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The Fan Fox and Leslie R Samuels

New York, NY · EIN 13-3124818. Reported 255 grants totalling $37.6M to 227 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$15,000median grant
$37.6Mgranted, 2020-2024
227recipients, as named on its returns
$230.3Massets, 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. The Fan Fox and Leslie R Samuels 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 $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $8,000 and $45,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $7,729,883. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
13 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
30 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
23 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
87 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
40 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
44 grants
$100,000 and Up
18 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
See Schedule AttachedVarious, NY$29.7M442023
Metropolitan Opera Association IncNew York, NY$400,000112024
Northwell Health FoundationNew Hyde Park, NY$260,000412024
Brooklyn Academy of Music IncBrooklyn, NY$200,000112024
Carnegie Hall CorporationNew York, NY$200,000112024
Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York IncNew York, NY$200,000112024
New York City Health and Hospitals CorporationNew York, NY$171,000212024
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York, NY$160,000212024
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center IncNew York, NY$150,000112024
Jazz at Lincoln Center IncNew York, NY$150,000112024
New York City Ballet IncNew York, NY$150,000112024
Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island IncBrooklyn, NY$135,000112024
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, NY$122,000212024
Healthcare Educational & Research Fund IncRensselaer, NY$120,000212024
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica, NY$120,000112024
New York Legal Assistance Group IncNew York, NY$119,000212024
Joyce Theater Foundation IncNew York, NY$115,000212024
New York-Presbyterian-QueensFlushing, NY$110,000112024
New York UniversityNew York, NY$95,000212024
Council of Senior Centers and Services of Nyc IncNew York, NY$94,000212024
Community Healthcare Network IncNew York, NY$90,000112024
Supportive Housing Network of New York IncNew York, NY$90,000112024
New York Shakespeare FestivalNew York, NY$86,500212024
Juilliard SchoolNew York, NY$85,000212024
Morris Heights Health Center IncBronx, NY$83,000112024
Lifetime Center for Child DevelopmentQueens Village, NY$80,000112024
Hospice and Palliative Care Association of New York State IncAlbany, NY$75,000112024
Medicare Rights Center IncNew York, NY$75,000212024
Vivian Beaumont Theater IncNew York, NY$75,000112024
Service Program for Older People IncNew York, NY$73,000112024
Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst IncBrooklyn, NY$72,000112024
Ballet Theatre Foundation IncNew York, NY$70,000112024
Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York IncBayside, NY$70,000112024
Presbyterian Senior ServicesNew York, NY$70,000112024
Fund for Public Health in New York IncNew York, NY$68,000112024
India Home IncJamaica, NY$68,000112024
New York-Presbyterian Fund IncNew York, NY$67,000112024
Search and Care IncNew York, NY$67,000112024
Seventh Regiment Armory Conservancy IncNew York, NY$65,000112024
Community Health Project IncNew York, NY$63,000112024
Cornell UniversityNew York, NY$62,000112024
Jewish Association for Services for the AgedNew York, NY$61,000112024
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts IncNew York, NY$60,000112024
St Ann's Warehouse IncBrooklyn, NY$60,000112024
The Bridge IncNew York, NY$58,000112024
Chinese American Planning CouncilNew York, NY$56,000112024
Discalced IncBrooklyn, NY$55,000112024
Educational Alliance IncNew York, NY$54,000112024
Bay Ridge Center IncBrooklyn, NY$53,000212024
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation IncNew York, NY$50,000112024
Human Services Council of New YorkNew York, NY$50,000112024
Jewish Community Center of Staten Island IncStaten Island, NY$50,000112024
New York City Center IncNew York, NY$50,000112024
New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden FoundationsNew York, NY$50,000112024
Paul Taylor Dance Foundation IncNew York, NY$50,000112024
Second Stage Theatre IncNew York, NY$50,000212024
Apollo Theater Foundation IncNew York, NY$45,000112024
Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation IncBrooklyn, NY$45,000112024
Dances for a Variable PopulationNew York, NY$45,000112024
Kings Bay Ym-Ywha IncBrooklyn, NY$45,000112024
Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish PovertyNew York, NY$45,000112024
St Luke's Chamber Ensemble IncNew York, NY$45,000112024
Volunteers of Legal Service IncNew York, NY$45,000112024
Rutgers the State University of NjNewark, NJ$41,000112024
Manhattan Theatre Club IncNew York, NY$40,000112024
New York Theatre Workshop IncNew York, NY$40,000112024
Playwrights Horizons IncNew York, NY$40,000112024
Project Renewal IncNew York, NY$40,000112024
Services & Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual & Transgender Elders IncNew York, NY$40,000112024
Ariva IncBronx, NY$36,000112024
New 42ND Street IncNew York, NY$35,000112024
Signature Theatre Company IncNew York, NY$35,000112024
Theatre for a New Audience IncNew York, NY$35,000112024
Citymeals-on-WheelsNew York, NY$32,000112024
Afro Latin Jazz Alliance of New York IncNew York, NY$30,000212024
Alliance of Resident Theatresnew York IncNew York, NY$30,000112024
Bang on a Can IncBrooklyn, NY$30,000112024
Bronx Museum of the ArtsBronx, NY$30,000112024
Marlene Meyerson Jcc ManhattanNew York, NY$30,000112024
Ocean Bay Community Development CorporationAverne, NY$30,000112024
Pregones Puerto Rican Traveling Theater IncThe Bronx, NY$30,000112024
Project Guardianship IncBrooklyn, NY$30,000212024
School of American Ballet IncNew York, NY$30,000112024
Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Washington HeightsNew York, NY$27,000112024
Abraham in Motion IncNew York, NY$25,000112024
Atlantic Theater CompanyNew York, NY$25,000112024
Beth Morrison ProjectsBrooklyn, NY$25,000212024
Brooklyn Public LibraryBrooklyn, NY$25,000112024
Children's Hospital CorporationBoston, MA$25,000112024
Harlem Stage IncNew York, NY$25,000112024
International Contemporary Ensemble Foundation IncBrooklyn, NY$25,000112024
La Mama Experimental Theatre Club IncNew York, NY$25,000112024
Manhattan School of MusicNew York, NY$25,000112024
Roulette Intermedium IncBrooklyn, NY$25,000112024
Soho Repertory Theatre IncNew York, NY$25,000112024
Ballet Hispanico of New YorkNew York, NY$20,000112024
Bargemusic LtdNew York, NY$20,000112024
Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund CorporationNew York, NY$20,000112024
Center for Traditional Music and Dance IncNew York, NY$20,000112024
Columbia University in the City of New York Trustees ofNew York, NY$20,000112024
Danspace Project IncNew York, NY$20,000112024
Jewish MuseumNew York, NY$20,000112024
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn, NY$20,000112024
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance IncNew York, NY$20,000112024
Pan Asian Repertory Theatre IncNew York, NY$20,000212024
Services Now for Adult Persons IncQueens Village, NY$20,000112024
Tenet Nyc IncNew York, NY$20,000212024
Wooster Group IncNew York, NY$20,000112024
Jewish Board of Family and Children's ServicesNew York, NY$17,000112024
National Association on Drug Abuse Problems New York State IncNew York, NY$17,000112024
Philanthropy New York IncNew York, NY$15,600112024
American Composers Orchestra IncNew York, NY$15,000112024
Classical Theatre of Harlem IncNew York, NY$15,000112024
Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center-Lucy Moses School for Music and DanceNew York, NY$15,000112024
Encore Community ServicesNew York, NY$15,000112024
Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts IncFlushing, NY$15,000112024
Fortune Society IncLong Island City, NY$15,000112024
Greenwich House IncNew York, NY$15,000112024
Haleakala IncNew York, NY$15,000112024
Heights and Hills IncBrooklyn, NY$15,000112024
House Foundation for the Arts IncNew York, NY$15,000112024
Irish Repertory Theatre Company IncNew York, NY$15,000112024
Japan Society IncNew York, NY$15,000112024
New York Festival of Song IncNew York, NY$15,000112024
New York Live Arts IncNew York, NY$15,000112024
New York Memory CenterBrooklyn, NY$15,000112024
Noche Flamenca IncNew York, NY$15,000112024
Riverside Symphony IncNew York, NY$15,000112024
So Percussion IncBrooklyn, NY$15,000112024
Trisha Brown CompanyNew York, NY$15,000112024
World Music Institute IncBrooklyn, NY$15,000112024
Young Men's & Young Women's Hebrew AssociationNew York, NY$15,000112024
Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NY$14,000212024
Concert Artists Guild IncNew York, NY$12,500112024
Csc Repertory LtdNew York, NY$12,500112024
Vineyard Theatre and Workshop Center IncNew York, NY$12,500112024
Young Concert Artists IncNew York, NY$12,500112024
Vision Services for the Blind and Visually ImpairedNew York, NY$12,000112024
New York Public RadioNew York, NY$11,130112024
Music ForwardBrooklyn, NY$10,258212024
Alarm Will Sound IncBrooklyn, NY$10,000112024
Americas Society IncNew York, NY$10,000112024
An Claidheamh Soluis IncNew York, NY$10,000112024
Asia SocietyNew York, NY$10,000112024
Billie Holiday TheatreBrooklyn, NY$10,000112024
Bronx Opera Company IncBronx, NY$10,000112024
Cabd IncJamaica, NY$10,000112024
Dance Service New York City IncNew York, NY$10,000112024
Dance Theatre of Harlem IncNew York, NY$10,000112024
Elevator Repair Service Theater IncNew York, NY$10,000112024
Ensemble Studio Theatre IncNew York, NY$10,000112024
Fiji Theater Company IncNew York, NY$10,000112024
Gina Gibney Dance IncNew York, NY$10,000112024
Harlem Advocates for Seniors IncNew York, NY$10,000112024
Jack Music IncNew York, NY$10,000112024
Jazz GalleryNew York, NY$10,000112024
Jose Limon Dance FoundationNew York, NY$10,000112024
Krymov Lab NycBronx, NY$10,000112024
Ma-Yi Filipino Theatre Ensemble IncNew York, NY$10,000112024
Mint Theater Company IncNew York, NY$10,000112024
Music Before 1800 IncNew York, NY$10,000112024
Naumburg Orchestral ConcNew York, NY$10,000112024
New York Youth Symphony IncNew York, NY$10,000112024
Open Channels Ny IncNew York, NY$10,000112024
Parson's Dance Foundation IncNew York, NY$10,000112024
Rattlestick Productions IncNew York, NY$10,000112024
Sandbox Percussion IncBrooklyn, NY$10,000112024
Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford Stuyvesant HistoryBrooklyn, NY$10,000212024
Streb IncBrooklyn, NY$10,000112024
Talea Ensemble IncorporatedBrooklyn, NY$10,000112024
Target Margin Theater IncBrooklyn, NY$10,000112024
The Harlem Chamber Players IncNew York, NY$10,000112024
Yarnwire IncRidgewood, NY$10,000112024
Health Advocates for Older People IncNew York, NY$9,000112024
Selfhelp Community Services IncNew York, NY$9,000112024
Grantmakers in Aging IncWhite Plains, NY$6,500112024
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company IncEast Elmhurst, NY$6,005212024
Moving for Life IncNew York, NY$6,000112024
Brooklyn Arts Exchange IncBrooklyn, NY$5,000112024
Center for Hearing and CommunicationNew York, NY$5,000112024
Council on Foundations IncWashington, DC$5,000112024
European American Musical Alliance IncNew York, NY$5,000112024
Fund for the City of New YorkNew York, NY$5,000112024
Griot Circle IncBrooklyn, NY$5,000112024
Kings Majestic CorporationBrooklyn, NY$5,000112024
Museum of Modern ArtNew York, NY$5,000112024
Path to College Foundation IncLake Worth, FL$5,000112024
WNETNew York, NY$5,000112024
Foundation CenterNew York, NY$4,500112024
Nonprofit New York IncNew York, NY$4,000112024
Sing for Hope IncNew York, NY$3,000112024
American Modern Opera CompanyNew York, NY$2,500112024
Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund IncNew York, NY$2,500112024
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Associates IncNew York, NY$2,500112024
Cor Unum Meal CenterLawrence, MA$2,500112024
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts LtdBurlington, VT$2,500112024
Foundation Financial Officers Group IncMt Royal, NJ$2,500112024
Foundation for Independent Artists IncBrooklyn, NY$2,500112024
Grantmakers in the ArtsSeattle, WA$2,500112024
Lake Placid Association for Music Drama & Art IncLake Placid, NY$2,500112024
Lawyers Alliance for New YorkNew York, NY$2,500112024
Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin OrderDetroit, MI$2,500112024
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT$2,500112024
Care for the HomelessNew York, NY$2,000112024
Empire Arts Alliance IncPoughkeepsie, NY$2,000112024
Greenwich Country Day School IncGreenwich, CT$2,000112024
Producer Hub IncNew York, NY$2,000112024
Rye Country Day SchoolRye, NY$2,000112024
Decoda IncNew York, NY$1,500112024
Friends of the Jewish Museum of Vienna IncNew York, NY$1,500112024
Friends of the North Miami Public Library IncNorth Miami, FL$1,500112024
American Academy of Arts and SciencesCambridge, MA$1,000112024
Performance Zone IncNew York, NY$1,000112024
Suffield AcademySuffield, CT$1,000112024
William J Brennan JR Center for Justice IncNew York, NY$1,000112024
Democracy Forward FoundationWashington, DC$820112024
Pregnancy Justice IncNew York, NY$535112024
Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA$500112024
New York Civil Liberties Union FoundationNew York, NY$500112024
Prx IncorporatedCambridge, MA$263112024
Bravo Colorado at Vail - Beaver CreekVail, CO$250112024
Razom IncNew York, NY$250112024
Kaboom CollectiveCleveland Heights, OH$135112024
Big Ears FestivalKnoxville, TN$129112024
Mercury One IncDallas, TX$102112024
Raising Men Lawn Care IncMadison, AL$100112024
Yall Squad IncorporatedPikeville, KY$100112024

1 of 227 (0%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

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 207 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
120 grants
Human Services
25 grants
Health Care
16 grants
Education
15 grants
International Affairs
4 grants
Housing & Shelter
3 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
3 grants
Community Improvement
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
20201$7,325,100$7,325,100
20211$6,890,859$6,890,859
20221$7,712,696$7,712,696
20231$7,729,883$7,729,883
2024251$7,935,677$15,000

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.

Already committed for future years

Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Fan Fox and Leslie R Samuels has 4 of them, worth $17.7M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.

OrganizationLocationApproved
See Schedule AttachedVarious, NY$4,779,000
See Schedule AttachedVarious, NY$4,701,000
See Schedule AttachedVarious, NY$4,150,500
See Schedule AttachedVarious, NY$4,022,292

Where its money goes

100% 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
$37.5M
New Jersey
$44K
Massachusetts
$29K
Florida
$6K
District of Columbia
$6K
Connecticut
$6K
Vermont
$2K
Washington
$2K

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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 Fund163 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc140 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc129 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program122 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust119 shared recipientsJewish Communal Fund102 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. 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 The Fan Fox and Leslie R Samuels's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). 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: 275 Madison Avenue 31ST Fl, New York, NY, 10016. 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 13-3124818 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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