Altman Foundation
Historical FunderNew York, New York · EIN 13-1623879 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$12.9M
Organizations funded216
Typical grant$50,000
Total assets$286.5M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $35,000 and $75,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | DEBORAH T VELAZQUEZ |
|---|---|
| Address | 8 WEST 40TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10018 |
| Phone | 2126820970 |
| INFO@ALTMAN.ORG | |
| Form and materials | PLEASE SEE OUR GRANT GUIDELINES ON OUR WEBSITE - HTTPS://WWW.ALTMANFOUNDATION.ORG/GRANT-SEEKERS |
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Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
2% of grants went outside New York.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expanded Schools | New York, NY | For the high-impact tutoring initiative | $250,000 |
| The New York Community Trust | New York, NY | To support services and supports through the fund for the newest new yorkers, a collaborative fund | $250,000 |
| Fund for Public Schools Inc | New York, NY | To ensure effective implementation of the career navigation roadmap | $200,000 |
| Goddard Riverside Community Center | New York, NY | To support direct college access and success services, training for college access and success professionals, and research and advocacy to… | $200,000 |
| New Visions for Public Schools | New York, NY | To promote improved postsecondary outcomes among students from new visions schools as well as NYC public schools more broadly | $175,000 |
| New York Foundation | New York, NY | To help support the neighborhoods first fund | $175,000 |
| United Way of New York City | New York, NY | To support change capital fund's capacity building of nonprofit, community-based organizations in high-poverty neighborhoods | $175,000 |
| Eagle Academy Foundation Inc | New York, NY | To support the eagles soaring beyond (esb) initiative | $150,000 |
| Fund for Public Health in New York Inc | New York, NY | To support outreach to low-income immigrant new yorkers over 65 about the availability of medicaid benefits along with where and how to… | $150,000 |
| National Education Equity Lab Inc | New York, NY | To expand access to college coursework from top colleges and universities for NYC public high school students | $150,000 |
| The New York Community Trust | New York, NY | To support the new york city workforce development fund | $150,000 |
| Masa-Mexed Inc | Bronx, NY | To support legal assistance and education | $130,000 |
| Bottom Line Inc | Brooklyn, NY | To support its college access and success programs in new york | $125,000 |
| Imentor | New York, NY | To deliver college access and success services to thousands of potential first-generation students from historically marginalized… | $125,000 |
| NYC Health Hospitalselmhurst | Elmhurst, NY | To support the access to primary care and social support program | $125,000 |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | New York, NY | For the cuny office of academic affairs to help support tutors and staff who participate in cuny reading corps | $125,000 |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | New York, NY | For the cuny office of enrollment management to support the college completion innovation fund's work with current grantees and the fy25… | $125,000 |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | New York, NY | To help support the early childhood leadership initiative in new york city to provide career and professional development and coaching to… | $125,000 |
| Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc | New York, NY | To support the seo scholars program and its students in NYC as they continue to respond to the long-term impacts of the covid-19 pandemic | $125,000 |
| Staten Island Performing Provider System LLC | Staten Island, NY | For recruitment, placement, and retention support to enhance outcomes in a federally funded training and apprenticeship program for… | $125,000 |
| One Brooklyn Health System | Brooklyn, NY | To support the diabetes center of excellence and improve health outcomes for people living with diabetes in central brooklyn | $115,000 |
| Brownsville Community Development Corporation | Brooklyn, NY | To support patient navigation at the bms express care @ dumont urgent care services center | $110,000 |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center | Bronx, NY | To employ community health workers to integrate social care into obstetric practice in the bronx | $100,000 |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc | Brooklyn, NY | To help support the implementation of core elements of its new strategic plan | $100,000 |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc | Brooklyn, NY | To help support the implementation of core elements of its new strategic plan | $100,000 |
| City Parks Foundation Inc | New York, NY | To support the expansion of the NYC green fund into a long-term campaign to provide financial, network, and technical support for open… | $100,000 |
| Community Health Care Association of New York State | New York, NY | To support participation of community health centers in value-based care initiatives | $100,000 |
| Fiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc | New York, NY | For general operating support for the student success network | $100,000 |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | New York, NY | For college access: research & action to support continued innovation and growth of its peer leadership for college access and success… | $100,000 |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | Brooklyn, NY | For power of twos parent coaching and family support work in central brooklyn and the south bronx | $100,000 |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | New York, NY | For the center for fair futures as it launches a coaching & training institute | $100,000 |
| Good Shepherd Services | New York, NY | To support the next phase of economic mobility work across all gss programs | $100,000 |
| Harlem Rbi Inc | New York, NY | To support afterschool, summer, and post-secondary programming for young people in east harlem and the south bronx | $100,000 |
| Housing Works Inc | Blauvelt, NY | For care your way, a demonstration project leveraging digital health technology to improve self-management of chronic health conditions | $100,000 |
| Jobsfirstnyc | New York, NY | To integrate economic development and young adult workforce development practices in NYC through all of jobsfirsts solution areas | $100,000 |
| Make the Road New York | Brooklyn, NY | To expand services and maximize engagement in a soon-to-open new community center serving low-income immigrant new yorkers in queens | $100,000 |
| NYC Kids Rise Inc | Long Island City, NY | To help engage NYC public school alumni in contributing to college savings accounts for NYC public school students and related programming | $100,000 |
| Read Alliance | New York, NY | For the fy24 and fy25 school year and summer reading programs | $100,000 |
| Teaching Matters Inc | New York, NY | To support early learning matters | $100,000 |
| The Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development Inc | New York, NY | To help support its core work with and | $100,000 |
| The Museum of the City of New York Inc | New York, NY | To expand the reach of mcny education programs | $100,000 |
| The New York Community Trust | New York, NY | To support the fund for new citizens collaborative fund, and grantmaking to small community-based immigrant-led and immigrant-serving… | $100,000 |
| The New York Community Trust | New York, NY | To support govotenyc, a collaboration of new york city-based donors committed to strengthening democracy through civic engagement | $100,000 |
| The New York Immigration Coalition Inc | New York, NY | For organizing technical assistance, training, rapid response, public education, and policy advocacy | $100,000 |
| The New York Immigration Coalition Inc | New York, NY | For organizing, technical assistance, training, rapid response, public education, and policy advocacy | $100,000 |
| Workforce Professionals Training Institute | New York, NY | To support training, technical assistance, leadership development, and capacity building services that strengthen and advance the NYC… | $100,000 |
| Nonprofit New York Inc | New York, NY | For programming and services that strengthen the NYC nonprofit sector, and to develop and implement new services | $90,000 |
| Parentchild Inc | NY, NY | To continue expanding the parentchild+ one-on-one and home based child care (hbcc) models for families and child care providers in… | $90,000 |
| Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc | New York, NY | To complete private and public insurance credentialing and develop billing models for a new article 31 mental health clinic | $85,000 |
| Visual Arts Research and Resource Center Relating to the Caribbean | New York, NY | To help launch the incubator for development and entrepreneurship of artists | $80,000 |
| All Our Kin | New Haven, CT | To help create the conditions for family child care to thrive in new york city | $75,000 |
| American Composers Orchestra Inc | New York, NY | To support composer initiatives and pilot programs in new york and related organizational capacity | $75,000 |
| Brooklyn Kindergarten Society | Brooklyn, NY | To help support efforts to provide the highest quality early childhood education to low-income families in brooklyn | $75,000 |
| Center for Family Life in Sunset Park | Brooklyn, NY | To support the growth and development of underserved youth in sunset park through the life lines community arts project, and to support… | $75,000 |
| Citizens' Committee for Children of New York Inc | New York, NY | For general operating support | $75,000 |
| Community Service Society of New York | New York, NY | For education and capacity building to support nycha residents and the future of their housing | $75,000 |
| Food Bank for New York City | New York, NY | To support the income tax assistance program | $75,000 |
| Harlem Stage Inc | New York, NY | To provide operating support to harlem stage as it marks its 40th anniversary | $75,000 |
| Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning Inc | Jamaica, NY | To support a comprehensive marketing plan and efforts to refresh its brand | $75,000 |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc | New York, NY | To support its youth programs: middle school jazz academy and high school jazz academy | $75,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 216 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Visions for Public Schools | New York, NY | To promote improved postsecondary outcomes among students from new visions schools as well as NYC public schools more broadly | $175,000 |
| Eagle Academy Foundation Inc | New York, NY | To support the eagles soaring beyond (esb) initiative | $150,000 |
| Goddard Riverside Community Center | New York, NY | To support direct college access and success services, training for college access and success professionals, and research and advocacy to… | $150,000 |
| National Education Equity Lab Inc | New York, NY | To expand access to college coursework from top colleges and universities for NYC public high school students | $150,000 |
| United Way of New York City | New York, NY | To support change capital fund's capacity building of nonprofit, community-based organizations in high-poverty neighborhoods | $150,000 |
| Imentor | New York, NY | To deliver college access and success services to thousands of potential first-generation students from historically marginalized… | $125,000 |
| One Brooklyn Health System | Brooklyn, NY | To support the diabetes center of excellence and improve health outcomes for people living with diabetes in central brooklyn | $115,000 |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | New York, NY | For college access: research & action to support continued innovation and growth of its peer leadership for college access and success… | $100,000 |
| Housing Works Inc | Blauvelt, NY | For care your way, a demonstration project leveraging digital health technology to improve self-management of chronic health conditions | $100,000 |
| Jobsfirstnyc | New York, NY | To integrate economic development and young adult workforce development practices in NYC through all of jobsfirsts solution areas | $100,000 |
| NYC Health Hospitalselmhurst | Elmhurst, NY | To support the access to primary care and social support program | $100,000 |
| NYC Kids Rise Inc | Long Island City, NY | To help engage NYC public school alumni in contributing to college savings accounts for NYC public school students and related programming | $100,000 |
| Read Alliance | New York, NY | For the fy24 and fy25 school year and summer reading programs | $100,000 |
| The Museum of the City of New York Inc | New York, NY | To expand the reach of mcny education programs | $100,000 |
| The New York Community Trust | New York, NY | To support govotenyc, a collaboration of new york city-based donors committed to strengthening democracy through civic engagement | $100,000 |
| The New York Immigration Coalition Inc | New York, NY | For organizing, technical assistance, training, rapid response, public education, and policy advocacy | $100,000 |
| All Our Kin | New Haven, CT | To help create the conditions for family child care to thrive in new york city | $75,000 |
| Citizens' Committee for Children of New York Inc | New York, NY | For general operating support | $75,000 |
| Community Service Society of New York | New York, NY | For education and capacity building to support nycha residents and the future of their housing | $75,000 |
| Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning Inc | Jamaica, NY | To support a comprehensive marketing plan and efforts to refresh its brand | $75,000 |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc | New York, NY | To support its youth programs: middle school jazz academy and high school jazz academy | $75,000 |
| Mouse Inc | New York, NY | To support the design league technology learning program for middle and high schools | $75,000 |
| Onegoal | New York, NY | To increase postsecondary support for underserved NYC high school students so they enroll and persist in a high-quality postsecondary… | $75,000 |
| Parentchild Inc | NY, NY | To continue expanding the parentchild+ one-on-one and home based child care (hbcc) models for families and child care providers in… | $75,000 |
| Teach for America Inc | New York, NY | To support the recruitment, training, and retention of an expanded early childhood teaching corps in new york city | $75,000 |
| The Billie Holiday Theatre Inc | Brooklyn, NY | To sustain and enhance marketing, community engagement, and audience development | $75,000 |
| The Grace Opportunity Project | New York, NY | To provide general operating support for its year-round, holistic student and family support programming to help academically young people… | $75,000 |
| The Partnership for Inner-City Education | New York, NY | To support its high school readiness programming | $75,000 |
| The Urban Assembly Inc | New York, NY | For ua's postsecondary readiness and success programming | $75,000 |
| Workforce Professionals Training Institute | New York, NY | To support training, technical assistance, leadership development, and capacity building services that strengthen and advance the NYC… | $75,000 |
| Cause Effective Inc | New York, NY | To assess and further refine preparing the next generation, a program that enhances the skills and networks of bipoc leaders and promotes… | $65,000 |
| Red Hook Initiative Inc | Brooklyn, NY | To provide capacity building support | $65,000 |
| Brooklyn Arts Council Inc | Brooklyn, NY | To support capacity building efforts across the councils programmatic areas | $60,000 |
| Medicare Rights Center Inc | New York, NY | To help low-income NYC seniors recertify for medicare cost assistance benefits | $60,000 |
| Row New York Inc | New York, NY | For general operating support | $60,000 |
| Bronx River Alliance Inc | Bronx, NY | For general support | $55,000 |
| Advocates for Children of New York Inc | New York, NY | To assist families seeking support for school success | $50,000 |
| Alliance of Resident Theatresnew York Inc | Brooklyn, NY | To provide capacity building support for artspool | $50,000 |
| Community-Word Project (Cwp) | New York, NY | For capacity building support for the teaching artist project | $50,000 |
| Dreamyard Project Inc | Bronx, NY | To support curriculum expansion and program implementation at bx start, an entrepreneurship and creative career center in the bronx | $50,000 |
| Grand Street Settlement Inc | New York, NY | To support the initial implementation of its five-year strategic plan (fy25-29) | $50,000 |
| Hester Street Collaborative Inc | New York, NY | To help support strategic plan development and implementation | $50,000 |
| Lawyers Alliance for New York | New York, NY | To provide business and transactional legal services to nonprofits serving low-income new yorkers | $50,000 |
| Mindbuilders Creative Arts Inc | Bronx, NY | For general operating support | $50,000 |
| New Economy Project | New York, NY | For organizing, coalition building, and policy advocacy in support of community land trusts and to help expand the supply of permanently… | $50,000 |
| New York City Arts in Education Roundtable | New York, NY | To provide capacity building support | $50,000 |
| Queens Museum of Art New York City Building | Queens, NY | To provide capacity building and planning support for its children's museum | $50,000 |
| Resources for Children With Special Needs Inc | New York, NY | To support efforts to bring free, comprehensive supports to young people with disabilities and their families, with a particular focus on… | $50,000 |
| Roundabout Theatre Company Inc | New York, NY | To support the theatrical theatre workforce development program | $50,000 |
| Sphinx Organization Inc | Detroit, MI | To support service-to-the-field programs and partnerships in NYC that help advance diversity, equity, and inclusion within the classical… | $50,000 |
| Supportive Housing Network of New York Inc | New York, NY | To help increase supportive housing production and preservation and improve operational results through investment in the sector's workforce | $50,000 |
| The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | New York, NY | To support the free, pre-collegiate, studio-based saturday program for portfolio prep in the visual arts | $50,000 |
| The Hope Program Inc | Brooklyn, NY | To support capacity building at a critical juncture:a leadership transition coupled with a recent strategic plan and its 40th… | $50,000 |
| New York State Youth Leadership Council Inc | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $40,000 |
| United Neighborhood Houses of New York Inc | New York, NY | To support unhs capacity to strengthen new york neighborhoods by enriching and supporting settlement houses | $40,000 |
| Building Beats | Brooklyn, NY | For capacity building support for the bbleaders program | $35,000 |
| Green Guerillas Inc | Brooklyn, NY | To provide flexible operating support for the youth empowerment program and summer youth tiller's program | $35,000 |
| Move NYC Foundation Inc | New York, NY | To provide general operating support | $35,000 |
| STEM From Dance | Brooklyn, NY | To support program expansion in new york city | $35,000 |
| Summer Search | New York, NY | To provide professional, year-round mentoring, summer experiential learning opportunities and post-secondary access and completion services… | $30,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12,875,141 | 290 |
| 2023 | $12,550,565 | 279 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 12, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202513169349103621
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 13-1623879
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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