$600K
40. Law School Admission Council C/O Susan Krinsky
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $734K · through 2024 · 15.5% of their giving
$756K
41. Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc
12 grants to 8 organizations · largest $3.1M · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$3.6M
42. Korean-American Community Foundation Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $220K · through 2024 · 10.5% of their giving
$996K
43. Fund for the City of New York Inc
13 grants to 6 organizations · largest $188K · through 2023 · 8.3% of their giving
$1.2M
44. Commonwealth Local Development Corp CLDC
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2019 · 38.5% of their giving
$500K
45. The Robert and Yadelle Sklare Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024 · 33.1% of their giving
$500K
46. Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $78K · through 2024 · 58.0% of their giving
$499K
47. The Joint Ownership Entity New York City Corp
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $286K · through 2020 · 73.6% of their giving
$497K
48. The Winston-Salem Foundation
7 grants to 5 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2023 · 1.5% of their giving
$6.2M
49. East Bay Community Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $6.0M · through 2023 · 1.1% of their giving
$8.3M
50. Business Outreach Center Network Inc
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $127K · through 2023 · 24.2% of their giving
$427K

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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