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The Herbert & Nell Singer Foundation

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$29.2M
in grants paid
233
grants
103
recipients
2022–2025
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

  • $10.0M

    Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2025

    To endow, and support in perpetuity, the Herbert Singer award for collaborative innovation fund

  • $1.5M

    Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2025

    Herbert Singer Award fund for collaborative innovation

  • $1.0M

    Building One Community Corp · Stamford, CT · 2025

    for the purchase of Building One Community's building

  • $350,000

    Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2025

    Improvement to Nell Singer Lilac Walk fund

  • $155,816

    Connecticut Bar Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2025

    Singer Public Service Fellowship fund

  • $150,000

    Catholic Charities of Fairfield County · Shelton, CT · 2025

    The Thomas Merton Center

  • $107,500

    Clicc · New Haven, CT · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Building One Community Corp · Stamford, CT · 2025

    B1C's Immigration Legal Services (ILS) fund

  • $100,000

    Domus Kids · Stamford, CT · 2025

    Domus' Juvenile Review Board (JRB) Program

  • $100,000

    American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2025

    Taub Center for Social Policy Studies-Israel

  • $50,000

    New Covenant Center · Stamford, CT · 2025

    to provide food for the kitchen and pantry

  • $50,000

    Person To Person · Darien, CT · 2025

    to provide food for the food pantry and food trucks

  • $50,000

    Catholic Charities of Fairfield County · Shelton, CT · 2025

    Merton Family Center

  • $50,000

    Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County · Stamford, CT · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    The Open Door Shelter · Norwalk, CT · 2025

    Emergency fund

  • $40,000

    Harbor Camps · Boston, MA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $35,000

    Beacon Volunteer Ambulance Corp · Beacon, NY · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2025

    Shaffer Public Service Fellowship-Law School fund

  • $25,000

    Mercy University · Dobbs Ferry, NY · 2025

    CNR Serviam Endowed Scholarship Fund

  • $25,000

    Americares Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2025

    General Unrestricted Support for AmeriCares Free Clinics

  • $25,000

    Onegoal · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    One Goal Massachusetts fund

  • $20,000

    Change Summer · New York, NY · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Shattuck Child Care Center · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Food Rescue US · Stamford, CT · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Catholic Academy of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Center for New American Security · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Building One Community Corp · Stamford, CT · 2025

    Legal Services fund

  • $10,000

    Empower Spinal Cord Injury Incorporated · Waltham, MA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    Young Mens Christian Association Camp Belknap · Mirror Lake, NH · 2025

    Leaders Scholarship Fund

  • $7,500

    Ecsu Foundation · Willimantic, CT · 2025

    Presidential Strategic Initiatives Fund

  • $7,500

    Jackie Robinson Park of Fame · Stamford, CT · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts · Chicopee, MA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Herren Project · Portsmouth, RI · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Denver Botanic Garden · Denver, CO · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Stamford Emergency Medical Services · Stamford, CT · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Hadassah the Womens Zionist Organization of Americ · New York, NY · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Stamford Museum and Nature Center Incorporated · Stamford, CT · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Future 5 · Stamford, CT · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Jewish Family Service of Stamford · Stamford, CT · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Americares Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2025

    AmeriCares Free Clinic - Staff National Conference fund

  • $2,500

    The Elm Project · Stamford, CT · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Saint Joseph Parenting Center · Stamford, CT · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Inspirica · Stamford, CT · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Red Cloud Indian School · Pine Ridge, SD · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3.0M

    Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024

    To benefit the Law School by establishing the Herbert & Nell Singer Social Justice Fellowship Endowment fund

  • $1.0M

    Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2024

    To add funds to an existing Endowment Fund entitled The Herbert & Nell Singer Postdoctoral Fellowship

  • $1.0M

    Jewish Communal Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    To create an endowed fund to be named The Herbert M. Singer president's fund

  • $170,438

    Connecticut Bar Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2024

    HNSF/CT Bar Foundation Fellowship Program

  • $150,000

    Moses-Weitzman Health System · Middletown, CT · 2024

    Heal Our Youth Program

  • $150,000

    Onegoal · Chicago, IL · 2024

    OneGoal Massachusetts - State-Level Impact fund

  • $150,000

    Center for Childrens Advocacy · Hartford, CT · 2024

    Youth Justice Project

  • $150,000

    Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024

    Herbert and Nell Singer Columbia Social Justice Fellowship Fund

  • $150,000

    Hope for Haiti · Naples, FL · 2024

    Improving Educational Outcomes in Southern Haiti

  • $150,000

    Hebrew Free Loan Society · Florham Park, NJ · 2024

    The Singer Foundation Highly Confident Fund

  • $150,000

    Catholic Charities of Fairfield County · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    The Thomas Merton Center

  • $102,500

    Clicc · New Haven, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Domus Kids · Stamford, CT · 2024

    Domus' Juvenile Review Board (JRB) Program

  • $100,000

    American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2024

    Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel

  • $100,000

    Building One Community Corp · Stamford, CT · 2024

    B1C's Immigration Legal Services (ILS)

  • $100,000

    Duet · Boston, MA · 2024

    Increasing Capacity for Career Services at Duet

  • $90,000

    American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2024

    Taub Center 2024 Annual Herbert M. Singer International Policy Conference

  • $75,000

    Prison of Peace · Calabasas, CA · 2024

    Connecticut three year Prison of Peace Pilot Program

  • $49,000

    Ecsu Foundation · Willimantic, CT · 2024

    STEP/CAP Scholarship fund with enhanced support services

  • $25,000

    The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts · Chicopee, MA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    University of Notre Dame Du Lac · Notre Dame, IN · 2024

    Law School Thomas Shaffer Fellowship fund

  • $20,000

    Beacon Volunteer Ambulance Corp · Beacon, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Change Summer · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Catholic Academy of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Childrens Learning Centers of Fairfield County · Stamford, CT · 2024

    Harold J Sandak Garden fund

  • $15,000

    Duet · Boston, MA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Young Mens Christian Association Camp Belknap · Mirror Lake, NH · 2024

    Leaders Scholarship Fund

  • $10,000

    Americares Free Clinic · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Building One Community Corp · Stamford, CT · 2024

    Immigrant Legal Services

  • $10,000

    Center for New American Security · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Ferguson Library · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Food Rescue US · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Hope for Haiti · Naples, FL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Jewish Family Service of Stamford · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Manna Food Bank · Mills River, NC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    The Herren Project · Portsmouth, RI · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    University of Notre Dame Du Lac · Notre Dame, IN · 2024

    Thomas Shaffer Fellowship fund - Law School

  • $7,500

    Jackie Robinson Park of Fame · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Piers Park Sailing Center · East Boston, MA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Red Cloud Indian School · Pine Ridge, SD · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Pacific House · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Hadassah the Womens Zionist Organization of Americ · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Stamford · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Person To Person · Darien, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Stamford Museum and Nature Center Incorporated · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Inspirica · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Homefront · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Malta House · Norwalk, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Saint Joseph Parenting Center · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    New Covenant Center · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2.0M

    Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel · 2023

    To provide ongoing support for the annual charitable and educational conference currently known as the Herbert M. Singer International Conference

  • $245,396

    Connecticut Bar Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2023

    HNSF/CT Bar Foundation Fellowship Program

  • $200,000

    Catholic Charities of Fairfield County · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    The Thomas Merton Center

  • $100,000

    Clicc · New Haven, CT · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Building One Community Corp · Stamford, CT · 2023

    B1C's Immigration Legal Services (ILS)

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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. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.