Pinkerton Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-6206624. Reported 1,830 grants totalling $144.4M to 690 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$50,000median grant
$144.4Mgranted, 2020-2023
690organizations funded
73%of grantees funded again the next year
$689.1Massets, 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. Pinkerton Foundation 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 $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $23,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $400 and the largest $850,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 690 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Shepherd Services | New York, NY | $5,803,000 | 15 | 4 | 2023 |
| Expanded Schools | New York, NY | $2,489,750 | 15 | 4 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Children New York | New York, NY | $2,450,000 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center for New York City Affairs at the New School | New York, NY | $2,400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Literacy Inc | New York, NY | $2,192,500 | 13 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $1,957,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Madison Square Boys & Girls Club Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $1,920,000 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| John Jay College of Criminal Justice | New York, NY | $1,650,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $1,435,500 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| CUNY K-16 Initiatives | New York, NY | $1,410,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc | New York, NY | $1,402,500 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Connections for Youth Inc | Bronx, NY | $1,400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Workforce Professionals Training Institute | New York, NY | $1,251,500 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Tomorrow's Leaders Nyc Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $1,225,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jobsfirstnyc | New York, NY | $1,140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Futures and Options Inc | New York, NY | $1,113,500 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Springboard Collaborative | Philadelphia, PA | $1,108,000 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Legal Outreach Inc | Long Island City, NY | $1,100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Nyu Tandon School of Engineering | New York, NY | $1,099,872 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center for Family Life in Sunset Park | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New York Community Trust | New York, NY | $975,000 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ramapo for Children | New York, NY | $975,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Parentchild Plus Inc | New York, NY | $969,000 | 11 | 4 | 2023 |
| Irondale Productions Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $960,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New Settlement Apartments | Bronx, NY | $953,950 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Exodus Transitional Community | New York, NY | $950,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Reading Partners | New York, NY | $936,500 | 11 | 4 | 2023 |
| Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow | Brooklyn, NY | $935,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City | New York, NY | $900,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| College Access Research & Action | New York, NY | $890,315 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Read Alliance | New York, NY | $864,000 | 11 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Children's Aid Society | New York, NY | $850,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Goddard Riverside Community Center | New York, NY | $845,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Alliance of Families for Justice | New York, NY | $825,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Alex House Project | Brooklyn, NY | $825,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Children's Village Inc | Dobbs Ferry, NY | $825,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute Inc | New York, NY | $807,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Exalt Youth Inc | New York, NY | $800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Partnership for After School Education Inc | New York, NY | $785,500 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club Inc | Bronx, NY | $750,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Girl Vow | Bronx, NY | $685,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hypothekids Inc | New York, NY | $675,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Writopia Lab Inc | New York, NY | $670,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| City Year Inc | New York, NY | $626,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pure Legacee Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $615,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rise | New York, NY | $610,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Research Foundation of CUNY | New York, NY | $606,422 | 9 | 3 | 2023 |
| Youth Justice Network | New York, NY | $602,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| East Side House Inc | Bronx, NY | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Getting Out and Staying Out Inc | New York, NY | $600,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lead By Example and Reverse the Trend | New York, NY | $600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Youth Represent Inc | New York, NY | $600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Queens Community House Inc | Forest Hills, NY | $575,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| How Our Lives Link Altogether (holla) | New York, NY | $567,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Youth Communicationnew York Center Inc | New York, NY | $550,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Life Camps Inc | Jamaica, NY | $505,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center for Nuleadership on Urban Solutions Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Girls Educational & Mentoring Services | New York, NY | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New York Women's Foundation | New York, NY | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rising Ground | New York, NY | $500,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| New York Hall of Science | Queens, NY | $485,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $475,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Stanley M Isaacs Neighborhood Center Inc | New York, NY | $465,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Living Redemption Community Development Corporation | New York, NY | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Osborne Association Inc | Bronx, NY | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pencil Inc | New York, NY | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Bronx Defenders | Bronx, NY | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Marcy Lab School | Brooklyn, NY | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Staten Island Urban Center Inc | Staten Island, NY | $425,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Catholic Guardian Services | New York, NY | $405,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | $405,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Reach Out and Read of Greater New York | New York, NY | $403,000 | 11 | 4 | 2023 |
| Forestdale Inc | Forest Hills, NY | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Graham-Windham Services to Families and Children | Brooklyn, NY | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Heartshare St Vincent's Services | Brooklyn, NY | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jewish Child Care Association | Brooklyn, NY | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Nyc Fund to End Youth and Family Homelessness | New York, NY | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Per Scholas Inc | Bronx, NY | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Sco Family of Services | Garden City, NY | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| St Nicks Alliance | Brooklyn, NY | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The New York Foundling | New York, NY | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of New York City | New York, NY | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation | Bronx, NY | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Camba Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $396,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Columbia University School of Business | New York, NY | $390,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Genesys Works Nyc | New York, NY | $382,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory | New York, NY | $380,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Children of Promise Nyc | Brooklyn, NY | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Fresh Youth Initiatives Inc | New York, NY | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Arthur Project | New York, NY | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Breathe Circles | Albany, NY | $360,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| A Little Piece of Light Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $359,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chinese-American Planning Council Inc | New York, NY | $355,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| America on Tech | New York, NY | $351,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Artistic Noise | New York, NY | $350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jewish Home Lifecare | New York, NY | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Benches Inc | New York, NY | $350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Seachange Capital Partners | New York, NY | $350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Borough of Manhattan Community College | New York, NY | $345,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Biobus Inc | New York, NY | $341,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Fresh Air Fund | New York, NY | $335,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Riverdale Neighborhood House Inc | Bronx, NY | $330,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Afro Latin Jazz Alliance | New York, NY | $325,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mind Builders Creative Arts Center | Bronx, NY | $325,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility | New York, NY | $325,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Roundabout Theatre Company Inc | New York, NY | $325,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dreamyard Project Inc | Bronx, NY | $322,500 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Genspace | Brooklyn, NY | $320,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Montclair Kimberley Academy Foundation | Montclair, NJ | $320,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Drive Change Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $315,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Young New Yorkers Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $312,500 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $310,360 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jumpstart for Young Children Inc | New York, NY | $310,000 | 8 | 3 | 2022 |
| Bridges From School to Work | Bethesda, MD | $305,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| National Summer Learning Association | Washington, DC | $305,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Upbeat Nyc | Bronx, NY | $302,500 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Avenues for Justice Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Bronxworks | Bronx, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brownsville Think Tank Matters | Brooklyn, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Common Justice | Brooklyn, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Comprehensive Youth Development Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Covenant House New York | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Dare to Revitalize Education Through Arts & Mediation | Bronx, NY | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Drama Club | Jackson Heights, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Epic Theatre Center Inc | Astoria, NY | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project | Brooklyn, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Harlem Children's Zone Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Make the Road New York | Brooklyn, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Nyc Family Policy Project | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Phipps Neighborhoods | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Recess | Brooklyn, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Red Hook Initiative | Brooklyn, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Row New York | New York, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sheltering Arms Children and Family Services | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Structured Employment Economic Development Corporation | New York, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Sunnyside Community Services Inc | Sunnyside, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Animation Project Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Artsconnection Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Financial Clinic | Brooklyn, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The New School | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| You Gotta Believe | Brooklyn, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Harmony Program | New York, NY | $297,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Groundswell Community Mural Project | Brooklyn, NY | $295,000 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI | $295,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bank Street College of Education | New York, NY | $290,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Inc | Bronx, NY | $290,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Reciprocity Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $290,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| CUNY Crest Institute | New York, NY | $285,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New York City Mission Society | New York, NY | $285,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center | New York, NY | $280,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Gangstas Making Astronomical Community Changes Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Prep for Prep | New York, NY | $275,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Student Success Network | New York, NY | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| New-York Historical Society | New York, NY | $270,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Reel Works Teen Filmmaking | Brooklyn, NY | $267,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fund for the City of New York | New York, NY | $266,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Brooklyn Conservatory of Music | Brooklyn, NY | $265,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Ghetto Film School | Bronx, NY | $265,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Inspiring Minds Nyc | Brooklyn, NY | $263,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| New York Nativitysaint Ignatius School | Bronx, NY | $260,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New York Public Library | New York, NY | $260,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hunts Point Alliance for Children | Bronx, NY | $259,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Code Nation | New York, NY | $255,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Harlem Educational Activities Fund Inc | New York, NY | $255,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Grand Street Settlement | New York, NY | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Green City Force | Brooklyn, NY | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| I Have a Dream Foundation - New York | New York, NY | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Dance Institute | New York, NY | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sadie Nash Leadership Project Inc | New York, NY | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Fortune Society | Long Island City, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harlem Rbi Inc | New York, NY | $245,000 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Museum | New York, NY | $242,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Downtown Community Television Center | New York, NY | $241,000 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Educational Video Center | New York, NY | $240,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families Inc | New York, NY | $240,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Queens Library Foundation | Jamaica, NY | $233,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Urban Arts Partnership | New York, NY | $230,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nyc Salt | New York, NY | $226,000 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| All Star Code | New York, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation | Brooklyn, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| City Living Ny | Brooklyn, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School | Brooklyn, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cristo Rey New York High School Inc | New York, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Let's Get Ready Inc | New York, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Nyc Coalition for Educational Justice | New York, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| New Heights Youth Inc | New York, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Nontraditional Employment for Women | New York, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Point Community Development Corporation | Bronx, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The New 42ND Street Inc | New York, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Opening Act | Brooklyn, NY | $220,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Imentor | New York, NY | $220,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| IDEAS42 | New York City, NY | $220,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Summer on the Hill | Bronx, NY | $217,500 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Brotherhoodsister Sol | New York, NY | $212,500 | 4 | 2 | 2021 |
| Fiver Children's Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $210,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Apollo Theater Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $210,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Woodlawn Conservancy Inc | Bronx, NY | $210,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kings Against Violence Initiative Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $205,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| STEM From Dance Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $201,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation | Brooklyn, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Careerwise New York | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Citysquash Inc | Bronx, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Columbia University Medical Center | New York, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Destination Tomorrow | Bronx, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Foundation for the Advancement and Rehabilitation of the Marginalized | Brooklyn, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| George Jackson Academy | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Girls Who Code Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Goodwill Industries Nynj | Brooklyn, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Justice Policy Institute | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Katal Center for Health Equity and Justice | Brooklyn, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Masa-Mexed Inc | Bronx, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Made in Brownsville Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Maysles Institute | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Defender Service Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Opportunity Network the | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Rocking the Boat Inc | Bronx, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Salvadori Center | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Streetsquash Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Bro Experience | Brooklyn, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Lineage Project | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Trail Blazers | Brooklyn, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University Settlement Society of New York | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| We Build the Block | Staten Island, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Year Up New York | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Harlem | New York, NY | $195,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Bell | New York, NY | $195,000 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| I Challenge Myself | New York, NY | $190,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Rockefeller University | New York, NY | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Neighborhood Houses of New York Inc | New York, NY | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Greater New York | New York, NY | $190,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Chess in the Schools Inc | New York, NY | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| City Lore Inc | New York, NY | $180,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Global Kids Inc | New York, NY | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Mekong Nyc | Bronx, NY | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Wave Hill | Bronx, NY | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $177,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Beam Center Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Cec Stuyvesant Cove Inc | Long Island City, NY | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of Island Academy Inc | New York, NY | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Food Education Fund | New York, NY | $170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Girl Be Heard | Bronx, NY | $170,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Girls Write Now Inc | New York, NY | $170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Riverdale Country School | Bronx, NY | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Knowledge House | Bronx, NY | $165,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
475 of 690 (69%) 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 73%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Good Shepherd Services
After School & Summer Learning - Friends of the Children New York
After School and Summer Learning - American Museum of Natural History
Career Readiness || Career Readiness - Alliance of Families for Justice
Youth and Family Justice || Youth and Family Justice - Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Inc
After School & Summer Learning || After School & Summer Learning - Teach for America Greater Chicago-Northwest Indiana
President's Discretionary
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 1,280 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 476 | $34.6M | $50,000 |
| 2021 | 447 | $33.5M | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 462 | $37.7M | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 445 | $38.6M | $75,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Pinkerton Foundation has 431 of them, worth $60.0M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Center for New York City Affairs at the New School | New York, NY | $1,800,000 |
| Friends of the Children New York | New York, NY | $1,600,000 |
| Good Shepherd Services | New York, NY | $1,500,000 |
| John Jay College of Criminal Justice | New York, NY | $1,100,000 |
| Good Shepherd Services | New York, NY | $850,000 |
| Good Shepherd Services | New York, NY | $850,000 |
| Good Shepherd Services | New York, NY | $850,000 |
| Good Shepherd Services | New York, NY | $850,000 |
| Center for New York City Affairs at the New School | New York, NY | $600,000 |
| Friends of the Children | New York, NY | $600,000 |
| Center for New York City Affairs at the New School | New York, NY | $600,000 |
| John Jay College of Criminal Justice | New York, NY | $550,000 |
| Community Connections for Youth Inc | Bronx, NY | $500,000 |
| Good Shepherd Services | New York, NY | $500,000 |
| Good Shepherd Services | New York, NY | $500,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 96% 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.
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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.
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund330 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc286 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc251 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust235 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program228 shared recipientsThe New York Community Trust194 shared recipients
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $50,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- 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.
- 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 Pinkerton Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 610 Fifth Avenue 316, New York, NY, 10020. 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 13-6206624 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.
Is something here wrong about your foundation? Email [email protected] and we will correct it.