Matlin Family Foundation

The Lucille Lortel Foundation Inc

New York, NY

The Lucille Lortel Foundation supports theatre, including New York City companies’ operations, new-play development, and musical-theatre programming, with a focus on Off-Broadway. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $3,488,320, with a median of $5,000; most funding went to New York recipients, with some grants in Connecticut. It does not accept unsolicited funding requests; its general operating support program is limited to companies invited to apply and based in New York City.

Laurentshatcher Foundation Inc

Riverhead, NY

The Laurents/Hatcher Foundation supports theatre organizations and playwrights, with 2024 grants ranging from $10,000 to $500,000 and a median of $50,000. Its grants went mainly to organizations in New York, New Jersey, and California, with some support in Texas and Illinois. It does not limit giving to preselected organizations, but playwright submissions are by invitation only.

The Honda Foundation

Honolulu, HI

The Honda Foundation supports educational and general charitable purposes, with 2025 grants spanning education, arts, community services, and disaster response. Its 23 grants ranged from $100 to $50,000, with a median of $5,000, and went mainly to organizations in Hawaii, California, New York, and New Jersey. It accepts requests: applicants should contact James Honda with a letter and brief description of the charitable purpose; there are no stated deadlines.

Edward T Cone Foundation

New York, NY

The Edward T Cone Foundation supports performing arts, cultural and seminar organizations, and other charities, with most 2024 grant dollars going to New Jersey, followed by Washington, DC, and New York. Grants ranged from $1,000 to $250,000, with a median of $5,000; it funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Kate J Solomon Foundation

New York, NY

Mary and Frank Skillern Foundation

New York, NY

The Irwin S Scherzer Foundation Inc

New York, NY

The Irwin S Scherzer Foundation supports arts and cultural organizations, theaters, horticulture, and sports and recreation, with nearly all 2024 funding going to New York recipients. Grants ranged from $50 to $25,000, with a median of $3,430. It accepts requests from organizations that contact the foundation and provide information about their purpose and the proposed grant.

Dammann Fund Inc

New York, NY

The fund supports publicly supported charities serving young parents through parenting-skills programs and people with mental illness through independent-living programs in New York City, Westchester, southwestern Connecticut, and Charlottesville, Virginia. Its stated award range is $2,500–$10,000, though reported 2025 grants ranged from $125 to $30,000, with a median of $1,000. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Performing Arts Foundation

Philadelphia, PA

The Philadelphia foundation’s 2024 grants supported a varied set of charitable organizations, with purposes listed as “support and assistance”; recipients were in Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Indiana, and California. It made 98 grants ranging from $50 to $51,000, with a median of $275. It contributes only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

The Susan Stein Shiva Foundation

New York, NY

The foundation generally supports health care, education, and the arts, primarily in New York, which received 85% of its 2024 grant dollars. In 2024, it made 27 grants totaling about $1 million; grants ranged from $21 to $400,000, with a median of $5,150. It accepts requests by letter with supporting materials; no deadline is listed.

Steven a and Marianne M Mills

Bronxville, NY

The foundation supports a varied range of work, including the arts, food assistance, civil liberties, family counseling, global health, and journalism, with most 2025 grant dollars going to organizations in New York, followed by California. Its 45 grants ranged from $50 to $100,000, with a median of $4,000. It gives only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

LLL Foundation Inc

New York, NY

LLL Foundation Inc supports education, community services, recovery programs, and services for people affected by abuse. Its 2024 grants ranged from $50 to $10,000, with a median of $525, and mainly went to organizations in New York and Connecticut, with additional support in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.