FundersNew York

Linda and Denis Cronin Foundation Inc

Manhasset, NY · EIN 11-2537407. Reported 91 grants totalling $2,640,600 to 51 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,500median grant
$2,640,600granted, 2021-2024
51organizations funded
46%of grantees funded again the next year
$823,330assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Linda and Denis Cronin Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $7,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $850,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
15 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
37 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
17 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
8 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
6 grants
$100,000 and Up
8 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Colgate UniversityHamilton, NY$1,440,000442024
Fordham Law SchoolNew York, NY$405,000322023
Brady Urological InstituteBaltimore, MD$250,000222024
Prostate Cancer FoundationSanta Monica, CA$200,000222022
Feerick Center at Fordham LawNew York, NY$50,000222024
Long Island Alzheimer's & Dementia CenterWestbury, NY$50,000442024
North Shore Child & Family Guidance CenterRoslyn Heights, NY$33,000442024
Buckley Country Day SchoolRoslyn, NY$30,000222022
Freerick Center at Fordham LawNew York, NY$25,000112023
Inner City Scholarship FundNew York, NY$20,000442024
Lutheran Church of Our SaviorPort Washington, NY$13,000222024
Mount Sinai Health SystemNew York, NY$12,500212022
Southampton Hospital FoundationSouthampton, NY$12,500222024
Benedectine Nuns of Kylemore AbbeyBoston, MA$10,000112023
The Ramaz SchoolNew York, NY$7,500222024
Group for the East EndBridgehampton, NY$7,000222023
Long Island CaresHauppauge, NY$7,000442024
St Mary's ChurchManhasset, NY$6,000222023
Epiphany Lutheran Church of Our SaviorLake Worth, FL$5,000112022
Northwell Health FoundationNew Hyde Park, NY$5,000112024
St Bonaventure Catholic ChurchDavie, FL$5,000112021
The Inn - Interfaith Nutrition NetworkHempstead, NY$5,000442024
Tina Brozman FoundationNew York, NY$5,000112023
Mobilization for JusticeNew York, NY$4,000222023
Coalition for the HomelessNew York, NY$3,000332023
Heart of the HamptonsSouthampton, NY$3,000222024
City Meals on WheelsNew York, NY$2,500332024
Lymphoma Research FoundationNew York, NY$2,500112023
Catholic CharitiesHicksville, NY$2,000222023
Habitat for HumanityMiddle Island, NY$2,000222023
Opioid Center of SupportNew York, NY$2,000112021
Southampton Town Police AssociationSpeonk, NY$2,000222022
Timothy O'grady FoundationFarmingdale, NY$2,000112022
City HarvestBrooklyn, NY$1,000112022
Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York, NY$1,000112022
Sacred Heart Adopt a FamilyReisterstown, MD$1,000112021
Southampton Volunteer Ambulance CorpsSouthampton, NY$1,000112021
Water Mill Village Improvement AssocWater Mill, NY$1,000112024
Wounded Warrior ProjectNew York, NY$1,000222024
Ellen Hermanson FoundationEast Hampton, NY$600112023
American Bar FoundationChicago, IL$500112023
Central Park ConservancyNew York, NY$500112022
City Parks FoundationNew York, NY$500112022
Cure PspNew York, NY$500112023
Fiver Childrens FoundationNew York, NY$500112024
Greenwich HouseNew York, NY$500112022
Msk Cancer CenterHagerstown, MD$500112023
National Parks FoundationWashington, DC$500112022
Sesame WorkshopNew York, NY$500112024
Water Mill MuseumWater Mill, NY$500112022
WNET 13New York, NY$500112023

24 of 51 (47%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 46%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 32 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Food & Nutrition
7 grants
Human Services
6 grants
Education
5 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
3 grants
Diseases & Disorders
2 grants
Housing & Shelter
2 grants
Arts & Culture
2 grants
Recreation & Sports
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202117$185,000$2,000
202230$977,500$1,750
202326$435,600$2,250
202418$1,042,500$3,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 82% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New York
$2.2M
Maryland
$252K
California
$200K
Massachusetts
$10K
Florida
$10K
Illinois
$500
District of Columbia
$500

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Linda and Denis Cronin Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 1295 Northern Blvd, Manhasset, NY, 11030. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 11-2537407 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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