New York Foundation
New York Foundation is a private foundation based in New York, NY. Established in 1909, it supports community organizing and grassroots advocacy led by and for people who live in New York City, with an emphasis on building community power and confronting systemic barriers.
New York Foundation at a glance
In short: New York Foundation gave $4.8M across 170 grants in 2025 (avg $28K), mostly in New York. 22% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $4,754,500
- -3.8% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 170
- -3.4% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $27,968
- -0.4% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $10,000
- Total assets
- $58,813,475
- +3.1% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 22% first-time grantees (20 of 92, 2025)
- Primary geography
- New York (95% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to New York Foundation
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- Yes
- How to Apply
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The Foundation accepts unsolicited requests and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. Its filing describes a request of no more than three pages covering the organization’s history, the need or problem it addresses, goals for the coming year, and how Foundation funding would support those goals. Applicants should attach brief bios of senior leaders or key staff and current sources of support. The website requires applicants to be based in NYC and to be a 501(c)(3) organization or fiscally sponsored by one. It excludes requests for direct services, individuals, capital campaigns, research studies, films and publications, schools and other listed institutions, and conferences or events.
- Review Cycle
- The website lists March 2, 2026, as the application deadline for its single 2026 grant cycle. That deadline has passed.
- Deadline
- The website lists March 2, 2026, as the application deadline for its single 2026 grant cycle.
- Contact
Application contact: New York Foundation'S Website - Www
Mailing address: 150 West 30Th Street Suite 1401, New York, NY 10001-4003
Phone: (212) 594-8009
Website: https://www.nyf.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from New York Foundation
Who New York Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition ($250K across 3 grants). Together the top 10 received $1.6M.
Grant Size Distribution
980 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 814 grants of 980 (83%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The Foundation’s stated eligibility criteria require organizations to be based in New York City. Its website says it funds community organizing and grassroots advocacy led by and for people who live in NYC. In 2025, 95% of grant dollars went to recipients in New York.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 170 itemized grants.
Cities
Is New York Foundation open to new grantees?
22%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 20 of 92 grantees (22%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $23K; repeat grants $60K. How we count
Medians: $11K first-time, $53K repeat.
- 65% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving fell 37% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 276% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $4.8M (2025) to $7.6M (2022). In 2025 it made 170 grants totaling $4.8M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition Bronx, NY | For General Operating Support. | $200,000 |
| Caaav Organizing Asian Communities New York, NY | For General Operating Support. | $195,000 |
| Drum - Desis Rising up & Moving Jackson Heights, NY | For General Operating Support. | $125,000 |
| El Puente De Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY | For General Operating Support. | $125,000 |
| Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project Brooklyn, NY | For General Operating Support. | $125,000 |
| Make the Road New York Brooklyn, NY | For General Operating Support. | $125,000 |
| The Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc New York, NY | For General Operating Support. | $125,000 |
| Vocal-NY Brooklyn, NY | Support for housing justice for all, a fiscally sponsored project of vocal-ny. | $100,000 |
| Community Voices Heard New York, NY | For General Operating Support. | $85,000 |
| New York Communities Organizing Fund New York, NY | For General Operating Support. | $80,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $58,813,475 | $5,196,341 | $6,882,795 | $4,754,500 | 170 | $7,234,698 | $2,772,883 | $2,616,867 |
| 2024 | $57,058,636 | $9,292,422 | $9,136,499 | $4,942,950 | 176 | $7,559,670 | $2,793,066 | $2,623,240 |
| 2023 | $54,520,936 | $6,581,292 | $8,232,736 | $6,273,100 | 192 | $9,111,955 | $3,667,389 | $2,519,952 |
| 2022 | $55,262,797 | $7,668,593 | $10,480,956 | $7,557,490 | 236 | $9,626,207 | $1,684,749 | $2,729,007 |
| 2021 | $67,360,857 | $14,941,754 | $9,198,528 | $6,201,722 | 206 | $8,006,580 | $8,385,778 | $3,097,148 |
| 2020 | $62,484,730 | $6,074,357 | $7,781,424 | $5,794,894 | 255 | — | $3,815,087 | $2,796,913 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, New York Foundation reported a distributable amount of $2.6M for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The Foundation says it supports grassroots initiatives that build power to confront systemic barriers and advance a more just, equitable, and inclusive city. Its eligibility criteria call for community organizing and grassroots advocacy to be primary strategies, led by communities and people directly affected and directed toward systemic change. The Foundation also identifies racial justice, community leadership, power-building, and collaboration as priorities.
Its 2025 grants illustrate support for organizations with community-organizing, advocacy, and leadership missions. For example, Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition describes its work as uniting people and institutions for racial and economic justice through community organizing. Make the Road New York says it builds the power of immigrant and working-class communities, while Chhaya Community Development Corporation describes its mission as building the power, housing stability, and economic well-being of South Asian and Indo-Caribbean communities in New York City.
Grantmaking
In 2025, the Foundation reported 170 grants totaling $4,754,500. Grant amounts ranged from $250 to $200,000, with a median of $10,000. Most grant dollars went to recipients in New York (95%); the remainder went to recipients in DC, Arizona, Massachusetts, and California.
Among the largest 2025 grants were $200,000 to Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition and $195,000 to CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities, both for general operating support. The Foundation also awarded $125,000 each to DRUM – Desis Rising Up & Moving, El Puente de Williamsburg, Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project, Make the Road New York, and The Brotherhood Sister Sol, all for general operating support. Other grants included $100,000 to VOCAL-NY for Housing Justice for All, a fiscally sponsored project of VOCAL-NY, and $85,000 to Community Voices Heard for general operating support.
The Foundation’s grant application page describes Core Grants of $55,000 per year for three to five years. It also describes access to capacity-building resources, including pro bono legal services, monthly workshops with coaching, and responsive small grants of up to $10,000 for organizational development goals and unanticipated needs.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists George Suttles as board chair, Trisha Tchume as vice chair, and Lenore Champagne Beirne as treasurer. Kerry-Ann Edwards served as secretary through June 2025, and Helena Wong was listed as secretary beginning in July 2025. The filing also lists trustees Robert Cordero, Crilhien Francisco, Christopher Harvell, Eric Horvath, and Rasmina Kirmani-Frye; Christopher Harvell’s service was listed through June 2025.
New York Foundation is led by Rickke Mananzala, President since 2023 (on filings since 2020); 1 of 21 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Rickke Mananzala
President
Trustee → Executive Director, 2021
Executive Director → President, 2023
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$90K (2021) → $241K (2025)
George Suttles
Board Chair
Assistant Treasurer → Treasurer, 2021
Treasurer → Board Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cathie Mahon
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christopher Harvell
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gay Young
Trustee
Vice Chair → Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rasmina Kirmani-Frye
Trustee
Board Chair → Vice Chair, 2023
Vice Chair → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Cordero
Trustee
Board Chair From - → Board Chair, 2023
Board Chair → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Crilhien Francisco
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eric Horvath
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Vanessa Leung
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hafizah Omar
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marcela Pinilla
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Partis
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sean Thomas-Breitfeld
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Angela Outlaw-Matheny
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Angelica Otero
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Antonio Rodriguez
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kerry-Ann Edwards
Secretary
Trustee → Secretary, 2021
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lenore Champagne Beirne
Treasurer
Trustee → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Trisha Tchume
Vice Chair
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Helena Wong
Secretary
Trustee → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (16)
- Former: John Blasco (2022–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Carl Hamad-Lipscombe (2023–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Gabriel Sayegh (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Holly Delany Cole (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Victor Quintana (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Faiza Ali (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Fatima Shama (2020–2022) — Board Chair
- Former: John Weiler (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Stephen D. Heyman (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Sue A. Kaplan (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Kyung B. Yoon (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Maria Mottola (2020–2021) — Executive Director
- Former: Patricia Kozu (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Roger Schwed (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Shekar Krishman (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Lillian Llambelis (2020) — Trustee · Filing note: Through June 20
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $241K, to Rickke Mananzala (President).
Frequently asked questions about New York Foundation
How much does New York Foundation give each year?
New York Foundation gave $4.8M across 170 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $4.9M across 176 grants.
What is New York Foundation's typical grant size?
New York Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $10,000, and its average grant was $27,968, across 170 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from New York Foundation that year got $23K on average.
Where does New York Foundation give grants?
New York Foundation gives mostly in New York: 95% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were New York, NY (60 grants), Brooklyn, NY (36 grants), Bronx, NY (14 grants) and Jackson Heights, NY (8 grants).
Does New York Foundation give general operating support?
Yes: 23% of New York Foundation's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (39 of 170) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Recurring purposes include "For Capacity Building Support." (37 grants) and "For Rapid Response Support." (11 grants).
Who are New York Foundation's largest grantees?
New York Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition ($250,000 across 3 grants), Make the Road New York ($225,000 across 3 grants) and Caaav Organizing Asian Communities ($206,500 across 4 grants), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 14% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is New York Foundation?
New York Foundation reported $58.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $7.2M in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $2.6M (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What does New York Foundation fund?
The Foundation says it supports grassroots initiatives that build power to confront systemic barriers and advance a more just, equitable, and inclusive city. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from New York Foundation?
The Foundation accepts unsolicited requests and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is New York Foundation's EIN?
New York Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-5626345. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Does New York Foundation accept unsolicited proposals?
Yes, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS October 6, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS October 20, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 13, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 9, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS October 17, 2025)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 10, 2026)
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Cite this profile
Grantable. (2026). New York Foundation funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/new-york-foundation-morg_8751c652928948388168c1ba3b7eb771
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