New York Foundation
One of New York City's oldest foundations, a 1909 bequest that over a century turned steadily toward funding the people who organize their own neighborhoods.
Financial profile
New York Foundation · EIN 13-5626345 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $6,581,292 | $8,232,736 | $53,038,358 | Dec 2023 | ||
| FY2022 | $7,668,593 | $10,480,956 | $52,220,096 | Dec 2022 | ||
| FY2021 | $14,941,754 | $9,198,528 | $66,303,669 | Dec 2021 | ||
| FY2020 | $6,074,357 | $7,781,424 | $62,195,235 | Dec 2020 | ||
| FY2019 | $4,963,601 | $6,757,625 | $63,120,836 | Dec 2019 | ||
| FY2015 | $6,108,562 | $5,104,606 | $60,288,689 | Dec 2015 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies New York Foundation is read alongside.
HF
Hyams Foundation
A long established Boston endowment focused on increasing economic and social justice and power within low…
WFC
Woods Fund of Chicago
A Chicago grantmaking foundation promoting social, economic, and racial justice through community organizing…
NWF
New World Foundation
A funder that reads its own job as building the movements that widen democracy, forming alliances with…
JMKF
J.M. Kaplan Fund
A multigenerational family fund established more than eighty years ago by Jacob M. Kaplan, giving over three…
FCNY
Fund for the City of New York
An operating foundation born of the Ford Foundation in 1968 that incubates innovations in government and…
Who backs NYF
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
The outside view
One of New York City's oldest foundations, a 1909 bequest that over a century turned steadily toward funding the people who organize their own neighborhoods.
- Consensus
- Build
- Outward
- Operational
Their shape
The Movement
Gathered around a cause, and built to move.
The Movement is mission-led and built to mobilize, organized around changing something in the world. Its gift is passion and external impact, its challenge is turning momentum into something that lasts.
Also reads toward The Legacy.
Strengths
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