Funding search · EIN 061627638 · Stamford, CT

Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation

Name: Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

581
grants reported: $363.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

development relief hunger workforce human services education research

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Veterans mental health clinics through Cohen Veterans Network
Behavioral health programs at hospitals and youth-serving agencies
Psychedelic therapeutics research and patient support infrastructure
Workforce development and job training in NY and CT
Hunger relief and basic human services in Greenwich, Stamford, Westchester
Pediatric healthcare research and Lyme disease diagnostics

Typical grant

Median grant is $100,000 and the middle half runs $50,000 to roughly $292,000, so most checks are modest. The very large money is concentrated: $51 million to their own Cohen Veterans Network, $11.6 million and $5.5 million to New York Presbyterian, $7.1 million to LaGuardia Community College Foundation. With 581 grants to 296 recipients over three years, repeat giving is the norm, and several institutions like Mount Sinai and Johns Hopkins appear multiple times in a single year across different program labels.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“BEHAVIORAL HEALTH”
“FIELD BUILDING”
“PATIENT SUPPORT”
“THERAPEUTICS”
“WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT”
“DIAGNOSTICS”

Positioning adjacent work

Frame research as THERAPEUTICS or DIAGNOSTICS with a named patient population, not as basic science.
Ask $250,000 to $750,000 for a first academic award; multi-million grants go to existing partners.
Connect psychedelic work to their MAPS, Usona, and Fireside Project pattern, including safety and ethics infrastructure.
Emphasize veterans, children, or Lyme disease; these three populations recur across research and services grants.

Worth knowing: Giving is heavily concentrated in New York and southwestern Connecticut, with 247 of 581 grants in NY and 107 in CT, and Greenwich and Stamford institutions recurring. The single largest line, $51 million, goes to Cohen Veterans Network, a foundation-affiliated entity, so a large share of the total never reaches outside applicants.

93 grants matching “workforce development” · $19.7M

$7.1M
Fiorello H Laguardia Community College Foundation · Queens, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$1.0M
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$642,500
Manhattan University · Bronx, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$200,000
Nontraditional Employment for Women · New York, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$200,000
Brooklyn Workforce Innovations (Bwi) · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$125,000
Project Renewal · New York, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$120,000
Green City Force · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$100,000
Domus Kids · Stamford, CT · 2024
Workforce development
$100,000
Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Workforce development
$100,000
Npower · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$100,000
Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$100,000
Building One Community Corp · Stamford, CT · 2024
Workforce development
$100,000
Center for Employment Opportunities (Ceo) · New York, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$100,000
Soundwaters · Stamford, CT · 2024
Workforce development
$100,000
Dominican Women'S Development Center · New York, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$100,000
Ace Programs for the Homeless · Long Island City, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$94,000
African Communities Together · New York, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$93,000
Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Workforce development
$90,000
Marcy Lab · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$81,000
Food Education Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$75,000
Unshattered · Wappingers Falls, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$75,000
Brotherhood Sister Sol · New York, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$75,000
Destination Tomorrow · The Bronx, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$75,000
Strive International · New York, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$75,000
Out in Tech · New York, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$70,000
Boca Helping Hands · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Workforce development
$57,000
Justdane · Madison, WI · 2024
Workforce development
$50,000
The Help USA Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$50,000
Hbcu First · New York, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$50,000
Greater Bridgeport Community Enterprises · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Workforce development
$50,000
Yes She Can · White Plains Ny, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$25,000
South Fork Bakery for the Special Needs Corp · Sag Harbor, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$1.0M
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$500,000
Dreamyard · Bronx, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$465,525
California Institute of Integral Studies · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Workforce development
$267,376
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$211,500
Manhattan College · Bronx, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$207,000
Manhattan College · Bronx, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$200,000
Solar One · Long Island City, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$200,000
Nontraditional Employment for Women · New York, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$200,000
Brooklyn Workforce Innovations (Bwi) · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$175,000
Npower · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$165,000
Hopeworks 'N Camden Inc (Aka Hopeworks Camden) · Camden, NJ · 2023
Workforce development
$150,000
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2023
Workforce development
$150,000
Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$100,000
Billion Oyster Project · New York, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$100,000
Ace Programs for the Homeless · Long Island City, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$100,000
Building One Community · Stamford, CT · 2023
Workforce development
$100,000
Destination Crenshaw · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Workforce development
$100,000
Prospects Opportunity and Enrichment · Ridgefield, CT · 2023
Workforce development
$76,000
Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Workforce development
$50,000
Downtown Womens Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Workforce development
$50,000
Unshattered · Wappingers Falls, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$50,000
Women'S Business Development Council · Stamford, CT · 2023
Workforce development
$50,000
New Immigrant Community Empowerment · Queens, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$35,000
The Help USA Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$10,000
Hispanic Health Council · Hartford, CT · 2023
Workforce development
$10,000
Fiorello H Laguardia Community College Foundation · Queens, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$10,000
Queensborough Community College Fund · Queens, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$5,000
South Fork Bakery for the Special Needs Corp · Sag Harbor, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$300,000
Npower · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$300,000
Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$275,400
California Institute of Integral Studies · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Workforce development
$230,851
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$207,000
Manhattan College · Bronx, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$200,000
Nontraditional Employment for Women · New York, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$200,000
Solar One · Long Island City, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$173,000
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2022
Workforce development
$150,000
Career Resources · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Workforce development
$150,000
Hopeworks 'N Camden Inc (Aka Hopeworks Camden) · Camden, NJ · 2022
Workforce development
$150,000
Greyston Foundation · Yonkers, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$100,000
Prospects Opportunity and Enrichment · Ridgefield, CT · 2022
Workforce development
$100,000
Billion Oyster Project · New York, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$100,000
Brooklyn Workforce Innovations (Bwi) · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$100,000
Building One Community · Stamford, CT · 2022
Workforce development
$100,000
Green City Force · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$100,000
Hot Bread Kitchen Ltd (Hbk) · New York, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$72,000
Justdane · Madison, WI · 2022
Workforce development
$70,000
Mixteca Org · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$56,000
Dreamyard · Bronx, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$50,000
Unshattered · Hopewell Junction, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$50,000
Coalition for the Homeless · New York, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$50,000
Ace Programs for the Homeless · Long Island City, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$50,000
Strive International · New York, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$50,000
Fiorello H Laguardia Community College Foundation · Queens, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$50,000
100 Black Men of America · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Workforce development
$27,100
Green Guerillas · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$25,000
Center for Justice Innovation · New York, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$25,000
Bottomless Closet · New York, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$25,000
Women'S Business Development Council · Stamford, CT · 2022
Workforce development
$10,000
Fiorello H Laguardia Community College Foundation · Queens, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$10,000
Hispanic Health Council · Hartford, CT · 2022
Workforce development
$10,000
Queensborough Community College Fund · Queens, NY · 2022
Workforce development

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Cohen Veterans Network5 grants · $141.0M
New York Presbyterian Hospital7 grants · $40.5M
Museum of Modern Art8 grants · $15.2M
City Harvest5 grants · $12.4M
Trustees of Columbia University10 grants · $9.4M
Johns Hopkins University11 grants · $8.0M
Fiorello H Laguardia Community College Foundation5 grants · $7.2M
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai8 grants · $6.6M
Amazin' Mets Foundation2 grants · $5.7M
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (Maps)5 grants · $5.6M

Giving over time

$106.2M

2022

$127.1M

2023

$130.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 581 grants.

$53.0M
Cohen Veterans Network · Stamford, CT · 2023
Veterans
$51.0M
Cohen Veterans Network · Stamford, CT · 2024
Veterans
$15.0M
Cohen Veterans Network · Stamford, CT · 2022
Veterans
$12.0M
Cohen Veterans Network · Stamford, CT · 2022
Veterans
$11.6M
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2024
Behavioral health
$10.0M
Cohen Veterans Network · Stamford, CT · 2022
Veterans
$9.0M
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2022
Education
$7.5M
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2023
Healthcare
$7.5M
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2022
Healthcare
$7.1M
Fiorello H Laguardia Community College Foundation · Queens, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$5.5M
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2024
Healthcare
$5.3M
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2023
Behavioral health
$4.9M
Amazin' Mets Foundation · Queens, NY · 2023
Recreation & sports
$4.2M
City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Hunger relief
$4.0M
City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Hunger relief
$4.0M
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2023
Education
$4.0M
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2022
Hunger relief
$3.0M
US Department of Health & Human Services (Hhs) · Washington, DC · 2022
Diagnostics
$2.9M
Digital Harbor Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Diagnostics
$2.5M
Abilis · Greenwich, CT · 2024
Human services
$2.5M
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (Maps) · San Jose, CA · 2023
Patient support
$2.4M
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2023
Patient support
$2.3M
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2023
Behavioral health
$2.1M
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Research
$2.0M
Usona Institute · Fitchburg, WI · 2024
Research
$2.0M
Usona Institute (Psilocybin) · Madison, WI · 2023
Research
$2.0M
US Department of Health & Human Services (Hhs) · Washington, DC · 2022
Diagnostics
$1.8M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Research
$1.8M
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
Therapeutics
$1.7M
Amazin Mets Foundation · Queens, NY · 2022
Recreation & sports
$1.6M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Research
$1.6M
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (Maps) · San Jose, CA · 2022
Research
$1.6M
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2024
Patient support
$1.5M
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Patient support
$1.5M
Career Resources · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Recidivism
$1.5M
Hackensack Meridian Health · Edison, NJ · 2024
Behavioral health
$1.3M
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies · San Jose, CA · 2024
Patient support
$1.3M
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (Maps) · San Jose, CA · 2023
Patient support
$1.2M
Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fund · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Field building
$1.2M
Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fund · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Field building
$1.2M
The Door - a Center of Alternatives · New York, NY · 2024
Behavioral health
$1.2M
Bay Area Lyme Foundation · Portola Valley, CA · 2022
Field building
$1.1M
Greater Los Angeles Veterans Research and Education Institute (Glavref) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Research
$1.1M
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2023
Education
$1.0M
New Alternatives for Children · New York, NY · 2024
Behavioral health
$1.0M
Stamford Museum & Nature Center Incorporated · Stamford, CT · 2024
Education
$1.0M
Town of Greenwich · Greenwich, CT · 2024
Recreation & sports
$1.0M
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$1.0M
Bruce Museum (the) · Greenwich, CT · 2023
Education
$1.0M
Stamford Hospital · Stamford, CT · 2023
Healthcare
$1.0M
The Child Center of Ny · Queens, NY · 2023
Behavioral health
$1.0M
Town of Greenwich · Greenwich, CT · 2023
Recreation & sports
$1.0M
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Therapeutics
$1.0M
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$1.0M
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$1.0M
Bruce Museum (the) · Greenwich, CT · 2022
Education
$1.0M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Field building
$1.0M
Soundwaters · Stamford, CT · 2022
Education
$1.0M
Stamford Hospital · Stamford, CT · 2022
Healthcare
$1.0M
The Child Center of Ny · Queens, NY · 2022
Behavioral health
$1.0M
Town of Greenwich · Greenwich, CT · 2022
Recreation & sports
$1.0M
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$1.0M
Usona Institute (Psilocybin) · Madison, WI · 2022
Research
$998,382
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Therapeutics
$950,000
Success Academy Charter Schools · New York, NY · 2024
Education
$853,683
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Field building
$843,750
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
Therapeutics
$821,210
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Therapeutics
$816,204
Amazin' Mets Foundation · Queens, NY · 2024
Recreation & sports
$783,400
Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical · Torrance, CA · 2023
Research
$778,373
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2024
Field building
$768,783
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Patient support
$750,000
Kidstlc · Olathe, KS · 2024
Behavioral health
$750,000
Neighbor To Neighbor · Greenwich, CT · 2022
Hunger relief
$726,306
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2024
Research
$709,000
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2023
Behavioral health
$662,749
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Patient support
$662,031
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Patient support
$642,500
Manhattan University · Bronx, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$592,737
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Therapeutics
$588,197
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2023
Research
$587,558
Greater Los Angeles Veterans Research and Education Institute (Glavref) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Research
$587,217
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2022
Research
$580,742
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
Healthcare
$568,974
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Research
$563,950
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center Foundation · Gaithersburg, MD · 2022
Research
$563,000
Success Academy Charter Schools · New York, NY · 2023
Education
$562,373
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
Healthcare
$549,930
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
Therapeutics
$534,175
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
Healthcare
$500,000
Children'S Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Behavioral health
$500,000
Fireside Project · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Patient support
$500,000
Manhattan University · Bronx, NY · 2024
Education
$500,000
Mobile Loaves & Fishes · Austin, TX · 2024
Human services
$500,000
Xtr Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Field building
$500,000
Brainfutures · Luthervilletimonium, MD · 2023
Field building
$500,000
Dreamyard · Bronx, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$500,000
Edesia · North Kingstown, RI · 2023
Hunger relief
$500,000
Fireside Project · Richmond, CA · 2023
Patient support
$500,000
Mobile Loaves & Fishes · Austin, TX · 2023
Human services

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.