Funding search · EIN 133354308 · Riverhead, NY

Robert David Lion Gardiner

Name: Robert David Lion Gardiner grants, 2022–2024
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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.

210
grants reported: $14.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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New York Historical Society4 grants · $1.8M
Cooper Union for the Adv of Science4 grants · $1.4M
Long Island University3 grants · $850,000
Pbs Foundation2 grants · $666,667
Green-Wood Historic Fund3 grants · $630,000
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory3 grants · $629,623
Columbia University2 grants · $622,161
Laguardia Community College Found2 grants · $500,000
Roslyn Landmark Society3 grants · $495,975
Fireboat Fire Fighter Museum2 grants · $461,453

Giving over time

$4.2M

2022

$4.0M

2023

$6.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 210 grants.

$1.5M
New York Historical Society · New York, NY · 2024
2024 grant award
$500,000
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2024
2024 grant award
$452,150
Fireboat Fire Fighter Museum · Greenport, NY · 2023
2023 grant award
$422,276
Roslyn Landmark Society · Roslyn, NY · 2022
2022 grant award
$392,000
Cooper Union for the Adv of Science · New York, NY · 2024
2022 grant award
$392,000
Cooper Union for the Adv of Science · New York, NY · 2023
2022 grant 2 of 3
$392,000
Cooper Union for the Adv of Science · New York, NY · 2022
2022 grant 1 of 3
$350,000
Long Island University · Brookville, NY · 2022
2022 grant award and endowment
$333,334
Pbs Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
2023 grant award
$333,334
National Trust for Historic · Washington, DC · 2023
2023 grant 1 of 3
$333,333
National Trust for Historic Presv · Washingon, DC · 2024
2023 grant award
$333,333
Pbs Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
2020 grant award 3 of 3
$318,654
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
2021 grant 2 of 3
$303,507
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
2021 grant 3 of 3
$250,000
Cooper Union for the Adv of Science · New York, NY · 2024
2022 grant 3 of 3, and 2024 grant
$250,000
Gilder Lehrman Inst of American His · New York, NY · 2024
2020 grant award
$250,000
Green-Wood Historic Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
2023 grant award
$250,000
Laguardia Community College Fnd · Long Island City, NY · 2024
2021 grant award
$250,000
Long Island University · Greenvale, NY · 2024
2022 grant award
$250,000
The History Makers · Chicago, IL · 2024
2023 grant award
$250,000
Gilder Lehrman Institute of America · New York, NY · 2023
2020 grant award 3 of 4
$250,000
Green-Wood Historic Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
2023 grant award 1 of 2
$250,000
Laguardia Community College Found · Long Island City, NY · 2023
2021 grant award 3 of 4
$250,000
Long Island University · Brookville, NY · 2023
2022 grant award 2 of 4
$250,000
The Historymakers · Chicago, IL · 2023
2023 grant award 1 of 4
$250,000
Laguardia Community College Found · Long Island City, NY · 2022
2021 grant award 2 of 4
$250,000
North Shore Land Alliance · Mill Neck, NY · 2022
2022 grant award
$201,749
Research Foundation for · Albany, NY · 2023
2021 grant award 1 and 2 of 3
$197,534
Mystic Seaport Museum · Mystic, CT · 2024
2023 grant award
$150,000
Gilder Lehrman Institute of America · New York, NY · 2022
2020 grant award 2 of 4
$133,300
Montauk Historical Society · Montauk, NY · 2022
2022 grant award
$130,000
Green-Wood Historic Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
2022 grant award
$128,123
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2022
2021 grant 2 of 2
$126,500
Oysterponds Historical Society · Orient, NY · 2023
2023 grant
$125,000
East Hampton Historical Society · East Hampton, NY · 2023
2023 grant award
$125,000
Audubon New York · New York, NY · 2022
2022 grant award
$125,000
Bayport Blue Point Heritage Assoc · Bayport, NY · 2022
2022 grant award
$125,000
Oyster Bay Railroad Museum · Oyster Bay, NY · 2022
2022 grant award
$125,000
Smithtown Historical Society · Smithtown, NY · 2022
2022 grant award
$114,812
St Thomas Aquinas College · Sparkill, NY · 2024
2023 grant award
$114,812
St Thomas Aquinas College · Sparkill, NY · 2023
2023 grant award 1 of 2
$110,844
New York Historical Society · New York, NY · 2024
2022 grant award
$110,844
New York Historical Society · New York, NY · 2023
2022 grant 2 of 3
$110,844
New York Historical Society · New York, NY · 2022
2022 grant 1 of 3
$105,500
Brooklyn Public Library · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
2023 grant award
$100,874
Research Foundation Geneseo · Albany, NY · 2024
2021 grant award
$100,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
2024 grant award
$100,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
Grant award
$85,824
The Caumsett Foundation · Huntington, NY · 2024
2024 grant award
$72,099
Roslyn Landmark Society · Roslyn, NY · 2023
2023 grant award
$71,119
New Amsterdam History Center · New York, NY · 2022
2021 grant award 2 of 2
$70,419
Guild Hall of East Hampton · East Hampton, NY · 2024
2023 grant award
$70,000
Rocky Point Historical Society · Rocky Point, NY · 2022
2022 grant award
$64,000
Greater Hudson Heritage Network · Elmsford, NY · 2023
2023 grant award 1 of 3
$62,000
Greater Hudson Heritage Network · Elmsford, NY · 2024
2023 grant award
$55,205
Nassau County Museum of Fine Art · Roslyn Harbor, NY · 2024
2024 grant award
$54,149
New York University Library · New York, NY · 2022
2022 grant award
$53,700
Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill Sanctua · Lloyd Harbor, NY · 2023
2023 grant award
$53,170
Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum · Centerport, NY · 2022
2022 grant award
$52,000
Jewish Historical Society of Long · Greenvale, NY · 2024
2024 grant award
$51,600
Queens Museum · Queens, NY · 2024
2024 gys and grant award
$51,006
Montauk Historical Society · Montauk, NY · 2024
2024 gardiner young scholar
$50,000
Long Island Children'S Museum · Garden City, NY · 2024
2024 grant award
$50,000
Museum Association of New York · Troy, NY · 2024
2022 grant award
$50,000
New York State Archives Ptr Trust · Albany, NY · 2024
2022 grant award
$50,000
Museum Association of New York · Troy, NY · 2023
2022 grant award 2 of 3
$50,000
New York State Archives Partnership · Albany, NY · 2023
2022 grant award 2 of 3
$50,000
The New York Landmarks · New York, NY · 2023
2020 grant award 3 of 3
$50,000
East End Seaport Museum & Marine · Greenport, NY · 2022
2022 grant award
$50,000
Museum Association of New York · Troy, NY · 2022
2022 grant award
$50,000
New York State Archives Partnership · Albany, NY · 2022
2022 grant award 1 of 3
$50,000
The New York Landmarks Society · New York, NY · 2022
2020 grant award 2 of 3
$45,000
Preservation League of Nys · Albany, NY · 2024
2022 grant award
$45,000
Preservation Leauge of Nys · Albany, NY · 2023
2022 grant award 2 of 3
$45,000
Preservation Leauge of Nys · Albany, NY · 2022
2021 grant award
$37,500
Webb Institute · Glen Cove, NY · 2024
2023 grant award
$37,500
Webb Institute · Glen Cove, NY · 2023
2023 grant award
$36,729
Long Island Library Resources · Bellport, NY · 2024
2024 grant award
$35,688
Byrd Hoffman Water Mill · Watermill, NY · 2024
2024 grant award
$34,001
Long Island Museum of American · Stony Brook, NY · 2024
2024 grant award
$25,000
The Church · Sag Harbor, NY · 2024
2024 grant award
$24,802
Yaphank Historical Society · Yaphank, NY · 2022
2022 grant award
$24,568
Long Island Seaport and Eco Center · Port Jefferson, NY · 2024
2024 grant award
$22,994
Sons of the Revolution of the · New York, NY · 2024
2024 grant award
$22,139
Friends of Raynham Hall · Oyster Bay, NY · 2024
2024 grant award
$19,600
Heckscher Museum · Huntington, NY · 2022
2022 grant
$15,320
Waterfront Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
2024 gys and grant award
$15,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2023
George gurney 22/23, 23/24
$14,251
Messiah University · Mechanicburg, PA · 2024
Grant award
$12,280
Cow Neck Peninsula Histocial Soc · Port Washington, NY · 2022
2022 grant award
$12,033
Historical Society of Greater · Port Jefferson, NY · 2024
2024 gardiner young/challenge match
$11,700
Oyster Bay Railroad Museum · Oyster Bay, NY · 2024
2024 gys and challenge match
$11,600
Quogue Historical Society · Quogue, NY · 2024
2024 gys and challenge match
$11,600
Rocky Point Historical Society · Rocky Point, NY · 2024
2024 gys and challenge grant
$11,500
Waterfront Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
2023 grant
$10,340
Cow Neck Peninsula Histocial Soc · Port Washington, NY · 2024
2024 grant award
$10,000
Conscience Point Shellfish Hatchery · Southampton, NY · 2024
2024 challenge match grant
$10,000
Long Beach Historical and · Long Beach, NY · 2024
2024 challenge grant match
$10,000
New York State Archives Partnership · Albany, NY · 2024
Sponsorship conference
$10,000
North Sea Community School House · Southampton, NY · 2024
2024 challenge match grant

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