Education Grantmakers

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ORGANIZATION

PHONE #
FAX #

CONTACT / TITLE

TYPE

ASSETS / TOTAL GRANTS

EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS / PRIORITIES

INFORMATION / PUBLICATIONS

Bertlesmann USA & BMG
1540 Broadway
NYC 10036

212-930-4978
212-930-4783

Melanie M.Fallon / Contributions Manager

Private

Assets:$3.4M
Grants:$1M

Elementary, minority groups, public

Annual report

Bristol Myers Squibb Co.
345 Park Ave. NYC

212-546-4358
212-546-9574

John Damonti / President

Corporate

Assets:N/A Grants:$23M

Literacy, math/science, vocational, women's health

Annual report; grant guidelines

Robert Snelling Clark Fdtn.
135 East 64th St. NYC 10021

212-288-8900
212-288-1033

Margaret C.Ayers / Executive Director

Private

Assets:$90M
Grants:$3.5M
Paid, $3.M appropriated

Litigation, public policy analysis & grassroots organizing, NYC arts organizations, organizations that monitor public school performance.

Annual report; grant guidelines; occasional research monographs and papers

Charles A.Dana Fdtn.
745 Fifth Ave., Suite 700,
NYC 10151

212-223-4040
212-593-7623

Susan L.Forman PhD / Sr.Progran Officer, Education

Private

Assets:$248.5M Grants (educational): $2.2M

Early childhood, elementary, higher education, literacy, math/science, public

Annual report; grant guidelines; annual yearbook (highlights & Dana Award winners)

Geraline R.Dodge Fdtn.
163 Madison Ave., P.O.Box 1239, Morristown, NJ 17962

201-540-8442
201-540-1211

Scott McVay / Executive Director; Robert Perry / Educational Program Officer

Private

Assets:$240M
Grants:$12 M

Elementary, environmental literacy, math/science, minority groups, professional development, public, secondary

Annual report; grant guidelines; "The Ethos By Which We Work"

The Gap Foundation
620 Avenue of the Americas
NYC 10011

212-886-7076
212-886-7100

Gail Levitt Gershon / Program Officer

Corporate

Assets:N/A Grants:$3.4M & $2.5M in merchandise cash

Early childhood, elementary, environmental, literacy, math/science, minority groups, professional development, public, secondary

Annual report; grant guidelines

The Greenwall Foundation
2 Park Ave., 24 Fl NYC 10016

212-679-7266
212-679-7269

William C.Stubing / President

Private

Assets:$70M Grants:$2.1M

Elementary, math/science and technology, professional development, public, secondary

Annual report including grant guidelines

Greentree Foundation
4000 Madison Ave, Room 1001
New York, NY 10017

212-888-7755

Kate R. Whitney / President

Private

Assets:N/A Grants: $649,400

Early childhood, elementary, literacy, math/science, minority groups, public

Grant guidelines

Stella & Charles Guttman Fdtn.
445 Park Ave.,
19 Fl,
NYC 10022

212-371-7082
212-371-8936

Elizabeth Olofson / Executive Director

Private

Assets:$33.6M Grants:$1.4M

Early childhood, elementary, secondary, public education, minority groups. Interest is collaborative projects among public schools, non-profit & community-based organizations and institutions of higher learning that offer children, youth, and their families academic and social support.

Grant guidelines, 35 Year Anniversary Report

Hasbro Children's Foundation
32 West 23rd St. NYC 10010

212-645-2400
212-645-4055

Bruce Astrein / Executive Director

Private

Assets: N/A (funds contributed annually by Hasbro, Inc.) Grants: $2.75 M

Early childhood, elementary, public, special education, literacy, minority groups, age focus 0-12 years only. Strong interest in innovative initiatives, with a major focus on low-income children and families, and direct service programs.

Grant guidelines

The Charles Hayden Fdtn.
130 Liberty St. Suite 2707
NYC 10006

212-938-0790
212-775-8097

William Wachenfeld / President

Private

Assets:$21.5M Grants:$9.6M

Elementary, environmental, math/science, public, secondary, vocational

Annual report; grant guidelines

Heckscher Fdtn. for Children
17 East 17th St.
NYC 10017

212-371-7775
212-371-7787

Virginia Sloane / President

Private

Assets:$37M Grants:$1.9M

Early childhood, elementary, literacy, math/science, minority groups, special education, vocational

Grant guidelines

The IBJ Foundation

212-382-4190

Lesley Palmer / Executive Director

Corporate

Assets:$10.5M Grants:
$503,200

Elementary, public, secondary, global

Annual press release; grant guidelines; 5-year report

The Lowenstein Foundation
126 East 56th St. 28 Fl, NYC 10022

212-319-0670
212-688-0134

John Van Gorder / Executive Director

Private

Assets: $100M Grants: $3.5M

Early childhood, elementary, professional development, public

 

The Lucent Foundation

617-338-2590

The Philanthropic Initiative, Inc.

Corporate

Grants: $50M

K-16, youth development, Education Reform

 

J.P.Morgan & Co., Inc. / J.P.Morgan Charitable Trust
60 Wall St., 46 Fl, NYC 10260

212-648-9662
212-648-5082

Karen A.Erdos / Vice President

Corporate

Assets: N/A (Trust is funded sporadically by the corporation) Grants: $14.5M

Elementary, secondary and higher education, literacy, minority groups, professional development, public

Annual report, "Capital Ideas" newsletter

Mitsubishi Int'l Corp. Foundation 520 Madison Ave., NYC 10022

212-605-1111
212-605-1925

Stephen Wechselblatt / Executive Director

Corporate

Assets: $1.4M Grants: $140,000

Elementary, environmental, literacy, minority groups, secondary

Annual report

Mutual of New York Foundation
1740 Broadway, M.D.9-5,
NYC 10019

212-708-2473
212-708-2399

Lynn Stekas / President

Corporate

Grants: $729,900

Grants given only to NYC-based agencies that provide services to women, children, and families affected by HIV/AIDS

Grant guidelines

Nippon Steel U.S.A., Inc.
10 East 50th St.
NYC 10022

212-486-7150
212-359-3049

Ruth MacDonald

Corporate

Assets:$37,900 Grants:$38,500

Elementary, minority groups, public, secondary

Grant guidelines

NYNEX Corporation / Corporate Philanthraphy & Foundation
1095 Avenues of the Americas,
Rm 3003,
NYC 10036

212-395-7910
212-398-0951

Suzanne DuBose / Executive Director; Fran McDonald / Program Director

Corporate

Assets: $36.6M,
Fdtn
Grants: $3.2M, Fdtn; $16.3M, Corporate

Elementary, higher education, math/science, minortiy groups, professional development, public, secondary, special education, vocational

Annual report; grant guidelines; Social Responsibility Report (includes list of grants made to NYC public education in last year)

The Panasonic Foundation
2 Panasonic Way, 7G7-A,
Secaucus, NJ 07094

201-392-4132
201-392-4126

Sophie Sa / Executive Director

Corporate

Assets: $24M Contributions: $1.4 M

Only program is Foundation's own Partnership Program for School Reform which provides technical assistance rather than grants to partner school districts and state departments of education; occasional grants related to the Partnership Program are made at the initiation of the Foundation

Grant guidelines; "Strategies", a periodic newsletter

Pfizer, Inc. 235 East 42nd St. NYC 10017

212-573-7491
212-338-1910

Rick Luftglass / Manager, Corporate Philanthropy

Corporate

Assets: N/A Grants: $18M

Math/science, elementary, higher education, minority groups, professional development, public, secondary

Annual report; grant guidelines

Rockefeller Brothers Fund 1290 Avenue of the Americas, Rm 3450, NYC 10104

212-373-4200
212-315-0996

Colin G.Campbell / President

Private

Assets:$328.3M Grants:$11.7M

Professional development

Annual report; grant guidelines

Rockefeller Foundation
420 Fifth Avenue NYC 10018

212-869-8500
212-764-3468

Peter Goldmark / President; Marla Ucelli / Assoc.Director, School Reform

Private

Assets:$2,540M Grants:$94.9M

Elementary, minority groups, professional development, public, secondary, limited funding directly to NYC with exception of schools in Comer School Development Program (CSD 13)

Annual report; grant guidelines

Joseph E.Seagram & Sons Fund
375 Park Avenue
NYC 10018

212-572-7928
212-572-7591

Patricia Glazer / Director of Public Affairs

Corporate

Grants:$2.5M

Early childhood, elementary and secondary education, arts education, leadership development, basic rights, youth services, HIV/AIDS

 

Toshiba Foundation
126 East 56th St.
NYC 10022

212-588-0820
212-588-0824

John Sumansky / President

Private Corporate

Assets:$10.6M Grants:$520,000

Science and math education in grades 7-12

Annual report; grant guidelines

Travelers Foundation
388 Greenwich St.
NYC 10013

212-816-8884
212-816-8908

Dee Topol / President

Corporate

Assets: N/A Grants:$10M

Early childhood, public, secondary, vocational, arts, school-to-work programs related to financial services industry, grades 7-12

 

Uris Brothers Foundation
300 Park Ave.
NYC 10020

212-355-7080
212-754-6194

Alice Paul / Executive Direction

Family

Assets:$27.2M Grants:$1.7M

Early childhood, elementary, literacy, professional development,puplic, secondary, special education, arts

Annual report; grant guidelines; grants report

William Randolph Hearst Fdtn.
888 Seventh Ave.
45th Fl
NYC 10106

 

Ilene Mack

Private

Assets: $65M Grants: $24.1M

Higher education, minority groups

Grant guidelines

The following foundations have web pages with their education grant applications:

 

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