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Comora Family Foundation

New York, NY · EIN 26-0013674. Reported 150 grants totalling $1,386,441 to 79 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$1,386,441granted, 2021-2025
79recipients, as named on its returns
60%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,286,841assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Comora Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $250 and $5,000; the smallest was $19 and the largest $500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
58 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
53 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
10 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
18 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
8 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
2 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Columbia UniversityNew York, NY$543,000552025
HadassahNew York, NY$246,000332025
American Museum of Fly FishingManchester, VT$119,110552025
WhitebyGreenwich, CT$95,250222022
Feeding WestchesterElmsford, NY$51,000552025
Access Psychology FoundationWhite Plains, NY$40,000222024
Positive Coaching AllianceOakland, CA$26,667222025
Natural Resources Defense CouncilNew York, NY$25,000112023
PcaColumbia, MD$25,000112021
White Plains HospitalWhite Plains, NY$20,500222025
International Rescue CommitteeNew York, NY$20,000222023
Kpsf (kaplan Public Service Foundation)New York, NY$17,500222025
Round Hill Fire DepartmentGreenwich, CT$13,000442025
Congregation B'nai YisraelArmonk, NY$12,900442025
Allies in HopeS Glastonbury, CT$12,500222023
Project Healing WatersAlbuquerque, NM$12,500222024
United Nations Relief and Works AgencyWashington, DC$10,000112025
Cubs for KidsWhite Plains, NY$9,300332024
United States Holocaust MuseumWashington, DC$7,000552025
Family HoustonHouston, TX$5,000112025
Fusion PartnershipBaltimore, MD$5,000112022
Solvay Scholarship FundSyracuse, NY$5,000112021
Songs for Kids FoundationAtlanta, GA$5,000112024
Tenement MuseumNew York, NY$5,000222025
The National World War II MuseumNew Orleans, LA$5,000552025
Berkeley College FoundationWoodland Park, NJ$4,000442025
The Actors FundNew York, NY$3,000332023
Bryan Brothers FoundationEaston, MD$2,500112021
Dick Barnett FoundationNew York, NY$2,500112021
Greenwich Emergency ServicesRiverside, CT$2,000222025
Make a Wish FoundationNew York, NY$2,000112021
National Center for Family PhilanthropyWashington, DC$2,000222023
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI$2,000222025
Greenwich Firefighters AssociationGreenwich, CT$1,750332024
The Class of 1959 Scholarship FundTeaneck, NJ$1,750552025
ThirteenNew York, NY$1,500442024
Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY$1,300112021
Bk Gita PatelLos Angeles, CA$1,250552025
Cop GreenwichGreenwich, CT$1,250332024
GemsNew York, NY$1,250222024
Animal Rescue FoundationBeacon, NY$1,000442025
Center for Jewish HistoryNew York, NY$1,000112025
Central Fund of IsraelCedarhurst, NY$1,000112023
Columbia Business SchoolNew York, NY$1,000112022
Common Circles IncGreenwich, CT$1,000112025
Diabetes Research IntituteNew York, NY$1,000112021
Glenville Volunteer Fire CompanyGreenwich, CT$1,000222025
Marin Theater CompanyMill Valley, CA$1,000112025
Patriots CircleWashington, DC$1,000112021
PeaceLake Worth, FL$1,000112023
PotsBronx, NY$1,000112021
Sansum Diabetes Research InstituteSanta Barbara, CA$1,000112022
TrcpWashington, DC$1,000112021
Armonk Fire DeptArmonk, NY$600332023
American Diabetes AssociationArlington, VA$500112024
American Kidney FundMelville, NY$500112021
Armonk Fire DepartmentArmonk, NY$500222025
JdrfNew York, NY$500112021
Planned ParenthoodNew York, NY$500112021
Whitney Museum of American ArtNew York, NY$500112025
Greenwich Riding Trails AssociationGreenwich, CT$450112025
White Plains PbaWhite Plains, NY$400112021
Angelica Women's Chamber ChoirHastingsonhudson, NY$250112021
Cathedral of St JohnNew York, NY$250112023
Michael J Fox FoundationNew York, NY$250112021
Pba North Castle PoliceArmonk, NY$250112023
The Brewster Education FoundationBrewster, NY$250112023
The Childrens VillageNew York, NY$250112021
Greenwich Silver ShieldGreenwich, CT$200112021
TagLakewood, NJ$200112021
Hebrew Institute of RiverdaleBronx, NY$150112024
Environmental Defense FundNew York, NY$100112022
Little ShelterHuntington, NY$100112021
National Parks FoundationWashington, DC$100112021
Nature ConservancyNew York, NY$100112021
Animal Care CentersNew York, NY$75112021
Neighborhood CatsNew York, NY$75112021
Smithsonian InstitutionWashington, DC$74222022
Trout UnlimitedArlington, VA$40112021

34 of 79 (43%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 60%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 68 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Arts & Culture
20 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
9 grants
Animal Welfare
6 grants
Human Services
6 grants
Education
4 grants
Youth Development
3 grants
International Affairs
3 grants
Mutual Benefit
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202144$132,234$512
202222$624,930$1,000
202330$160,090$1,000
202427$164,620$1,000
202527$304,567$1,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

73% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

New York
$1.0M
Connecticut
$128K
Vermont
$119K
Maryland
$32K
California
$30K
District of Columbia
$21K
New Mexico
$12K
New Jersey
$6K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund23 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc21 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc20 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust18 shared recipientsJewish Communal Fund15 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program15 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Comora Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 450 Seventh Avenue 4100, New York, NY, 10123. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 26-0013674 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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