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Meyer & Jean Steinberg Family

New York, NY · EIN 13-6199973. Reported 96 grants totalling $914,100 to 58 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$4,737median grant
$914,100granted, 2021-2024
58recipients, as named on its returns
43%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,038,589assets, 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. Meyer & Jean Steinberg Family 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 $4,737. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $300 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
17 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
32 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
17 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
24 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
2 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
3 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
Henry & Allison Mccance Center Brain Health Mass General HospitalBoston, MA$200,000222024
Mass Genl HospitalBoston, MA$100,000112022
Garden ConservancyCold Spring, NY$97,000442024
Central SynagogueNew York, NY$64,450332024
Kips Bay Boysgirls ClubBronx, NY$56,400442024
Friends of Israel Defence ForcesNew York, NY$50,000112024
New York School of Interior DesignNew York, NY$42,500442024
Hudson InstituteWashington, DC$25,000222024
Cleveland ClinicCleveland, OH$20,000222023
Drayton Hall Preservation TrustCharleston, SC$19,600222024
Nantucket Historical AssociationNantucket, MA$19,525442024
Deayton Hall Preservation TrustCharleston, SC$18,500112021
Nantucket Preservation TrustNantucket, MA$14,925442024
Nantucket Cottage HospitalNantucket, MA$12,475332024
World Jewish CongressNew York, NY$12,200112023
Cure Alzheimers FundWellesley Hills, MA$10,000112022
Historic New EnglandCambride, MA$10,000112023
Ibu FoundationCharleston, SC$10,000112021
Jewish Business NetworkNew York, NY$10,000112022
Stand With USPasadena, CA$10,000222023
The Tikvah FundNew York, NY$10,000112024
Artist Association of NantucketNantucket, MA$8,300332023
Congregation Shirat HayamNantucket, MA$6,700442024
The Great Harbor Yacht Club Foundation IncNantucket, MA$6,500112023
Windsor Charitable FoundationVero Beach, FL$5,750112023
CameraBoston, MA$5,000112024
Cary Institute of Ecosystem StudiesMillbrook, NY$5,000112024
Chabad at WesleyanMiddletown, CT$5,000112022
Entertainment Community Funf Fka Actors FundNew York, DC$5,000222024
Friends of Simon Wienthal CenterLos Angeles, CA$5,000112024
Internaitonal Stand With USPasadena, CA$5,000112024
Jewish National FdtnRockville, NY$5,000112024
City Meals on WheelsNew York, NY$4,400332023
Maria Mitchell AssociationNantucket, MA$4,200112023
Theatre Workshop of NantucketNantucket, MA$3,265222024
Simon Wienthal CenterLos Angeles, CA$3,000112022
The Jewish MuseumNew York, NY$3,000332024
The Decorative Arts TrustMedia, PA$2,985222024
Commentary IncNew York, NY$2,500112024
Actors FundNew York, DC$1,500112021
AanWashington, DC$1,000112024
AjcNew York, NY$1,000112021
Doca Defense FundBurke, VA$1,000222022
DorotNew York, NY$1,000222023
Foundation for Womens WellnessNew York, NY$1,000112024
Invisible HandsLos Angeles, CA$1,000112022
Kevin Barrington FoundationWestwood, MA$1,000112024
The Michael J Fox Federation for ParkinsonsNew York, NY$1,000112021
Uja FederationNew York, NY$1,000112023
Woodbox ProjectNantucket, MA$1,000112021
The Titvah FundNew York, NY$875112023
Nantucket Land CouncilNantucket, MA$750112021
Friends of the IdfNew York, NY$500112021
Friends of Upper East Side Historical DistrictNew York, NY$500112021
Hillel InternationalWashington, DC$500112021
New York Landmarks ConservancyNew York, NY$500112023
Tunnel to TowersPhiladelphia, PA$500112023
National Trust for Historic PreservationHagerstown, MD$300112024

21 of 58 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 43%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 52 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
19 grants
Religion
8 grants
Environment
7 grants
Education
6 grants
International Affairs
6 grants
Human Services
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 grant
Civil Rights
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202123$123,275$1,500
202223$253,435$5,000
202323$226,575$4,200
202427$310,815$5,000

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

44% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Massachusetts
$404K
New York
$370K
South Carolina
$48K
District of Columbia
$33K
California
$24K
Ohio
$20K
Florida
$6K
Connecticut
$5K

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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 Fund26 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust22 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc21 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program21 shared recipientsGs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund15 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation12 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,737. 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 Massachusetts.
  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 Meyer & Jean Steinberg Family's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 295 Madison Avenue Suite 715, New York, NY, 10017. 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 13-6199973 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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