Siebert Williams Shank Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 85-2585793. Reported 218 grants totalling $2,790,311 to 153 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Siebert Williams Shank 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,505. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Citizen | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nan Newark Tech World | Newark, NJ | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Howard University | Washington, DC | $149,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Motown Historical Museum Inc | Detroit, MI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Council on Foreign Relations | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bay Area Council Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Harlem School of the Arts | New York, NY | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Spelman College | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way for Southeastern Michcigan | Detroit, MI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Urban Initiatives Inc | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| A Place Called Home | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nf Forward | Detroit, MI | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wayne State University | Detroit, MI | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Harlem Week Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Detroit Public Schools Foundation | Detroit, MI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wharton Graduate Association -Aambaa | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Way of Broward County | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aspira of Ny Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Austin Community Foundation | Austin, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chicago Summer Business | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Citizens Educational Fund | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fund for the City of New York | New York, NY | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| International Women's Forum Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Relations | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Masters Tournament Foundation | Augusta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mayor's Fund to Advance Nyc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Morgan's Wonderland Inclusion | San Antonio, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Museum of the African Diaspora | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Action Network Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New England Air Museum- the Tuskegee Airmen | Windsor Locks, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Robb School Memorial Fund (onestar Foundation) | Austin, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Dallas Foundation | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Drumthwacket Foundation | Princeton, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Trevor Project Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tuxedo Park School | Tuxedo Park, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Greater Houston | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Basblue Inc | Detroit, MI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Glenwood Academy | Glenwood, MD | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Institute for Nonviolence Chicago | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mental Health Coalition Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| West Palm Beach Police Fund | West Palm Beach, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Leaders Advancing and Helping | Dearborn, MI | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Jude's Children Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $16,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Trees New York Inc | New York, NY | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Better Chance Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amsterdamn News Educational Foundation | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Laane | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Las Trampas School Inc | Lafayette, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Madison Square Boys & Girls Club Foundation | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way of Greater Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Winston Salem State University | Winstonsalem, NC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Women in Need Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rohi's Liberation Station | West Palm Beach, FL | $13,764 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Whitaker Peace & Development | Cerritos, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 100 Black Men of the Bay Area Inc | Oakland, CA | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Heart Association | New York, NY | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity International | Atlanta, GA | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Accounting Aid Society | Detroit, MI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Back 2 School America | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Black Girls Code Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chinese Hospital Association | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan | Detroit, MI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cox Employee Relief Fund Inc | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Delta Mu Boule Education Foundation | Arlington, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Howard University Golf | Orlando, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healthy Lives Matter | Eagle Lake, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kids in Need Foundation | Roseville, MN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Let's Win Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oakland Natives Give Back | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One Hundred Black Men Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ritter Center Inc | San Rafael, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Robin Hood Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Santa Clara University | Santa Clara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Carnegie Hall Corporation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Jed Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University Health Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Young Men's Christian Associate | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Municipal Forum of New York | New York, NY | $9,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peralta Colleges Foundation | Oakland, CA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Days for Girls International | Mount Vernon, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Free Arts Nyc | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The National Theatre Foundation | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Operation Graduation | Detroit, MI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youth and Leadership Development | San Francisco, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Krewe of Pyros Foundation | Washington, DC | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jive Turkeys Detroit | Detroit, MI | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Forum for Black Public Administrators Inc | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sifma Foundation for Investor Education Inc | New York, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| East Bay Youth Development Foundation Inc | Concord, CA | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Links Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $5,010 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago City Council Latino | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Aid and Family Services | Paramus, NJ | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Citizens Union Foundation Inc | Staten Island, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cranbrook Educational Communit | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fbi National Citizens Academy | St Petersburg, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fellowship Open Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fisk University | Nashville, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Inspiring Minds of Greater Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jack and Jill of America Found | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Michigan Women's Foundation | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Minerva Education & Development | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nyc Outward Bound Schools | Long Island City, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oakland Rotary Foundatiion | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Riverside Hawks Hope Health | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Talented Teen Club | Greenacres, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tarrant County Black Historical | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Team Rubicon | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Black Institute | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Leukimia and Lymphoma Society Inc | Rye Brook, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aldine Education Foundation | Houston, TX | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oakland Public Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nyc Partnership Foundation | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Powerplay Nyc Inc | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Residential Energy Assistance Partnership Inc (reap) | San Antonio, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Metropolitan | Fort Worth, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youth Education Through Sport | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cy-Fair Educational Foundation | Cypress, TX | $2,850 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alive & Free | Cheyanne, WY | $2,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aldine Independent School District | Houston, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan | Detroit, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan College of New York | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Plan of Action for Challenging | Vallejo, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Round Rock Isd Education | Round Rack, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | San Francisco, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unity Network & Counseling Cen | Atlanta, GA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beacon State Fund | Austin, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Nations International School | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ugc Holdings Inc | Charleston, SC | $1,987 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Castleberry Isd Education Foundation | River Oaks, TX | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salesmanship Club Charitable Golf of Dallas Inc | Dallas, TX | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| America Needs You | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Lung Assocation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Horatio Williams Foundation | Detroit, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nocc-New Jersey Chapter-National Ovarian Cancer Coalition | Woodbridge, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Public Health Solutions | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas Women Leading Government | Cedar Park, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Top Ladies of Distinction Inc | Houston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Volunteers of America Greater Ny Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Box United | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jesse Tree Inc | Galveston, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Ovarian Cancer Coalit | Dallas, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
48 of 153 (31%) 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 33%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 142 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | $527,350 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 36 | $514,750 | $9,875 |
| 2023 | 63 | $764,200 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 81 | $984,011 | $7,000 |
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
33% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,505. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- 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.
- 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 Siebert Williams Shank Foundation'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: 100 Wall Street 18TH Fl, New York, NY, 10005. 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.
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