The Ambrose Monell Foundation
Historical FunderNew York, New York · EIN 13-1982683 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$19.9M
Organizations funded102
Typical grant$50,000
Total assets$501.7M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $25,000 and $100,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | MAURIZIO J MORELLO |
|---|---|
| Address | ONE ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10020 |
| Phone | 2125860700 |
| Form and materials | SIMPLE LETTER |
| Deadlines | NONE |
| Restrictions | NONE |
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
47% of grants went outside New York.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monell Chemical Senses Center | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000,000 for general purposes; $2,000,000 remainder of $5,500,000 grant installment referred to in letter dated november 13, 2024;… | $9,300,000 |
| Rockefeller University | New York, NY | $500,000 for general purposes and $100,000 for application to dr. jarvis' earth biogenome initiative | $600,000 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $300,000 for general purposes and $200,000 for the institute for comparative genomics | $500,000 |
| Dana Farber Cancer Center | Boston, MA | Second and final installment for application to the presidential initiatives fund | $500,000 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | First installment of $1,000,000 grant for application to the advanced light microscopy innovation laboratory referred to in letter dated… | $500,000 |
| Yale University School of Public Health | New Haven, CT | $75,000 to be applied to research on "new strategies for african trypanosomiasis control; $350,000 for application to the department of… | $425,000 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery | New York, NY | First installment of $700,000 grant referred to in letter dated december 10, 2024 | $350,000 |
| Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | General purposes | $350,000 |
| Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center | Winstonsalem, NC | Second installment of $1,000,000 grant for application to its geroscience healthspan initiative | $333,333 |
| Carnegie Institution for Science | Washington, DC | General purposes | $300,000 |
| Emory Univerity | Atlanta, GA | To the emory vaccine center for application at dr. rafi ahmed's discretion | $300,000 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center | Charlestown, MA | Application for its programs for the detection and treatment of cancer | $300,000 |
| National Jewish Health | Denver, CO | General purposes | $300,000 |
| Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | General purposes | $250,000 |
| Cancer Research Institute | New York, NY | First of five installments of $250,000 each towards grant for application to the star award referred to in letter dated december 10, 2024 | $250,000 |
| Mayo Foundation | Jacksonville, FL | Application to the benefactor innovation fund | $250,000 |
| Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation | Norwalk, CT | In support of mmrf multi-faceted strategy to drive personalized treatment approaches | $250,000 |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital | New York, NY | Second installment of $500,000 grant to be applied as follows: (A) $125,000 as directed by leonard N. girardi, md, to its division of… | $250,000 |
| Lincoln Center Theater | New York, NY | General purposes | $200,000 |
| New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai | New York, NY | For application to its microsurgical education foundation | $150,000 |
| Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Chicago, IL | For application to dr. schaeffer's research and education fund in the department of urology | $150,000 |
| Norwalk Hospital Foundation | Danbury, CT | $100,000 for application to the new patient pavilion at norwalk hospital; $50,000 for general operating purposes | $150,000 |
| Nyu Langone Health | New York, NY | For application to a skull-based fellowship in the department of neurosurgery under the direction of dr. john golfinos | $150,000 |
| Women's Prison Association | New York, NY | General purposes | $150,000 |
| Children's Hospital Boston | Boston, MA | For application to the folkman angiogenesis research institute | $125,000 |
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | Washington, DC | General purposes | $100,000 |
| Hoover Institution | Stanford, CA | General purposes | $100,000 |
| John Hopkins University Brady Urological Institute | Baltimore, MD | General purposes | $100,000 |
| Kennedy Krieger Institute | Baltimore, MD | For application to the innovation and collaboration pilot grant initiative | $100,000 |
| Lincoln Center Jazz | New York, NY | General purposes | $100,000 |
| Manhattan Institute | New York, NY | General purposes | $100,000 |
| Penn Medicine Development | Philadelphia, PA | To be applied to the "working group: maternal and reproductive health" | $100,000 |
| Trudeau Institute | Saranac Lake, NY | General purposes | $100,000 |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music | Brooklyn, NY | General purposes | $75,000 |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Brooklyn, NY | General purposes | $75,000 |
| Brooklyn Museum of Art | Brooklyn, NY | General purposes | $75,000 |
| Community College of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | Second and final installment for application to student-faculty international study abroad program | $75,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | International medical relief programs | $75,000 |
| Fountain House | New York, NY | General purposes | $75,000 |
| Higher Ground Sun Valley | Ketchum, ID | For application to the higher ground veterans programs | $75,000 |
| Kingsborough Community College | Brooklyn, NY | For application to its nursing program | $75,000 |
| Blythedale Children's Hospital | Valhalla, NY | For application to its social work program | $50,000 |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | General purposes | $50,000 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | General purposes | $50,000 |
| College Funduncf | New York, NY | General purposes | $50,000 |
| Community Library Association of Ketchum and Sun Valley | Ketchum, ID | General purposes | $50,000 |
| Eat Real Certified | San Francisco, CA | General purposes | $50,000 |
| Edible School Yard NYC | New York, NY | General purposes | $50,000 |
| Federalist Society of Law and Public Policy Studies | Washington, DC | General purposes | $50,000 |
| Friends of the Lobkowicz Collections | Dover, MA | For application to the restoration and conservation of the lobkowicz collections | $50,000 |
| Harlem Grown | New York, NY | General purposes | $50,000 |
| Howard University College of Medicine | Washington, DC | For application to scholarships at the college of medicine | $50,000 |
| Institute for Contemporary Art Miami Inc | Miami, FL | General purposes | $50,000 |
| Mount Sinai Health System | New York, NY | For the mt. sinai st. luke and the mt. sinai roosevelt hospitals for their language assistance programs | $50,000 |
| New York Foundling Hospital | New York, NY | General purposes | $50,000 |
| New York Public Library | New York, NY | General purposes | $50,000 |
| Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance | Washington, DC | For application to the support, resources and education programs previously operated by the ovarian cancer national alliance | $50,000 |
| Palm Beach Day Academy | Palm Beach, FL | General purposes | $50,000 |
| Riverbrook Regional YMCA | Wilton, CT | General purposes | $50,000 |
| Rockefeller Univeristy Hospital | New York, NY | General purposes | $50,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 102 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monell Chemical Senses Center | Philadelphia, PA | $4,750,000 2026 grant installment referred to in letter dated december 10, 2024 | $4,750,000 |
| Cancer Research Institute | New York, NY | Remainder of installments towards grant for application to the star award referred to in letter dated december 10, 2024 | $1,000,000 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | Second installment of $1,000,000 grant for application to the advanced light microscopy innovation laboratory referred to in letter dated… | $500,000 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery | New York, NY | Second installment of $700,000 grant referred to in letter dated december 10, 2024 | $350,000 |
| Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center | Winstonsalem, NC | Third installment of $1,000,000 grant for application to its geroscience healthspan initiative | $333,333 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19,888,333 | 108 |
| 2023 | $19,048,333 | 119 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 17, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202543219349100339
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 13-1982683
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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