The Fan Fox and Leslie R Samuels Foundation Inc
Historical FunderNew York, New York · EIN 13-3124818 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$7.9M
Organizations funded251
Typical grant$15,000
Total assets$230.3M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $6,500 and $45,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | JULIO URBINA |
|---|---|
| Address | 275 MADISON AVENUE 31ST FL, NEW YORK NY 10016 |
| Phone | 2122393030 |
| JURBINA@SAMUELS.ORG | |
| Form and materials | NONE. |
| Deadlines | PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM: MARCH, JUNE, SEPTEMBER & DECEMBER DEADLINES. |
| Restrictions | RESTRICTED TO NYC PERFORMING ARTS AND SOCIAL SERVICE AND HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS FOR THE ELDERLY OF NYC. |
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
9% of grants went outside New York.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | New York, NY | Support for the 2023 production of X: the life and times of malcolm x | $400,000 |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support for the 2024-2025 season | $200,000 |
| Carnegie Hall Corporation | New York, NY | Support for the 2024-2025 season | $200,000 |
| Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York Inc | New York, NY | General operating support for the 2024-2025 new york city season | $200,000 |
| Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc | New York, NY | Support for the 2024-2025 concert season | $150,000 |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc | New York, NY | General operating support for the 2024-2025 season | $150,000 |
| New York City Ballet Inc | New York, NY | General operating support for the 2024-2025 season | $150,000 |
| Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island Inc | Brooklyn, NY | Jccgcis medicaid advocacy program (map) | $135,000 |
| Jamaica Hospital Medical Center | Jamaica, NY | Supportive oncology at medisys queens cancer center | $120,000 |
| Healthcare Educational & Research Fund Inc | Rensselaer, NY | Age-Friendly health systems in new york: years four and five | $110,000 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | Care navigators at the deane center: transforming dementia care delivery | $110,000 |
| Joyce Theater Foundation Inc | New York, NY | General operating support for the 2024-2025 season | $110,000 |
| New York-Presbyterian-Queens | Flushing, NY | Improving palliative care through earlier goals of care conversations and hospice referrals | $110,000 |
| Montefiore Medical Center | Bronx, NY | Age friendly health system performance improvement initiative | $104,000 |
| Community Healthcare Network Inc | New York, NY | Chn's community health worker program for older adults | $90,000 |
| Council of Senior Centers and Services of NYC Inc | New York, NY | New york state advocacy: catalyzing a new era for aging | $90,000 |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation | New York, NY | Telemedicine cognitive geriatric program | $90,000 |
| Northwell Health Foundation | New Hyde Park, NY | Geriatric oncology program | $90,000 |
| Supportive Housing Network of New York Inc | New York, NY | Older adult supportive housing advocacy initiative | $90,000 |
| Morris Heights Health Center Inc | Bronx, NY | Age well | $83,000 |
| Northwell Health Foundation | New Hyde Park, NY | Hospice not taken under care (ntuc) intervention - for older adults residing in queens, brooklyn, and staten island | $82,000 |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation | New York, NY | Implementation of age-friendly health systems (afhs) in NYC health + hospitals | $81,000 |
| Juilliard School | New York, NY | General operating support for the 2024-2025 season | $80,000 |
| Lifetime Center for Child Development | Queens Village, NY | Supporting grandparent headed families | $80,000 |
| New York University | New York, NY | Bridging the gap: advanced care for patients with neurological disease | $80,000 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Association of New York State Inc | Albany, NY | Palliative care in new york: expanding access to palliative care services in new york state | $75,000 |
| New York Shakespeare Festival | New York, NY | General operating support for the 2024-2025 season | $75,000 |
| Vivian Beaumont Theater Inc | New York, NY | General operating support for the 2024-2025 season | $75,000 |
| Service Program for Older People Inc | New York, NY | Treatment for older adults experiencing trauma symptoms or substance use disorders | $73,000 |
| Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst Inc | Brooklyn, NY | Healthy living for older adults | $72,000 |
| Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc | New York, NY | Support for the 2024-2025 new york city season | $70,000 |
| Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York Inc | Bayside, NY | Expansion of kcs manhattan older adult center | $70,000 |
| Presbyterian Senior Services | New York, NY | Pss life university | $70,000 |
| Fund for Public Health in New York Inc | New York, NY | Medicaid expansion for undocumented older new yorkers proposed cbo outreach strategy | $68,000 |
| India Home Inc | Jamaica, NY | 3D (desi dementia day) care | $68,000 |
| Northwell Health Foundation | New Hyde Park, NY | Enhancement of comprehensive age-friendly care with a dedicated geriatric social worker | $68,000 |
| New York Legal Assistance Group Inc | New York, NY | Medicaid home care advocacy project | $67,000 |
| New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc | New York, NY | Care management for geriatric outpatient palliative care patients | $67,000 |
| Search and Care Inc | New York, NY | Expanding health access through technology and community partnership | $67,000 |
| Seventh Regiment Armory Conservancy Inc | New York, NY | General operating support for the 2025 season | $65,000 |
| Community Health Project Inc | New York, NY | Healthy aging | $63,000 |
| Cornell University | New York, NY | Supportive care multidisciplinary clinic for patients with complex neurodegenerative diseases | $62,000 |
| Jewish Association for Services for the Aged | New York, NY | Jasa and maimonides medical center (mmc): a clinical-community transitional care partnership to support an afhs | $61,000 |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | New York, NY | Support for the 2025 season of festival orchestra of lincoln center | $60,000 |
| Medicare Rights Center Inc | New York, NY | Helping new york city's low-income older adults keep their medicare cost assistance benefits | $60,000 |
| St Ann's Warehouse Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support for the 2024-2025 season | $60,000 |
| The Bridge Inc | New York, NY | Critical care services - helping organize my environment (home) | $58,000 |
| Chinese American Planning Council | New York, NY | Older adult health and wellness resource link @ norfolk street | $56,000 |
| Discalced Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support for the mark morris dance group 2024-2025 season | $55,000 |
| Educational Alliance Inc | New York, NY | Integrated social work internship program | $54,000 |
| New York Legal Assistance Group Inc | New York, NY | Project assist: legal support for family caregivers intake paralegal | $52,000 |
| Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc | New York, NY | General operating support for the 2024-2025 new york city season | $50,000 |
| Human Services Council of New York | New York, NY | Restricted general operating | $50,000 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | Barriers and facilitators to palliative care in high-grade glioma- year 2 | $50,000 |
| Jewish Community Center of Staten Island Inc | Staten Island, NY | P.a.t.h. (parkinsons assistance through healing) | $50,000 |
| New York City Center Inc | New York, NY | Support for the 2024-2025 season | $50,000 |
| New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | New York, NY | Support for the theatre on film and tape archive (toft) in fiscal year 2024-2025 | $50,000 |
| Paul Taylor Dance Foundation Inc | New York, NY | General operating support for the 2024-2025 season | $50,000 |
| Apollo Theater Foundation Inc | New York, NY | Support for the 2024-2025 performing arts season | $45,000 |
| Bay Ridge Center Inc | Brooklyn, NY | Health & wellness program expansion | $45,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 251 grants to organizations.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7,935,677 | 251 |
| 2023 | $7,729,883 | 2 |
| 2022 | $7,712,696 | 2 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Jun 10, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202641619349101109
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 13-3124818
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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