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The Winston Foundation

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$19.0M
in grants paid
371
grants
142
recipients
2021–2024
filing years

Recent grants

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

  • $500,000

    Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $350,000

    Hamilton College · Clinton, NY · 2024

    Arthur levitt public affairs center

  • $300,000

    The Foundation for City College · New York, NY · 2024

    To support direct expenses of the simon h rifkind center

  • $200,000

    Martin Memorial Foundation · Stuart, FL · 2024

    Marylin and arthur levitt endowed chair fund

  • $180,000

    Stamford Hospital · Stamford, CT · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $175,000

    American Civil Liberties Union (Aclu) Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Civil rights advocacy and the defense of immigrants

  • $145,000

    International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024

    Support work with ukrainian refugee children and their families

  • $120,000

    The Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2024

    60k land acquisitions fund, 35k property stewardship fund, 25k president's circle

  • $111,250

    Nyu College & Career Lab · New York, NY · 2024

    Support and staffing for the ccl curriculum and internship program

  • $100,000

    Nyu Shanghai · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating, programs, and activities per vice chancellor

  • $100,000

    Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Activities and programs at leadership's discretion

  • $87,000

    Nyu Winston Data Scholars · New York, NY · 2024

    Program scholarships for the summer and spring

  • $79,000

    People for the American Way · Washington, DC · 2024

    Support the new social media campaign

  • $75,000

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024

    Support for the efforts of civil rights and justice

  • $75,000

    Nyu All Ears · New York, NY · 2024

    Provides stem enrichment to middle and high school students

  • $75,000

    Norwalk Hospital Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Navigators programs support

  • $65,000

    Bennington College · Bennington, VT · 2024

    55k belitt fund; 5k ben belitt undergraduate writing prize

  • $60,000

    Human Rights First · New York, NY · 2024

    International human rights advocacy

  • $60,000

    Weill Cornell Medicine · New York, NY · 2024

    Fund for the future program

  • $60,000

    Giffords Law Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    To combat gun violence and the proliferation of guns in the us

  • $55,000

    Nyu Steinhardt · New York, NY · 2024

    Program for inclusion and neurodiversity education's annual member summit

  • $50,250

    Ecli-Vibes · Islandia, NY · 2024

    General operations of family violence and rape crisis center

  • $50,000

    Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2024

    Support of the college's programs and initiatives

  • $50,000

    American Foundation for the Blind · Arlington, VA · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $50,000

    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Naacp) · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $50,000

    Nyu Stern School of Business · New York, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $50,000

    Earth Justice · New York, NY · 2024

    Environmental legal advocacy

  • $50,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $50,000

    Alliance for Justice · Washington, DC · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $50,000

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2024

    Support mount sinai human rights program

  • $50,000

    Long Island Cares · Hauppauge, NY · 2024

    To make available and distribute emergency food

  • $45,000

    Promise Project · New York, NY · 2024

    To deliver comprehensive services to disadvantaged children living with learning diabilities

  • $40,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $40,000

    Bay Street Theatre · Sag Harbor, NY · 2024

    Support of literature live, title wave, a new works festival, and writing the wave, for young playwrights

  • $40,000

    Hibiscus Children'S Center Foundation · Jensen Beach, FL · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $40,000

    Palestine Children'S Relief Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $40,000

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $40,000

    Westport Library · Westport, CT · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $40,000

    Center for Creative Photography - the University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    5k for prints and materials for the john yang archive; 35k for staff support

  • $40,000

    Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Support of work to ensure legal counsel for undocumented immigrants

  • $40,000

    Lick-Wilmerding High School · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Financial aid

  • $35,000

    Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $35,000

    Lincoln Center Theatre · New York, NY · 2024

    Support the production of new plays at the mitzi newhouse theatre

  • $32,000

    Queens College · Flushing, NY · 2024

    Sir roland hanna memorial scholarship fund

  • $30,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $30,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $30,000

    Scholars at Risk Network · New York, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $30,000

    Bluepath Service Dogs · Wappingers Falls, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $30,000

    Intimate Spectacle Theater Company · New York, NY · 2024

    To support new theater

  • $25,000

    Common Cause · Washington, DC · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $25,000

    Wshu Public Radio · Fairfield, CT · 2024

    Support for npr station programming

  • $25,000

    Westport Country Playhouse · Westport, CT · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $25,000

    Rett Syndrome Research Trust · Trumbull, CT · 2024

    Support and stimulate new research strategies

  • $25,000

    Free Fair Litigation Group · New York, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $25,000

    National Center for Law and Economic Justice · New York, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $25,000

    Jazz Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2024

    Aid musicians in need of emergency assistance or work opportunities

  • $25,000

    American Ballet Theatre · New York, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $23,000

    Stony Brook University · Stony Brook, NY · 2024

    Program support in child care services with sliding fee scale

  • $20,000

    Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2024

    Support of college programs for prisoners

  • $20,000

    New York Society Library · New York, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $20,000

    Gallery North · Setauket, NY · 2024

    Support of art exhibitions and educational programs

  • $20,000

    Carl Schurz Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024

    Toward the salary of a year-round dedicated gardener for carl schurz park

  • $15,000

    Goathouse Gallery and Refuge · Pittsboro, NC · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $15,000

    Mass Audubon - Fund for Nature · Lincoln, MA · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $15,000

    Guiding Eyes for the Blind · Yorktown Heights, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $15,000

    The Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    To help rescue bees

  • $15,000

    Brooklyn Academy of Music · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $15,000

    Film Forum · New York, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $15,000

    The Metropolitan Opera Association · New York, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $15,000

    New York Historical Society · New York, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $15,000

    Gould Farm · Monterey, MA · 2024

    A therapeutic community that promotes recovery for people with mental health challenges

  • $12,000

    Yerkes Future Foundation · Williams Bay, WI · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $10,000

    Cinema Arts Center · Huntington, NY · 2024

    Member-supported, independent community cinema

  • $10,000

    Save the Sound · New Haven, CT · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $10,000

    Bluhm Legal Clinic - Northwestern Pritzker School of Law · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Support for the center on wrongful convictions

  • $10,000

    Central Synagogue · New York, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $10,000

    University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Interdisciplinary conservation research fund

  • $10,000

    Homes With Hope · Westport, CT · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $10,000

    Westport Temple Israel · Westport, CT · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $10,000

    Adaptive Training Foundation · Carrollton, TX · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $10,000

    The Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $8,000

    Harvard College Library · Boston, MA · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $7,500

    Blueprint for Accountability · Jamaica, NY · 2024

    Fight to save democracy

  • $5,000

    The Florida Oceanographic Society · Stuart, FL · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $5,000

    Conservative Synagogue of Westport · Westport, CT · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $5,000

    Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $5,000

    A Better Chance of Westport · Westport, CT · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $5,000

    The Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $3,000

    Student Advocacy · Elmsford, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $1,000

    National Council for Jewish Women · Washington, DC · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $1,000

    Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2024

    To further the tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $500,000

    Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2023

    To further that tax exempt mission of the organization

  • $350,000

    Hamilton College · Clinton, NY · 2023

    For the arthur levitt public affairs center

  • $200,000

    Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2023

    The arthur and marilyn levitt junior professorship

  • $200,000

    Martin Memorial Foundation · Stuart, FL · 2023

    For the marylin and arthur levitt endowed chair fund

  • $200,000

    National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Washington, DC · 2023

    Ms research

  • $150,000

    International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2023

    Ukrainian refugee children and their families

  • $130,000

    Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    $90k civil rights advocacy; $40k defense of immigrants

  • $110,000

    Long Island Cares · Hauppauge, NY · 2023

    To make available and distribute emergency food

  • $110,000

    The Trustees · Boston, MA · 2023

    $25k president's circle, $50k land acquisitions fund; $35k property stewardship fund

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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.