Open Foundations · New York

Pinkerton Foundation

New York, New York · EIN 136206624. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $38.3M across 440 grants in 2023, a median of $75K each.

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$38.3M
paid in 2023
440
grants paid
$75K
median grant
12%
to first-time recipients
$689.1M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
GRANT PORTAL-YVONNE SCHONBORG
Address
610 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY, 10020
Phone
2123323346
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
All applicants must submit a brief letter of inquiry, not to exceed 20,000 characters, describing the grantee organization and the proposed project through our Grant Portal. You will be asked to upload an organization budget, program budget and list of board members.
Submission deadline
Letters of inquiry are welcome at any time.
Restrictions on awards
Grants are awarded only to nonprofit public charitable organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Foundation does not make grants to individuals or provide emergency assistance, nor do we support medical research, the direct provision of health care or religious education. We rarely make grants to support conferences, publications or media. On rare occasions, we will make grants for building renovations or other capital projects--but only to grantee organizations we know well and then only for projects that will directly improve or expand programs we support.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2023, IRS filing object id 202500419349101020. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2023 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

career readinessschool summersummer learningafter schooltrustee discretionaryfamily justiceyouth familystaff discretionary

Biggest grants in 2023

The 15 largest of the 440 grants paid in 2023, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Good Shepherd ServicesNY$850,000After School & Summer Learning
2Center for New York City Affairs at the New SchoolNY$600,000Youth and Family Justice
3Community Connections for Youth IncNY$500,000Youth and Family Justice
4Good Shepherd ServicesNY$500,000After school and summer learning
5Tomorrow's Leaders Nyc IncNY$500,000Youth and Family Justice
6Madison Square Boys & Girls Club Foundation IncNY$425,000After School & Summer Learning
7Friends of the Children New YorkNY$400,000After School and Summer Learning
8The Door - a Center of Alternatives IncNY$350,000Career Readiness
9Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation IncNY$340,000Career Readiness
10American Museum of Natural HistoryNY$330,000Career Readiness || Career Readiness
11Workforce Professionals Training InstituteNY$330,000Career Readiness
12Ramapo for ChildrenNY$325,000After School & Summer Learning
13The Alex House ProjectNY$325,000Youth and Family Justice
14Exodus Transitional CommunityNY$300,000Youth and Family Justice
15Futures and Options IncNY$295,000Career Readiness

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020469$34.0M
2021447$33.5M
2022460$37.7M
2023440$38.3M

Where the money went

Share of 2023 grant dollars by recipient state
New York86%
District of Columbia2%
Massachusetts2%
California1%
Pennsylvania1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Daniel L MosleyCHAIRMAN · 2023
Fatima ShamaTRUSTEE · 2023
Heather a BenjaminTRUSTEE · 2023
James PieresonTREASURER · 2023
Joan ColelloEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EMERITUS · 2023
Marnie PillsburySECRETARY · 2023
Richard M SmithPRESIDENT · 2023
Robert GouldTRUSTEE · 2023
Roy WeathersTRUSTEE · 2023

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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