Funding search · EIN 133735187 · New York, NY

Druckenmiller Foundation

Name: Druckenmiller Foundation grants, 2021–2023
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.

185
grants reported: $412.8M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship university state univ penn college comm pittsburgh

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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

Unrestricted support to NYU Langone and Memorial Sloan Kettering
Blue Meridian Partners' scaled anti-poverty investments
Harlem Children's Zone and place-based youth pipelines
Disease-specific research: sarcoidosis, stem cells, skin cancer
Environmental advocacy through Environmental Defense Fund and Oceana
Named scholarships for students from Pittsburgh-area Pennsylvania towns

Typical grant

The median grant is $25,000 and half of everything falls between $10,000 and $200,000, but that describes almost none of the money. Roughly a dozen checks of $1 million and up, topping out at $41.2 million to Blue Meridian and $40.5 million to NYU Langone, account for nearly the entire $412 million. The large relationships repeat every year: MSK, Harlem Children's Zone, Blue Meridian, NYU Langone, Environmental Defense Fund, Spence School and the American Museum of Natural History all appear in both 2022 and 2023.

Their words

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

“GENERAL USE”
“SCHOLARSHIP - PENN STATE UNIV”
“BLOOMBERG PROGRAM”
“CARDINAL'S STEWARDSHIP APPEAL”

Positioning adjacent work

Route biomedical work through NYU Langone or Memorial Sloan Kettering, where the eight-figure institutional relationships already sit.
Frame anti-poverty or education work as scalable and evidence-backed, the Blue Meridian and Harlem Children's Zone model.
Ask for unrestricted operating money; nearly every grant is coded GENERAL USE with no project restriction.
A first, unconnected approach should be sized at $25,000 to $200,000, not seven figures.

Worth knowing: This is a closed, relationship-driven checkbook: New York City institutions take the overwhelming majority of dollars, and the 60 Pennsylvania entries are individual scholarships to students from Oakmont, Gibsonia and nearby towns rather than institutional grants. Sarcoidosis research jumped from $350,000 in 2022 to $10 million in 2023, and Bowdoin College and the New York Stem Cell Foundation entered at $5 million and $6 million, so new eight-figure interests do open, but through the donor's own conviction rather than solicitation.

2 grants matching “gaffney” · $10,000

$5,000
Samuel Gaffney · Carnegie, PA · 2023
Scholarship - ohio state university
$5,000
Tyler Gaffney · Carnegie, PA · 2023
Scholarship - ohio state university

Top recipients

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

Blue Meridian Partners3 grants · $122.4M
Nyu Langone Medical Center3 grants · $60.6M
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center3 grants · $60.3M
Harlem Children'S Zone3 grants · $57.0M
Central Park Conservancy2 grants · $50.0M
Environmental Defense Fund3 grants · $11.0M
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research2 grants · $10.3M
The New York STEM Cell Foundation1 grant · $6.0M
New York STEM Cell Foundation1 grant · $6.0M
Bowdoin College2 grants · $5.2M

Giving over time

$174.9M

2021

$102.1M

2022

$135.7M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 185 grants.

$50.0M
Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2021
General use
$50.0M
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2021
General use
$41.2M
Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$40.5M
Nyu Langone Medical Center · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$31.2M
Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$26.0M
Harlem Children'S Zone · New York, NY · 2021
General use
$20.2M
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$20.1M
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$20.0M
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2021
General use
$16.5M
Harlem Children'S Zone · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$14.5M
Harlem Children'S Zone · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$10.1M
Nyu Langone Medical Center · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$10.0M
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research · Chicago, IL · 2023
General use
$10.0M
Nyu Langone Medical Center · New York, NY · 2021
General use
$6.0M
New York STEM Cell Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$6.0M
The New York STEM Cell Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
General use
$5.0M
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2023
General use
$5.0M
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2021
General use
$4.0M
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$2.0M
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$2.0M
50can · Washington, DC · 2022
General use
$2.0M
50can · Washington, DC · 2021
General use
$1.6M
The Spence School · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$1.6M
The Spence School · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$1.6M
The Spence School · New York, NY · 2021
General use
$1.5M
Am Museum of Nat'L History · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$1.5M
Am Museum of Nat'L History · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$1.0M
The Skin Cancer Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$1.0M
Children Action · 2021
General use
$500,000
Northwell Health Foundation · New Hyde Park, NY · 2023
General use
$500,000
Tel Aviv University · 2023
Bloomberg program
$500,000
Northwell Health Foundation · New Hyde Park, NY · 2021
General use
$465,000
Northwell Health Foundation Chervenak · New Hyde Park, NY · 2022
General use
$400,000
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General use
$350,000
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research · Chicago, IL · 2022
General use
$350,000
Shed Nyc · New York, NY · 2021
General use
$325,000
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General use
$325,000
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General use
$300,000
Broadway Housing Communities · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$300,000
Kasparov Chess Foundation · Montville, NJ · 2022
General use
$300,000
Robinhood · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$250,000
Children'S Museum of Manhattan · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$250,000
Northside Achievement Zone · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General use
$250,000
Kasparov Chess Foundation · Montville, NJ · 2021
General use
$250,000
Northside Achievement Zone · Minneapolis, MI · 2021
General use
$216,666
Animal Medical Center · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$200,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2023
General use
$200,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2022
General use
$200,000
Animal Medical Center · New York, NY · 2021
General use
$200,000
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2021
General use
$200,000
Center for Independence of the Disabled in Ny · New York, NY · 2021
General use
$160,000
The Futuro Media Group · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$150,000
Dms Dream Foundation · Hempstead, NY · 2023
General use
$150,000
El Education · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$150,000
Shed Nyc · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$150,000
The Futuro Media Group · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$150,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2021
General use
$150,000
Ny Public Library · New York, NY · 2021
General use
$125,000
Southampton Bath and Tennis Charitable Fund · Southampton, NY · 2023
General use
$100,000
Cidny - Independent Living Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General use
$100,000
Reach the World · Washington, DC · 2023
General use
$100,000
Center for Independence of the Disabled in Ny · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$100,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$100,000
Southampton Bath and Tennis Charitable Fund · Southampton, NY · 2022
General use
$100,000
Global Giving · Washington, DC · 2021
General use
$75,000
Keren Or · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$75,000
Reach the World · Washington, DC · 2022
General use
$75,000
Southampton Bath and Tennis Charitable Fund · Southampton, NY · 2021
General use
$50,000
Archdiocese of Ny - Cardinal'S Stewardship Appeal · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$50,000
Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2023
General use
$50,000
Isamu Noguchi Foundation & Garden Museum · Astoria, NY · 2023
General use
$50,000
Partnership To End Addiction · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$50,000
Southampton Hospital Foundation · Southampton, NY · 2023
General use
$50,000
Alliance in Reconstructive Surgery · Dallas, TX · 2022
General use
$50,000
Animal Medical Center · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$50,000
Archdiocese of Ny - Cardinal'S Stewardship Appeal · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$50,000
Breast Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$50,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$50,000
Harlem Educational Activities Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$50,000
Isamu Noguchi Foundation & Garden Museum · Astoria, NY · 2022
General use
$50,000
New York Women'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$50,000
Alfred E Smith Memorial Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
General use
$50,000
Archdiocese of Ny - Cardinal'S Stewardship Appeal · New York, NY · 2021
General use
$50,000
Everglades Foundation · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2021
General use
$50,000
New York Women'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
General use
$50,000
Pallas Foundation for National Security · Washington, DC · 2021
General use
$40,000
Kids of Nyu Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$35,000
Lenox Hill Hospital · Westbury, NY · 2022
General use
$30,000
The Wisdom of Healing School · West Nyack, NY · 2023
General use
$25,000
Bellevue Association · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$25,000
Episcopal School in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$25,000
Gmhc - AIDS Walk Ny · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$25,000
Serica Initiative · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$25,000
Gmhc - AIDS Walk Ny · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$25,000
Lincoln Center for Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$25,000
Southampton Hospital Foundation · Southampton, NY · 2022
General use
$25,000
Gmhc · New York, NY · 2021
General use
$25,000
Harlem Educational Activities Fund · New York, NY · 2021
General use
$25,000
Reach the World · Washington, DC · 2021
General use
$25,000
The Avalon School · Silver Spring, MD · 2021
General use

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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.