Funding search · EIN 136098464 · New York, NY

The Scherman Foundation

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$20.4M
in grants paid
407
grants
247
recipients
2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

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

  • $225,000

    Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $200,000

    In Our Own Voice National Black Women'S Reproductive Justice · Washington, DC · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $200,000

    United Way of Nyc · New York, NY · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $200,000

    Arabella Advisors' Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $150,000

    State Voices · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Bvm Capacity Building Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    New York Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Youth organizing & culture change fund

  • $150,000

    New York Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Neighborhoods first fund

  • $125,000

    New York City Environmental Justice Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $125,000

    National Partnership for New Americans · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $110,000

    Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition · Bronx, NY · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $100,000

    The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Voices of Community Activists and Leaders · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $100,000

    Urge Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity (Fka Choice USA) · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    The New York Immigration Coalition · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Demos · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    North Star Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $100,000

    Florida Rising (Dba New Florida Majority Education Fund Inc) · Miami, FL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Latinojustice Prldef · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development (Anhd) · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Align · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Minkwon Center for Community Action · Flushing, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    New York Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Engage new york

  • $100,000

    Pratt Institute Dba Pratt Center for Community Development · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    National Asian Pacific American Women'S Forum · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Public Policy and Education Fund of New York · Albany, NY · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $100,000

    Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    The Advocacy Institute · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    The New York Community Trust · New York, NY · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $80,000

    Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $80,000

    Power (Philadelphians Organized To Witness Empower & Rebuild) · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $80,000

    African Communities Together · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $80,000

    Indigenous Environmental Network · Bemidji, MN · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    The Point Community Development Corporation · Bronx, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    New Settlement Apartments · Bronx, NY · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $75,000

    Kentucky Coalition · London, KY · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $75,000

    Make the Road New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $70,000

    Brooklyn Arts Council · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $70,000

    Long Island Progressive Coalition · Massapequa, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $70,000

    West Virginia Free · Charleston, WV · 2024

    General operating support

  • $70,000

    New Voices for Reproductive Justice · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $70,000

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $70,000

    Bold Futures (Formerly Young Women United) · Albuquerque, NM · 2024

    General operating support

  • $60,000

    Pregones Theater Puerto Rican Traveling Theater · Bronx, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $60,000

    League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $60,000

    Medical Students for Choice · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $60,000

    Environmental Advocates of New York · Albany, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $60,000

    Hi-Arts · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $60,000

    Brooklyn Academy of Music · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $60,000

    Communities Resist · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $60,000

    Brandworkers · Long Island City, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $60,000

    The Laundromat Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $60,000

    Museum Hue · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $60,000

    National Black Theatre Workshop · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Community Funds Inc (Aka New York Community Trust) · New York, NY · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $50,000

    North Star Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $50,000

    The Bronx Museum of the Arts · Bronx, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    New York Live Arts · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    State Voices · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Friends of the Earth · Washington, DC · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $50,000

    Stand (Formerly Forestethics) · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Abrons Arts Centerhenry Street Settlement · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Red Hook Initiative · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Arabella Advisors' Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $50,000

    Bronx Documentary Center · Bronx, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Brooklyn Arts Exchange Inc (Bax) · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Nys Tenants & Neighbors · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    California Latinas for Reproductive Justice · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Playwrights Horizons · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Louisiana Bucket Brigade · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Lawyers Alliance of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Earthworks · Washington, DC · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $40,000

    The New York Women'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $35,000

    Great Small Works · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Elevator Repair Service Theater · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    New Voices for Reproductive Justice · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Chesapeake Climate Action Network · Takoma Park, MD · 2024

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Progeorgia State Table · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Jews for Racial and Economic Justice Community · New York, NY · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $25,000

    Florida Rising (Dba New Florida Majority Education Fund Inc) · Miami, FL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Michigan Voices · Detroit, MI · 2024

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Classical Theatre of Harlem · New York, NY · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $25,000

    Pennsylvania Voice · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Bvm Capacity Building Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    The Performance Zone Inc Dba the Field · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    350org · Boston, MA · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $11,800

    Philanthropy New York · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Power (Philadelphians Organized To Witness Empower & Rebuild) · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    New Voices for Reproductive Justice · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $9,418

    Environmental Grantmakers Association (Ega) · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $6,000

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Paul J Aicher Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2024

    Everyday democracy

  • $5,000

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024

    Program/project support

  • $5,000

    The Billie Holiday Theater · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $4,000

    Funders for Reproductive Equity · Rockville, MD · 2024

    General operating support

  • $3,750

    Neighborhood Funders Group · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $3,333

    Marble Hill Nursery · Bronx, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $3,000

    Neighborhood Funders Group · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support

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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.