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The Horn Foundation

Santa Monica, CA

The Horn Foundation supports education and environmental projects, along with organizations addressing related social and environmental challenges, with 2024 grants ranging from $500 to $550,000 and a median of $15,000. Its 2024 giving went mainly to recipients in New York, California, Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, and North Carolina. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

The Katie McGrath & JJ Abrams Family Foundation

Encino, CA

The foundation supports organizations working in journalism, arts and storytelling, civic and racial-justice efforts, and community programs. In 2024, it made 76 grants totaling about $5.3 million; grants ranged from $250 to $1.5 million, with a median of $10,000, and funding went mainly to organizations in New York, California, and Washington, DC. It funds only preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Jeanne and Herbert Hansell Fund

Philadelphia, PA

The Jeanne and Herbert Hansell Fund supports preselected charitable organizations working in areas such as law, education, conservation, and social services, with grants spread across multiple states, especially Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, and New York. Its 2024 grants were $1 each, though grants in 2022 and 2023 were typically much larger; it does not accept unsolicited requests.

WK Kellogg Foundation

Battle Creek, MI

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation funds community-led work focused on children’s health and education, good food, family economic security, racial equity and equitable opportunity. It gives across the United States, with long-term commitments in Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico and New Orleans, and also funds in parts of Mexico and Haiti; its 2024 median grant was $100,000. It accepts proposals at any time through its website and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.

LPL Financial Foundation Inc

Boston, MA

Lawrence & Susan Daniels Family Foundation

New York, NY

The foundation’s 2022 grants supported organizations working in early-childhood services, hunger relief, child welfare, veterans’ and first responders’ support, and health in Africa; listed awards ranged from $3,000 to $6,000, though total grants were about $1.19 million across 34 awards. Its grantees were based in New York, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. It accepted requests only from preselected organizations, not unsolicited requests, and its 2023 final return reported no grants.

The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation

New York, NY

The foundation funds nursing education and research, nursing-led innovations addressing health inequities and serious illness, health research, and photography. Its 2024 grants had a $50,000 median, with awards ranging from $250 to $876,505; its programs offer grants from $50,000 to up to $500,000, and giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania, with grants also reported in several other states. Its programs welcome applications from a broad range of institutions and practitioners.

The DAU Family Foundation

Cambridge, MA

The Dau Family Foundation supports charitable organizations in education, arts, historical preservation, religious purposes, and health care, with most 2024 grant dollars going to organizations in New York. In 2024, grants ranged from $250 to $25,000, with a median of $2,000. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

Florence V Burden Foundation

New York, NY

The Florence V Burden Foundation funds a varied mix of education, employment and training, child welfare, elder care, medical research, and humanitarian aid, with the largest share of its 2024 grants going to New York recipients. Grants ranged from $1,000 to $42,000, with a median of $2,143. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

AC Israel Foundation Inc

New York, NY

AC Israel Foundation supports education, health care, community improvement, social services, and public gardens, with 2024 grants concentrated in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, California, and Florida. Grants ranged from $250 to $285,000, with a median of $2,500. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Howard and Amy Finkelstein

Jupiter, FL

The foundation supports community services, education, family services, and religious education, with 2025 grants concentrated in New York and additional giving in Connecticut, Florida, Washington, DC, and Massachusetts. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $600,000, with a median of $5,000. It stated on its 2023 filing that it does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

Robin Hood Foundation

New York, NY

Robin Hood funds effective poverty-fighting programs serving low-income New Yorkers, including work in education, health, employment, housing, and household support, primarily across New York City’s five boroughs. Its 2024 grants had a median of about $309,000, with amounts ranging from $17,000 to $5.36 million. It does not accept unsolicited requests, but eligible organizations can submit an expression of interest and apply to periodic funding opportunities.