Van Ameringen Foundation Inc
Historical FunderNew York, New York · EIN 13-6125699 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$9.8M
Organizations funded125
Typical grant$75,000
Total assets$74M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $50,000 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 | MARSHA COHEN |
|---|---|
| Address | 505 EIGHTH AVENUE SUITE 2500, NEW YORK NY 10018 |
| Phone | 2127586221 |
| Form and materials | SEE DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ON FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE WWW.VANAMFOUND.ORG/APPLY-FOR-A-GRANT |
| Deadlines | SEE DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ON FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE |
| Restrictions | THE FOUNDATION FUNDS INNOVATIVE AND PRACTICAL PROGRAMS FOR EARLY INTERVENTION, ADVOCACY AND INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES WITH LIMITED FINANCIAL MEANS AND OPPORTUNITIES. |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain House Inc | New York, NY | Renewed general suport with a particular focus on the impact of the organizations employement and wellness programs. | $1,000,000 |
| Children's Rights | New York, NY | Renewed support of class action litigation center seeking to compel new york to provide medicaid-eligible children with the community-based… | $200,000 |
| Disability Advocates Inc (Dba Disability Rights New York) | Rensselaer, NY | Renewed support for a new york public interest law center working to combat discrimination against justice-involved people living with… | $200,000 |
| NYC Coalition to End Youth and Family Homelessness | New York, NY | Continuing support of a philanthropic coalition to end youth and family homelessness in new york city. | $200,000 |
| International Documentary Association | Los Angeles, CA | First-Time funding for the international documentary association to complete the documentary committed, depicting one town's attempt to… | $150,000 |
| New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation | New York, NY | First-Time funding for new york's aclu to enforce state law prohibiting solitary confinement in new york's prisons and jails. | $150,000 |
| Abolitionist Law Center | Pittsburgh, PA | Continued support for advocacy to curtail or abolish solitary confinement in pennsylvania. | $125,000 |
| Attic Youth Center | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed support to double the capacity of a culturally-competent counseling team serving philadelphias lgbtq youth. | $100,000 |
| Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law | Washington, DC | Renewed support for national legal advocacy center to ensure that under-represented people with mental health disabilities live with… | $100,000 |
| Blanton-Peale Institute | New York, NY | Renewed support for licensed mental health counseling and training center to fund a bipoc mental health fellowship program in new york city. | $100,000 |
| Citizens' Committee for Children of New York | New York, NY | Grassroots new york advocacy organization seeks renewed vaf funding for its campaign to advocate for urgently needed mental health services… | $100,000 |
| Disability Rights Advocates | New York, NY | First-Time vaf funding for a national law center to bring new litigation against new york state to force implementation of the halt act,… | $100,000 |
| Education Law Center - Pa | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed support for pennsylvania's education law center to advocate at the state and local level for public schools to make culturally… | $100,000 |
| Inseparable Inc | Washington, DC | First-Time vaf support for a national advocacy organization dedicated to driving policy change at the state and federal levels to improve… | $100,000 |
| Juvenile Law Center | Philadelphia, PA | Continuing advocacy support for philadelphia-based public interest law firm fighting for the rights of children caught in juvenile justice… | $100,000 |
| Katal Center for Health Equity and Justice | Brooklyn, NY | New support for organizing to ensure full implementation of #lessismoreny, the most comprehensive parole reform legislation in the u.s. | $100,000 |
| Make the Road New York | Brooklyn, NY | Renewed support for the mental health project at four community schools housed within the bushwick high school campus in brooklyn, NY. | $100,000 |
| Medical Justice Alliance Inc | New York, NY | New support to recruit and train physicians to provide expert testimony for incarcerated people with serious mental illness. | $100,000 |
| National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City | New York, NY | Renewed support for NYC advocacy organization that helps families and individuals affected by serious and persistent mental illness build… | $100,000 |
| Nationalities Service Center | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed support for a holistic wellness program serving traumatized refugees and immigrants settling in philadelphia. | $100,000 |
| New York Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement | Washington, DC | Continued support to monitor implementation of the halt bill curtailing the use of solitary confinement in new york state. | $100,000 |
| New York State Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare | Albany, NY | First-Time funding for albany-based advocacy entity to hire a policy director for its work to increase access to mental health care for all… | $100,000 |
| Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project | Philadelphia, PA | First-Time support for pennsylvania legal services agency seeking to end solitary confinement in state prisons and county jails for… | $100,000 |
| Puentes de Salud | Philadelphia, PA | New support to expand a community mental health program among indigenous immigrants living in philadelphia. | $100,000 |
| Seamaac | Philadelphia, PA | New support for roots of happiness, which provides culturally competent mental health support, cultural connection for isolated, often… | $100,000 |
| Supportive Housing Network of New York | New York, NY | Renewed support to advance supportive housing construction, service funding and improved safety in new york state. | $100,000 |
| Vocal-Ny (Voices of Community Activists and Leaders) | Brooklyn, NY | New york city grassroots organization is returning to vaf for continuing support of its campaign to make supportive housing safe, stable,… | $100,000 |
| You Gotta Believe the Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement Inc (Ygb | Brooklyn, NY | Renewed support for full implementation of an adoption competent therapy program for foster youth. | $100,000 |
| Ackerman Institute for the Family | New York, NY | First-Time grant funding for an established therapy institute to hire one clinician and one outreach worker to provide mental health care… | $75,000 |
| African Services Committee | New York, NY | Renewed funding for a social service agency's mental health program serving the african immigrant community in new york city. | $75,000 |
| Albert Einstein Healthcare Network | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed vaf funding to support a full-time licensed clinical social worker and a part-time program director to facilitate a re-entry… | $75,000 |
| Ali Forney Center | New York, NY | New support to launch new york citys first residential treatment model for lgbtq youth. | $75,000 |
| Alliance of Families for Justice | New York, NY | First-Time support for new york city social services agency to engage culturally competent therapists for black and latinx youth whose… | $75,000 |
| Association to Benefit Children | New York, NY | Renewed support for NYC agency providing school-based mental health services for children. | $75,000 |
| Bethesda Project | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed support for social services agency providing shelter, housing, and compassionate supportive services for adults experiencing… | $75,000 |
| Breaking Ground | New York, NY | Renewed support to hire a clinical coordinator for an aging services team. | $75,000 |
| Broad Street Love (Aka Broad Street Ministry) | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed general operating support for day program serving chronically homeless, seriously mentally ill individuals with a myriad of… | $75,000 |
| Brooklyn Community Housing and Services Inc | Brooklyn, NY | Continuing vaf funding for a senior family clinician to treat the mental health and emotional needs of homeless mothers and their children… | $75,000 |
| Ch Pennsylvania Under-21 | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed general operating grant for mental health services and emergency supports for a local chapter of a national agency serving homeless… | $75,000 |
| Children of Promise NYC | Brooklyn, NY | First-Time support for a new york city social services agency providing academic, mental health and mentorship services for children whose… | $75,000 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of NYC | New York, NY | New support to launch a mental health care access program for youth in the family regulation system. | $75,000 |
| Depaul USA | Chicago, IL | Renewed support for national homeless services provider to fund housing and mental health supports for housing-insecure college students in… | $75,000 |
| Drama Club | Jackson Heights, NY | New support to hire a licensed clinician and improve curriculum and training of teaching artists working with youth at the crossroads and… | $75,000 |
| Exodus Transitional Community | New York, NY | First-Time vaf support for east-harlem-based organization opening an article 31 licensed mental health clinic for formerly incarcerated… | $75,000 |
| Face to Face | Philadelphia, PA | First-Time support for a social services agency providing a variety of services, including mental health supports for vulnerable, unstably… | $75,000 |
| Gesu School | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed funding to support the counseling department of an independent pre-k to 8th grade school located in, and drawing students from, the… | $75,000 |
| Goddard Riverside Community Center | New York, NY | Multiservice community-based organization seeks renewed support from vaf to hire a harm reduction specialist for its permanent supportive… | $75,000 |
| Grace Institute of New York | New York, NY | First-Time vaf funding for a vocational training program serving disadvantaged women in new york city to fund a full-time social worker to… | $75,000 |
| Greenwich House | New York, NY | Renewed support for a community mental health trainer to lead an ongoing trauma informed care training program for 75 staff. | $75,000 |
| Heights Hill Mhs Sbpc | Brooklyn, NY | Rainbow heights club seeks first-time funding from vaf to add two part-time peer specialists to its staff who will provide mental health… | $75,000 |
| Hias and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia Inc Dba Hias Pa | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed support for the health and wellness program of a philadelphia legal services agency serving refugees. | $75,000 |
| Hopephl | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed support for a family health coordinator to provide comprehensive mental health supports to unstably housed families in northern… | $75,000 |
| Housingplus | Brooklyn, NY | Renewed support for a brooklyn-based permanent supportive housing agency serving women heads of household to hire a licensed clinical care… | $75,000 |
| Inner Strength Education | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed funding for a philadelphia nonprofit providing mindfulness training to support students and teachers in philadelphia public high… | $75,000 |
| Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc | New York, NY | Renewed support for lgbtq-affirming multi-service community center to launch an article 31 mental health clinic in manhattan. | $75,000 |
| Liguori Academy | Philadelphia, PA | New support to expand the counseling department at an independent high school serving overage, under-credited youth. | $75,000 |
| Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service Inc | New York, NY | Renewed support for culturally appropriate, trauma-informed art therapy programs for immigrant latinx women and children at a longstanding… | $75,000 |
| Lutheran Social Mission Society of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | A philadelphia social services agency seeks renewed vaf funding to expand its mental health programming for families in its longstanding… | $75,000 |
| Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York (Lssny) | New York, NY | First-Time funding for a large new york social services agency to add a clinician to provide culturally appropriate mental health services… | $75,000 |
| Maternity Care Coalition | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed support for mobile therapy program to deliver home-based support for 125 pregnant and postpartum women in underserved neighborhoods… | $75,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 125 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain House Inc | New York, NY | Renewed general suport with a particular focus on the impact of the organizations employement and wellness programs. | $1,000,000 |
| Disability Advocates Inc (Dba Disability Rights New York) | Rensselaer, NY | Renewed support for a new york public interest law center working to combat discrimination against justice-involved people living with… | $400,000 |
| New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation | New York, NY | First-Time funding for new york's aclu to enforce state law prohibiting solitary confinement in new york's prisons and jails. | $300,000 |
| Disability Rights Advocates | New York, NY | First-Time vaf funding for a national law center to bring new litigation against new york state to force implementation of the halt act,… | $200,000 |
| Inseparable Inc | Washington, DC | First-Time vaf support for a national advocacy organization dedicated to driving policy change at the state and federal levels to improve… | $200,000 |
| National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City | New York, NY | Renewed support for NYC advocacy organization that helps families and individuals affected by serious and persistent mental illness build… | $200,000 |
| New York State Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare | Albany, NY | First-Time funding for albany-based advocacy entity to hire a policy director for its work to increase access to mental health care for all… | $200,000 |
| Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project | Philadelphia, PA | First-Time support for pennsylvania legal services agency seeking to end solitary confinement in state prisons and county jails for… | $200,000 |
| Association to Benefit Children | New York, NY | Renewed support for NYC agency providing school-based mental health services for children. | $150,000 |
| Depaul USA | Chicago, IL | Renewed support for national homeless services provider to fund housing and mental health supports for housing-insecure college students in… | $150,000 |
| Exodus Transitional Community | New York, NY | First-Time vaf support for east-harlem-based organization opening an article 31 licensed mental health clinic for formerly incarcerated… | $150,000 |
| Grace Institute of New York | New York, NY | First-Time vaf funding for a vocational training program serving disadvantaged women in new york city to fund a full-time social worker to… | $150,000 |
| Hias and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia Inc Dba Hias Pa | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed support for the health and wellness program of a philadelphia legal services agency serving refugees. | $150,000 |
| Housingplus | Brooklyn, NY | Renewed support for a brooklyn-based permanent supportive housing agency serving women heads of household to hire a licensed clinical care… | $150,000 |
| Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc | New York, NY | Renewed support for lgbtq-affirming multi-service community center to launch an article 31 mental health clinic in manhattan. | $150,000 |
| Lutheran Social Mission Society of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | A philadelphia social services agency seeks renewed vaf funding to expand its mental health programming for families in its longstanding… | $150,000 |
| Mission Society of New York City | New York, NY | Renewed support for a long-standing NYC social services agency programming to provide mental health and other essential services for nyc's… | $150,000 |
| New Alternatives for Children Inc | New York, NY | New york city child welfare agency seeks renewed vaf support for its parent-child bonding program for families with medically needy… | $150,000 |
| Service Program for Older People Inc | New York, NY | Renewed funding for community-based mental health services for older, underserved, vulnerable adults in manhattan. | $150,000 |
| South Bronx Community Charter High School | Bronx, NY | First-Time vaf funding to hire a licensed mental health counselor to support teachers and staff in a south bronx charter high school. | $150,000 |
| Terra Firma at Montefiore Medical Center | Bronx, NY | Renewed vaf funding for a nationally recognized program providing mental health services for migrants at a federally qualified health… | $150,000 |
| The Arthur Project | New York City, NY | First-Time funding for a mentorship program to provide mental health services to high-risk middle schoolers in brooklyn and the bronx. | $150,000 |
| The Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services | New York, NY | Renewed funding for a large NYC social service agency to support a social work residency program that entices recently graduated social… | $150,000 |
| The Salvation Army Eastern Pennsylvania & Delaware | Philadelphia, PA | First-Time support for a philadelphia program based in kensington to help survivors of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation… | $150,000 |
| Wissahickon Charter School | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed support for a behavioral health team at a tuition-free public K-8 philadelphia charter school. | $150,000 |
| Zone 126 (A Sponsored Project of the Fund for the City of NY Inc) | New York, NY | First-Time vaf funding for social services agency to hire a full-time clinician to expand its successful high school drama therapy program… | $150,000 |
| All Kings | Brooklyn, NY | First-Time funding for a new york city peer-led agency providing social-emotional healing for justice-involved men of color to help break… | $100,000 |
| Black Men Heal | Philadelphia, PA | First-Time funding for a philadelphia-based organization providing in-person and virtual mental health services for black men and youth. | $100,000 |
| Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed support for a north philadelphia high school to hire licensed counselors and a social worker to provide services for underserved… | $100,000 |
| Education Law Center - Pa | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed support for pennsylvania's education law center to advocate at the state and local level for public schools to make culturally… | $100,000 |
| Juvenile Law Center | Philadelphia, PA | Continuing advocacy support for philadelphia-based public interest law firm fighting for the rights of children caught in juvenile justice… | $100,000 |
| New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | New York, NY | Renewed support for child welfare agency treating nyc's most severely abused children. | $100,000 |
| Operation in My Back Yard | Philadelphia, PA | First-Time vaf support for a small harm reduction agency serving people with substance use disorder in the kensington neighborhood of… | $100,000 |
| Project Safe | Philadelphia, PA | First-Time vaf support for a small harm reduction agency serving sex workers with substance use disorder in the kensington neighborhood of… | $100,000 |
| Social Creatures Inc | Brooklyn, NY | First-Time vaf funding for a program providing free, comprehensive mental health supports for mothers in new york city during the first 12… | $100,000 |
| The Bro Experience Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | First-Time vaf funding for a brooklyn-based agency addressing the mental health needs of young men of color from underserved communities. | $100,000 |
| Therapy Center of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed support for a mental health treatment center helping underserved populations in philadelphia. | $100,000 |
| Vocal-Ny (Voices of Community Activists and Leaders) | Brooklyn, NY | New york city grassroots organization is returning to vaf for continuing support of its campaign to make supportive housing safe, stable,… | $100,000 |
| Bethesda Project | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed support for social services agency providing shelter, housing, and compassionate supportive services for adults experiencing… | $75,000 |
| Breaking Ground | New York, NY | Renewed support to hire a clinical coordinator for an aging services team. | $75,000 |
| Broad Street Love (Aka Broad Street Ministry) | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed general operating support for day program serving chronically homeless, seriously mentally ill individuals with a myriad of… | $75,000 |
| Brooklyn Community Housing and Services Inc | Brooklyn, NY | Continuing vaf funding for a senior family clinician to treat the mental health and emotional needs of homeless mothers and their children… | $75,000 |
| Ch Pennsylvania Under-21 | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed general operating grant for mental health services and emergency supports for a local chapter of a national agency serving homeless… | $75,000 |
| Inner Strength Education | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed funding for a philadelphia nonprofit providing mindfulness training to support students and teachers in philadelphia public high… | $75,000 |
| Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service Inc | New York, NY | Renewed support for culturally appropriate, trauma-informed art therapy programs for immigrant latino women and children at a longstanding… | $75,000 |
| Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York | New York, NY | First-Time funding for a large new york social services agency to add a clinician to provide culturally appropriate mental health services… | $75,000 |
| Maternity Care Coalition | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed support for mobile therapy program to deliver home-based support for 125 pregnant and postpartum women in underserved neighborhoods… | $75,000 |
| Philadelphia Children's Alliance | Philadelphia, PA | Children's advocacy center seeks renewed vaf funding to add a bilingual clinical case manager to its mental health staff to coordinate… | $75,000 |
| Prevention Point Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | Renewed support for harm reduction agency seeking to serve chronically homeless, seriously mentally ill, and dual-diagnosed vulnerable… | $75,000 |
| Project Hospitality | Staten Island, NY | Renewed support for staten island social services agency to add a clinician to provide mental health treatment and substance use disorder… | $75,000 |
| Safe Passage Project | New York, NY | First-Time support for legal services agency with social workers on staff serving nyc-based unaccompanied immigrant youth seeking asylum in… | $75,000 |
| Support Center for Child Advocates | Philadelphia, PA | Volunteer legal services agency representing children in philadelphia's child welfare proceedings seeks first-time vaf funding to support a… | $75,000 |
| The Ali Forney Center | New York, NY | New support to launch new york city?s first residential treatment model for lgbtq youth. | $75,000 |
| The Door-A Center of Alternatives Inc | New York, NY | Renewed support to hire a clinical supervisor to improve screening and treatment plans for youth with more serious mental health challenges. | $75,000 |
| Body Empowerment Project | Milford, NJ | First-Time vaf funding for eating disorder prevention program in philadelphia public schools. | $50,000 |
| Common Threads Project | New York, NY | New funding for an arts-based therapy program for immigrant survivors of gender-based violence in new york city. | $50,000 |
| Every Murder Is Real | Philadelphia, PA | First-Time funding for a family counseling center that connects low-income bipok families affected by gun violence in philadelphia to… | $50,000 |
| Hedwig House Inc | Abington, PA | Renewed support for hedwig house which provides support and assistance to individuals living with serious mental illness to achieve… | $50,000 |
| Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter Inc | New York, NY | Moved to fall cycle | $50,000 |
| New Leash on Life USA | Narberth, PA | First-Time support for a philadelphia-based innovative prison diversion and reentry organization that uses the power of the human-animal… | $50,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9,750,000 | 189 |
| 2023 | $10,192,500 | 201 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 14, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202533189349104718
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 13-6125699
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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