Funding search · EIN 131982683 · New York, NY
The Ambrose Monell Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 326
- grants reported
- $57.8M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $50,000
- median grant
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27 grants matching “install” · $32.2M
- $9.3M
Monell Chemical Senses Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
$1,000,000 for general purposes; $2,000,000 remainder of $5,500,000 grant installment referred to in letter dated november 13, 2024; $5,500,000 2025 grant installment, $750,000 2026 grant installment, and $50,0000 grant… read all$1,000,000 for general purposes; $2,000,000 remainder of $5,500,000 grant installment referred to in letter dated november 13, 2024; $5,500,000 2025 grant installment, $750,000 2026 grant installment, and $50,0000 grant to the morley kare fund referred to in letter dated december 10, 2024 less
- $500,000
Dana Farber Cancer Center · Boston, MA · 2024
Second and final installment for application to the presidential initiatives fund
- $500,000
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2024
First installment of $1,000,000 grant for application to the advanced light microscopy innovation laboratory referred to in letter dated december 10, 2024
- $350,000
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2024
First installment of $700,000 grant referred to in letter dated december 10, 2024
- $333,333
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
Second installment of $1,000,000 grant for application to its geroscience healthspan initiative
- $250,000
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2024
First of five installments of $250,000 each towards grant for application to the star award referred to in letter dated december 10, 2024
- $250,000
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2024
Second installment of $500,000 grant to be applied as follows: (a) $125,000 as directed by leonard n. Girardi, md, to its division of cardiothoracic surgery and (b) $125,000 as directed by david s. Blumenthal, md, to it… read allSecond installment of $500,000 grant to be applied as follows: (a) $125,000 as directed by leonard n. Girardi, md, to its division of cardiothoracic surgery and (b) $125,000 as directed by david s. Blumenthal, md, to its division of cardiology less
- $75,000
Community College of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Second and final installment for application to student-faculty international study abroad program
- $6.2M
Monell Chemical Senses Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Third and final installment of $2,900,000 towards the $5,500,000 grant referred to in letter dated february 7, 2022; $3,250,000 prepayment from the $5,500,000 grant installment due in 2024; $50,000 grant to the morley k… read allThird and final installment of $2,900,000 towards the $5,500,000 grant referred to in letter dated february 7, 2022; $3,250,000 prepayment from the $5,500,000 grant installment due in 2024; $50,000 grant to the morley kare fund less
- $750,000
Cleveland Clinic - Genomic Medicine Institute · Cleveland, OH · 2023
$350,000 first and second installments of grant for application to the monell fellowship; $400,000 first and second installments of grant for application to the pten molecular switch research
- $500,000
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Second and third installments of $250,000 each towards grant for application to the star award referred to in letter dated december 14, 2022
- $500,000
Dana Farber Cancer Center · Boston, MA · 2023
First installment for application to the presidential initiatives fund
- $500,000
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023
Second installment of $1,000,000 grant for application to research conducted at the tow center for developmental oncology referred to in letter dated december 14, 2022
- $375,000
Macgillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation · Laguna Beach, CA · 2023
Second installment of $750,000 grant referred to in letter dated december 14, 2022 for application to the medical marvels project
- $350,000
John Hopkins University Brady Urological Institute · Baltimore, MD · 2023
$250,000 second installment of the grant for dr. Walsh's work on genomic sequencing referred to in letter dated december 14, 2022; $100,000 for application to the patrick c. Walsh prostate cancer research fund or the pa… read all$250,000 second installment of the grant for dr. Walsh's work on genomic sequencing referred to in letter dated december 14, 2022; $100,000 for application to the patrick c. Walsh prostate cancer research fund or the patrick c. Walsh discovery and learning laboratory less
- $333,333
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
First installment of $1,000,000 grant for application to its geroscience healthspan initiative
- $250,000
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2023
Third and final installment of $750,000 grant referred to in letter dated december 14, 2021
- $250,000
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2023
First installment of $500,000 grant to be applied as follows: (a) $125,000 as directed by leonard n. Girardi, md, to its division of cardiothoracic surgery and (b) $125,000 as directed by david s. Blumenthal, md, to its… read allFirst installment of $500,000 grant to be applied as follows: (a) $125,000 as directed by leonard n. Girardi, md, to its division of cardiothoracic surgery and (b) $125,000 as directed by david s. Blumenthal, md, to its division of cardiology less
- $75,000
Community College of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
First installment for application to student-faculty international study abroad program
- $7.5M
Monell Chemical Senses Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
The first and second $500,000 installments of the 2022 general operating grant referred to letter dated june 18, 2019; the 2022 $500,000 grant for recruitment of new faculty referred to in letter dated june 18, 2019; fi… read allThe first and second $500,000 installments of the 2022 general operating grant referred to letter dated june 18, 2019; the 2022 $500,000 grant for recruitment of new faculty referred to in letter dated june 18, 2019; first and second $2,000,000 installments of the 2022 gift referred to in letter dated february 7, 2022; $50,000 grant for application to the morley kare fund; $2,000,000 towards 2023 grant of $5,500,000 less
- $750,000
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2022
First installment of $1,250,000 grant for application to the star award
- $500,000
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2022
First installment of $1,000,000 grant for application to research conducted at the tow center for developmental oncology
- $500,000
Dana Farber Cancer Center · Boston, MA · 2022
Third and final installment for advancement of immunotherapies in pediatric oncology program
- $375,000
Cleveland Clinic - Genomic Medicine Institute · Cleveland, OH · 2022
$175,000 grant for application to the monell fellowship; $200,000, second installment of grant for application to the pten molecular switch research
- $375,000
Macgillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation · Laguna Beach, CA · 2022
First installment of $750,000 grant for application to the medical marvels project
- $300,000
John Hopkins University Brady Urological Institute · Baltimore, MD · 2022
$50,000 unrestricted grant for application to the patrick c. Walsh prostate cancer research fund; $250,000 installment of the grant for dr. Walsh's work on genomic sequencing
- $250,000
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2022
Second of three installments of $750,000 grant
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Monell Chemical Senses Center3 grants · $23.1M
- Rockefeller University3 grants · $1.6M
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center3 grants · $1.5M
- Cancer Research Institute3 grants · $1.5M
- Dana Farber Cancer Center3 grants · $1.5M
- American Museum of Natural History3 grants · $1.4M
- Yale University School of Public Health3 grants · $1.2M
- Cleveland Clinic - Genomic Medicine Institute2 grants · $1.1M
- Institute for Advanced Study3 grants · $1.1M
- National Jewish Health3 grants · $950,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 326 grants.
- $9.3M
Monell Chemical Senses Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
$1,000,000 for general purposes; $2,000,000 remainder of $5,500,000 grant installment referred to in letter dated november 13, 2024; $5,500,000 2025 grant installment, $750,000 2026 grant installment, and $50,0000 grant… read all$1,000,000 for general purposes; $2,000,000 remainder of $5,500,000 grant installment referred to in letter dated november 13, 2024; $5,500,000 2025 grant installment, $750,000 2026 grant installment, and $50,0000 grant to the morley kare fund referred to in letter dated december 10, 2024 less
- $7.5M
Monell Chemical Senses Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
The first and second $500,000 installments of the 2022 general operating grant referred to letter dated june 18, 2019; the 2022 $500,000 grant for recruitment of new faculty referred to in letter dated june 18, 2019; fi… read allThe first and second $500,000 installments of the 2022 general operating grant referred to letter dated june 18, 2019; the 2022 $500,000 grant for recruitment of new faculty referred to in letter dated june 18, 2019; first and second $2,000,000 installments of the 2022 gift referred to in letter dated february 7, 2022; $50,000 grant for application to the morley kare fund; $2,000,000 towards 2023 grant of $5,500,000 less
- $6.2M
Monell Chemical Senses Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Third and final installment of $2,900,000 towards the $5,500,000 grant referred to in letter dated february 7, 2022; $3,250,000 prepayment from the $5,500,000 grant installment due in 2024; $50,000 grant to the morley k… read allThird and final installment of $2,900,000 towards the $5,500,000 grant referred to in letter dated february 7, 2022; $3,250,000 prepayment from the $5,500,000 grant installment due in 2024; $50,000 grant to the morley kare fund less
- $750,000
Cleveland Clinic - Genomic Medicine Institute · Cleveland, OH · 2023
$350,000 first and second installments of grant for application to the monell fellowship; $400,000 first and second installments of grant for application to the pten molecular switch research
- $750,000
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2022
First installment of $1,250,000 grant for application to the star award
- $600,000
Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2024
$500,000 for general purposes and $100,000 for application to dr. Jarvis' earth biogenome initiative
- $600,000
Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2023
$500,000 for general purposes and $100,000 for application to dr. Jarvis' earth biogenome initiative
- $500,000
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2024
$300,000 for general purposes and $200,000 for the institute for comparative genomics
- $500,000
Dana Farber Cancer Center · Boston, MA · 2024
Second and final installment for application to the presidential initiatives fund
- $500,000
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2024
First installment of $1,000,000 grant for application to the advanced light microscopy innovation laboratory referred to in letter dated december 10, 2024
- $500,000
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2023
$300,000 for general purposes and $200,000 for the institute for comparative genomics
- $500,000
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Second and third installments of $250,000 each towards grant for application to the star award referred to in letter dated december 14, 2022
- $500,000
Dana Farber Cancer Center · Boston, MA · 2023
First installment for application to the presidential initiatives fund
- $500,000
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023
Second installment of $1,000,000 grant for application to research conducted at the tow center for developmental oncology referred to in letter dated december 14, 2022
- $500,000
Dana Farber Cancer Center · Boston, MA · 2022
Third and final installment for advancement of immunotherapies in pediatric oncology program
- $500,000
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2022
First installment of $1,000,000 grant for application to research conducted at the tow center for developmental oncology
- $425,000
Yale University School of Public Health · New Haven, CT · 2024
$75,000 to be applied to research on "new strategies for african trypanosomiasis control; $350,000 for application to the department of epidemiology and microbial diseases
- $400,000
National Jewish Health · Denver, CO · 2023
General purposes
- $400,000
Yale University School of Public Health · New Haven, CT · 2023
$100,000 to be applied to research on "new strategies for african trypanosomiasis control; $300,000 for application to the department of epidemiology and microbial diseases
- $400,000
Yale University School of Public Health · New Haven, CT · 2022
$100,000 to be applied to research on "new strategies for african trypanosomiasis control; $300,000 for application to the pilot research program at the department of epidemiology and microbial diseases
- $375,000
Macgillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation · Laguna Beach, CA · 2023
Second installment of $750,000 grant referred to in letter dated december 14, 2022 for application to the medical marvels project
- $375,000
Cleveland Clinic - Genomic Medicine Institute · Cleveland, OH · 2022
$175,000 grant for application to the monell fellowship; $200,000, second installment of grant for application to the pten molecular switch research
- $375,000
Macgillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation · Laguna Beach, CA · 2022
First installment of $750,000 grant for application to the medical marvels project
- $350,000
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2024
First installment of $700,000 grant referred to in letter dated december 10, 2024
- $350,000
Institute for Advanced Study · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General purposes
- $350,000
Institute for Advanced Study · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General purposes
- $350,000
John Hopkins University Brady Urological Institute · Baltimore, MD · 2023
$250,000 second installment of the grant for dr. Walsh's work on genomic sequencing referred to in letter dated december 14, 2022; $100,000 for application to the patrick c. Walsh prostate cancer research fund or the pa… read all$250,000 second installment of the grant for dr. Walsh's work on genomic sequencing referred to in letter dated december 14, 2022; $100,000 for application to the patrick c. Walsh prostate cancer research fund or the patrick c. Walsh discovery and learning laboratory less
- $350,000
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2022
$150,000 for general purposes and $200,000 for the institute for comparative genomics
- $350,000
Institute for Advanced Study · Princeton, NJ · 2022
$300,000 to be applied to the school of natural sciences and mathematics; $50,000 for general purposes
- $350,000
Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2022
$250,000 for general purposes and $100,000 for application to dr. Jarvis' earth biogenome initiative
- $333,333
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
Second installment of $1,000,000 grant for application to its geroscience healthspan initiative
- $333,333
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
First installment of $1,000,000 grant for application to its geroscience healthspan initiative
- $300,000
Carnegie Institution for Science · Washington, DC · 2024
General purposes
- $300,000
Emory Univerity · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To the emory vaccine center for application at dr. Rafi ahmed's discretion
- $300,000
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center · Charlestown, MA · 2024
Application for its programs for the detection and treatment of cancer
- $300,000
National Jewish Health · Denver, CO · 2024
General purposes
- $300,000
Carnegie Institution for Science · Washington, DC · 2023
General purposes
- $300,000
Emory Univerity · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To the emory vaccine center for application at dr. Rafi ahmed's discretion
- $300,000
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center · Charlestown, MA · 2023
Application for its programs for the detection and treatment of cancer
- $300,000
Emory Univerity · Atlanta, GA · 2022
To the emory vaccine center for application at dr. Rafi ahmed's discretion
- $300,000
Friends of the Lobkowicz Collections · Dover, MA · 2022
$50,000 for the 2022 annual fund and $250,000 for application to the the united states/czech development team
- $300,000
John Hopkins University Brady Urological Institute · Baltimore, MD · 2022
$50,000 unrestricted grant for application to the patrick c. Walsh prostate cancer research fund; $250,000 installment of the grant for dr. Walsh's work on genomic sequencing
- $300,000
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center · Charlestown, MA · 2022
Application for its programs for the detection and treatment of cancer
- $250,000
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2024
General purposes
- $250,000
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2024
First of five installments of $250,000 each towards grant for application to the star award referred to in letter dated december 10, 2024
- $250,000
Mayo Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Application to the benefactor innovation fund
- $250,000
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2024
In support of mmrf multi-faceted strategy to drive personalized treatment approaches
- $250,000
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2024
Second installment of $500,000 grant to be applied as follows: (a) $125,000 as directed by leonard n. Girardi, md, to its division of cardiothoracic surgery and (b) $125,000 as directed by david s. Blumenthal, md, to it… read allSecond installment of $500,000 grant to be applied as follows: (a) $125,000 as directed by leonard n. Girardi, md, to its division of cardiothoracic surgery and (b) $125,000 as directed by david s. Blumenthal, md, to its division of cardiology less
- $250,000
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2023
General purposes
- $250,000
Children'S Hospital Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
For application to the folkman angiogenesis research institute
- $250,000
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2023
Third and final installment of $750,000 grant referred to in letter dated december 14, 2021
- $250,000
Mayo Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
Application to the benefactor innovation fund
- $250,000
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2023
In support of multi-faceted strategy to drive personalized treatment approaches
- $250,000
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2023
First installment of $500,000 grant to be applied as follows: (a) $125,000 as directed by leonard n. Girardi, md, to its division of cardiothoracic surgery and (b) $125,000 as directed by david s. Blumenthal, md, to its… read allFirst installment of $500,000 grant to be applied as follows: (a) $125,000 as directed by leonard n. Girardi, md, to its division of cardiothoracic surgery and (b) $125,000 as directed by david s. Blumenthal, md, to its division of cardiology less
- $250,000
Carnegie Institution for Science · Washington, DC · 2022
General purposes
- $250,000
Children'S Hospital Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
For application to the folkman angiogenesis research institute
- $250,000
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2022
Second of three installments of $750,000 grant
- $250,000
Mayo Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2022
Application to the benefactor innovation fund
- $250,000
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2022
In support of multi-faceted strategy to drive personalized treatment approaches
- $250,000
National Jewish Health · Denver, CO · 2022
General purposes
- $200,000
Lincoln Center Theater · New York, NY · 2024
General purposes
- $200,000
Lincoln Center Theater · New York, NY · 2023
General purposes
- $200,000
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami · Miami, FL · 2022
General purposes
- $150,000
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2024
For application to its microsurgical education foundation
- $150,000
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine · Chicago, IL · 2024
For application to dr. Schaeffer's research and education fund in the department of urology
- $150,000
Norwalk Hospital Foundation · Danbury, CT · 2024
$100,000 for application to the new patient pavilion at norwalk hospital; $50,000 for general operating purposes
- $150,000
Nyu Langone Health · New York, NY · 2024
For application to a skull-based fellowship in the department of neurosurgery under the direction of dr. John golfinos
- $150,000
Women'S Prison Association · New York, NY · 2024
General purposes
- $150,000
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2023
For application to its microsurgical education foundation
- $150,000
Norwalk Hospital Foundation · Danbury, CT · 2023
$100,000 for application to the new patient pavilion at norwalk hospital; $50,000 for general purposes
- $150,000
Nyu Langone Health · New York, NY · 2023
For application to a skull-based fellowship in the department of neurosurgery under the direction of dr. John golfinos
- $150,000
Women'S Prison Association · New York, NY · 2023
General purposes
- $150,000
Norwalk Hospital Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2022
$100,000 for application to the construction of the new patient pavilion at norwalk hospital; $50,000 for general purposes
- $150,000
Nyu Langone Health · New York, NY · 2022
For application to a skull-based fellowship in the department of neurosurgery under the direction of dr. John golfinos
- $150,000
Women'S Prison Association · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
- $125,000
Children'S Hospital Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
For application to the folkman angiogenesis research institute
- $125,000
Harvard School of Public Health · Boston, MA · 2022
General purposes
- $125,000
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2022
For application to its microsurgical education foundation
- $120,000
Weill Cornell Medicine · New York, NY · 2023
For purchase of equipment to aid the vartanian laboratory's ongoing multiple sclerosis research efforts
- $100,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2024
General purposes
- $100,000
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2024
General purposes
- $100,000
John Hopkins University Brady Urological Institute · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General purposes
- $100,000
Kennedy Krieger Institute · Baltimore, MD · 2024
For application to the innovation and collaboration pilot grant initiative
- $100,000
Lincoln Center Jazz · New York, NY · 2024
General purposes
- $100,000
Manhattan Institute · New York, NY · 2024
General purposes
- $100,000
Penn Medicine Development · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To be applied to the "working group: maternal and reproductive health"
- $100,000
Trudeau Institute · Saranac Lake, NY · 2024
General purposes
- $100,000
American Enterprise Institute of Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2023
General purposes
- $100,000
Educational Broadcasting Corporation · New York, NY · 2023
For application to american masters and digital programming
- $100,000
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2023
General purposes
- $100,000
Kennedy Krieger Institute · Baltimore, MD · 2023
For application to the innovation and collaboration pilot grant initiative
- $100,000
Lincoln Center Jazz · New York, NY · 2023
General purposes
- $100,000
Manhattan Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General purposes
- $100,000
Mount Sinai Health System · New York, NY · 2023
$50,000 to the mt. Sinai st. Luke and the mt. Sinai roosevelt hospitals for their language assistance programs; $50,000 for application to the division of pediatric hematology, and oncology
- $100,000
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine · Chicago, IL · 2023
For application to dr. Schaeffer's research and education fund in the department of urology
- $100,000
Trudeau Institute · Saranac Lake, NY · 2023
General purposes
- $100,000
American Enterprise Institute of Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2022
General purposes
- $100,000
Educational Broadcasting Corporation · New York, NY · 2022
For application to the metrofocus, american masters and nyc-arts programming
- $100,000
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2022
General purposes
- $100,000
Kennedy Krieger Institute · Baltimore, MD · 2022
For application to the innovative and collaboration pilot grant initiative
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