Heidi & Lola Loening Foundation

Andrew Sabin Family Foundation

East Hampton, NY

The foundation supports environmental protection, community organizations, and healthcare research, including cancer research, with both local and global initiatives; its 2024 grants went entirely to New York-based recipients. Giving varies widely: grants ranged from $25 to $2.05 million in 2024, with a median of $5,000. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

The New York Community Trust

New York, NY

The New York Community Trust funds nonprofits working in areas such as arts, education, health, human services, community development, and the environment, primarily in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester, with grants also made beyond those areas. Its 2024 grants had a median of $20,000, though amounts varied widely; applicants can apply through relevant competitive grant opportunities, and some funding uses requests for proposals or letters of interest.

Tides Foundation

San Francisco, CA

Tides Foundation funds community-led organizations advancing equity and justice, including work on health, climate, gender equity, democracy, and immigrant communities. Its 2024 grants had a median of $50,000, though amounts varied widely, and it funds eligible organizations in the U.S. and abroad, with the most grant dollars going to California, New York, and Washington, D.C. Some programs are open or invitation-only; the Advancing Girls Fund is listed as open, but the profile does not state a general policy on unsolicited grant requests.

The Fine and Greenwald Foundation

Aventura, FL

The Fine and Greenwald Foundation supports organizations working in social justice, health, environmental protection, media, food sustainability, and education. In 2024, grants ranged from $500 to $300,000, with a median of $10,000, and went to organizations across the U.S., especially in New York, Florida, and Washington, DC. It funds only preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Miner Anderson Family Foundation

Wilmington, DE

The foundation funds educational, literary, arts, cultural, environmental, and journalistic work that advances social justice, human rights, and opportunity for marginalized groups, primarily in California, with some grants elsewhere in the U.S. In 2025, grants ranged from $250 to $110,000, with a median of $5,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Fischl Gornik Family Foundation Inc

Sag Harbor, NY

The Joel Foundation

White Plains, NY

The Joel Foundation funds public schools, arts and music, health care, and environmental work, with most 2024 grant dollars going to New York organizations. Its 2024 grants ranged from $5,000 to $619,450, with a median of $25,000. It gives only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

New York, NY

The foundation supports neighborhood revitalization, underserved small businesses, financial health, and economic mobility and career pathways, with 2024 grants ranging from $4 to $4,635,000 and a median of $550. Its grants reached organizations across multiple U.S. locations, including Washington, DC, New York, California, Illinois, Washington state, and Georgia. It gives only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

The Pfizer Foundation Inc

New York, NY

The Pfizer Foundation funds locally led health programs that improve access to care and strengthen health systems, as well as health-crisis and disaster responses, worldwide. In 2024, grants ranged from $2 to $4 million, with a median of $200. It supports only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Ford Foundation

New York, NY

The Ford Foundation funds organizations, individuals, and ideas working to reduce inequality and advance social justice, including work in areas such as immigrant justice, criminal justice reform, gender equity, and arts and culture, through grants around the world. Its 2024 grants had a median of $100,000, with amounts ranging from $45 to $15 million; it does not accept unsolicited requests by mail, email, or phone.

The Ojc Fund

Brooklyn, NY

The OJC Fund distributes donor-advised grants to a wide range of charitable, religious, and educational organizations, with most 2025 funding going to New York and some to New Jersey. Its 2025 grants had a median of $31,014 and ranged from $5,001 to about $10.7 million. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

The Simons Foundation Inc

New York, NY

The Simons Foundation funds research in mathematics and the basic sciences, as well as autism and other disease research, through grants to research centers, universities, and related organizations. In 2024, grants ranged from $1,480 to $20 million, with a median of $72,000; funding is concentrated in New York, California, and Massachusetts, with awards also made elsewhere in the U.S. and internationally. Whether it accepts unsolicited requests is not stated.