The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Invitation OnlyNew York, New York · EIN 13-6043471 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$1.2M
Organizations funded35
Typical grant$15,000
Total assets$73.5M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $520 and $39,000.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
60% of grants went outside New York.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salzburg Global | Washington, DC | Salzburg global seminar 2023 | $125,000 |
| John Jay College of Criminal Justice | New York, NY | Justice at the crossroads | $50,000 |
| Boston University | Boston, MA | Assessing mental distress, relative loneness, ideology, and leakage in the parents4peace dataset | $45,000 |
| Clark University | Worcester, MA | Erasing refugees: how camps became killing fields in the first congo war | $44,950 |
| Washington State University | Pullman, WA | At the root of lethal violence: the french death investigation system and the accuracy of mortality statistics in violence prevention | $44,818 |
| Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ | Pre- and post-resettlement drivers of intimate partner violence among afghan refugees in the united states | $44,515 |
| Teachers College | New York, NY | 2024 national research conference on firearm injury prevention | $40,000 |
| Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, IS | Economic opportunities, criminal activity, and deterrence: evidence from the palestinian-arab minority in israel | $39,791 |
| University of Texas | Austin, TX | Police collusion and drug violence: what is the relationship? | $39,000 |
| Rutgers the State University | Newark, NJ | "Never again! and the problem of prevention | $37,761 |
| University of Kent | Canterbury, UK | Pro-Government militias as social and political actors and their impact on governance and security orders | $37,071 |
| University of Quebec in Montreal | Montreal, CA | Slave-Raiders and boko haram on the border | $36,896 |
| New York University | New York, NY | What social science research reveals about the role of social media in fostering political violence | $30,000 |
| University of Essex | Colchester, UK | Behind closed doors: trajectories to violence in intimate interaction | $29,224 |
| Fund for the City of NY (Vital City) | New York, NY | The nuts and bolts: how to prevent and respond to gun violence | $25,000 |
| Cambridge University | Cambridge, UK | More and better prisons, more and worse criminal governance?: exponential prison construction and violence in brazil | $16,632 |
| Miami Foundation | Miami, FL | General support | $15,000 |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Museum | New York, NY | General support | $15,000 |
| Episcopal High School | Alexandria, VA | Matching gift program | $2,500 |
| Wellesley College | Wellesley, MA | Matching gift program | $1,007 |
| Council on Criminal Justice | Washington, DC | Matching gift program | $1,000 |
| Middlesex County College | Jackson, MS | Matching gift program | $1,000 |
| Tsc Alliance | Silver Spring, MD | Matching gift program | $1,000 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | Matching gift program | $700 |
| Harvard Divinity School | Cambridge, MA | Matching gift program | $700 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | Matching gift program | $700 |
| St Francis of Assisi Church | Greenlawn, NY | Matching gift program | $520 |
| Moliere in the Park | Brooklyn, NY | Matching gift program | $500 |
| Cinema Arts Centre | Huntington, NY | Matching gift program | $220 |
| High Watch Recovery Center | Kent, CT | Matching gift program | $200 |
| Msk Giving | New York, NY | Matching gift program | $200 |
| Tunnel to Towers | Oswasso, OK | Matching gift program | $105 |
| St Hilda's School | New York, NY | Matching gift program | $100 |
| East Northport Fire | East Northport, NY | Matching gift program | $50 |
| Little Shelter | Huntington, NY | Matching gift program | $50 |
The return also lists 27 grants to individuals ($473,080). We do not publish the names of individual recipients.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salzburg Global Seminar | Mclean, VA | Morality, violence, and opportunism: inside the nduma defense of congo militia | $150,000 |
| Pembroke College | Camridge, | Hf guggenheim fellow | $100,000 |
| Council on Criminal Justice | Washington, DC | Crime trends working group | $60,000 |
| Fund for the City of NY (Vital City) | New York, NY | The nuts and bolts: how to prevent and respond to gun violence | $50,000 |
| University of Denver | Atlanta, GA | Improving early warning models outside of conflict zones: a case study of the US | $45,000 |
| Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, | Between the devil and the deep blue sea: disintegration and intracommunal violence among the palestinian citizens in israel (application… | $44,722 |
| Tufts University | Lowell, MA | How states of exception impact lived experiences of violence in gang territories: a comparison of el salvador and honduras | $43,731 |
| University of Saint Andrews | Edinburgh, | Under the iron fist: examining public security policy preferences of favela residents in rio de janeiro | $42,750 |
| The Australian National University | Makati, | The promises of revolutionary violence: propaganda, recruitment, and motivational pathways to violence in the southern philippines | $42,178 |
| Teachers College | New York, NY | 2025 national research conference on firearm injury prevention | $40,000 |
| Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, | Economic opportunities, criminal activity, and deterrence: evidence from the palestinian-arab minority in israel | $36,791 |
| New York University | New York, NY | What social science research reveals about the role of social media in fostering political violence | $30,000 |
| Cambridge University | Cambridge, | More and better prisons, more and worse criminal governance?: exponential prison construction and violence in brazil | $16,632 |
| Rutgers University | Newark, NJ | "Never again! and the problem of prevention | $7,216 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,199,290 | 80 |
| 2023 | $1,086,495 | 91 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Oct 15, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202532889349101703
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 13-6043471
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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