The Diller-Von Furstenberg Family
New York, NY · EIN 46-1581956. Reported 170 grants totalling $25.2M to 91 recipients across tax years 2022-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The Diller-Von Furstenberg Family checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations The Diller-Von Furstenberg Family funded make grants themselves, and it reported 6 grants totalling $275,000 to them. That is 1% of the $24.0M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mgm Resorts Foundation | grantmaking organization | Nevada | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Social Impact Fund | grantmaking organization | California | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| St Baldrick's Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | California | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $14,000 and $180,000; the smallest was $750 and the largest $2,000,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vital Voices | Washington, DC | $7,374,328 | 15 | 3 | 2024 |
| The UCLA Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $2,250,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $1,560,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Downtown Seattle Cares | Seattle, WA | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Superhumans Ukraine Inc | Jersey City, NJ | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A New Way of Life Reentry Project | Los Angeles, CA | $770,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Henry Street Settlement | New York, NY | $750,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | New York, NY | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rand Corporation | Santa Monica, CA | $625,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bowery Residents' Committee | New York, NY | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $550,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Curtis School | Los Angeles, CA | $531,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chabad of Malibu | Malibu, CA | $510,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Museum of Language Arts | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| BABY2BABY | Los Angeles, CA | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Milford Hospital | New Milford, CT | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Buck's Rock Camp Inc | New Milford, CT | $420,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Human Rights Watch | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI | $260,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Curtis School Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hernia Repair for the Underserved | Omaha, NE | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | $250,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Highline | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Chabad of Greater Los Feliz | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary | Torrance, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Prince's Trust America Inc | New York, NY | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Venetian Heritage | Warwick, NY | $117,710 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences | Beverly Hills, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Array Alliance | Encino, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Art Division | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Broadway Advocacy Coalition | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Clooney Foundation for Justice | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Rescue Committee | Albert Lea, MN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mgm Resorts Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Middle East Peace Dialogue Network Inc | Rehoboth Beach, DE | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Myriad USA Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Re-Earth Initiative Inc | Long Island City, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Social Impact Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Black and Pink Inc | Boston, MA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Yud Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Little Missionary's Day Nursery | New York, NY | $73,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Provincetown Film Society | Provincetown, MA | $71,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ariel University Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pen America | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Victims of Terror | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Baldrick's Foundation | Monrovia, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Broadway Cares | New York, NY | $38,000 | 3 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ensemble Studio Theatre | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Joseph's Arts Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Esalen | Carmel, CA | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Beverly Hills Police Officers Association | Beverly Hills, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | Oakland, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Empowerment Plan | Detroit, MI | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Carnegie Hall Corporation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Daya Foundation | Portland, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harlem Grown Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Housingworks | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rescuing Leftover Cuisine | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| World Jewish Congress (american Section) Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 20 Summers Inc | Provincetown, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New York STEM Cell Foundation | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Outfest | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bel Air Preschool | Los Angeles, CA | $19,650 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Westside Shepherd Rescue of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Beam Center | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bretton Woods Committee | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Careyes Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Every Mother Counts | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kitechild | Santa Monica, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Puppies Behind Bars | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The North American Foundation for the University of Durham Inc | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation | Chappaqua, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York City AIDS Memorial | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rav Rabbinical Academy of Venice | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sfc Charitable Foundation Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Entertainment Arts Alliance | West Hollywood, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Welcome Home Jersey City | Jersey City, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Housatonic Valley Association | Cornwall Bridge, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Negro College Fund | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Night Ministry | San Francisco, CA | $2,045 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mama Foundation for the Arts | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Fashion & Arts Xchange Inc | Crotononhudson, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Society of the French Legion | Goshen, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Waggytail Rescue Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Inc | New York, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
33 of 91 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 52%, across 2 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, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
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.
- The UCLA Foundation
LUNG CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM - Museum of Language Arts
IN SUPPORT OF "WORDS MATTER" - Curtis School
FINANCIAL AID FUND, ANNUAL FUND - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
2023 COSTUME INSTITUTE BENEFIT - BABY2BABY
GIVING TREE AND TABLE DONATION - Friends of the Highline
TO SUPPORT HIGH LINE OPERATIONS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 127 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 66 | $8,057,594 | $45,000 |
| 2023 | 54 | $8,645,739 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 50 | $8,546,150 | $77,500 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Diller-Von Furstenberg Family has 6 of them, worth $9,883,333. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Vital Voices | Washington, DC | $8,000,000 |
| The Milken Institute | Santa Monica, CA | $1,000,000 |
| Curtis School Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $333,333 |
| Museum of Language Arts | Washington, DC | $250,000 |
| New Milford Hospital | New Milford, CT | $250,000 |
| Raising Malawi Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
Where its money goes
38% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia.
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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. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Diller-Von Furstenberg 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: 872 Washington Street 3RD Fl, New York, NY, 10014. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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