Funding search · EIN 656474256 · West Palm Beach, FL

Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust

Name: Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust grants, 2022–2022
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.

107
grants reported: $489.0M
total given: 2022–2022
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2022. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education arts youth school women music schools writing

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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

K-12 arts education: writing, music, theater, dance residencies
Palm Beach County cultural capital campaigns and named facilities
Marine, wildlife and Everglades conservation with education centers
Writing and mentoring programs specifically for girls and women
Youth college-readiness: ACT/SAT prep, scholarships, out-of-school time
Occasional medical research, including cancer and pancreatic screening

Typical grant

Outside a handful of lead gifts, this is a $25,000 funder: the median and both quartile bounds sit at exactly $25,000, and roughly 80 of the 105 recipients got that number. The seven-figure and mid-six-figure checks ($1M to Norton Museum, Busch Wildlife Sanctuary and Palm Beach Opera; $500K to Lighthouse ArtCenter, Wellesley College and the Kravis Center) all went to capital campaigns, building expansions or spaces carrying the Bailey name, nearly all in Palm Beach and Martin counties. Only one year of filings is on file, so repeat behavior cannot be confirmed, though Palm Beach Opera and the Immokalee Foundation each received two grants in the same year.

Their words

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

“ARTS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM”
“EDUCATION PROGRAMS”
“WRITING”
“CAPITAL CAMPAIGN SUPPORT”
“IN-SCHOOL”
“MUSIC EDUCATION”

Positioning adjacent work

Ask for $25,000 for a defined program unless you have a Palm Beach County capital project with naming potential.
Name the school partnership or student population served; nearly every grant description ties to a specific program, not general operating.
Marine and Everglades work lands best with an education component: see FAU Marine Sea Program, Miami Waterkeeper, Loggerhead.
For research, mirror the Norwalk Hospital pancreatic screening framing: one named study, $100K, clear high-risk population.

Worth knowing: The two largest line items, $243.6M and $235.0M, are 507(b)(2) transfers of securities and cash to the Cornelia T. Bailey and Glen W. Bailey Charitable Trusts, not grants; confirm which entity is now making awards before approaching. Actual grantmaking is about $10M concentrated in Palm Beach County, New York City and Washington DC, with the largest gifts going to institutions carrying the Bailey name, which reads as relationship-driven.

Top recipients

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

Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust1 grant · $243.6M
Glen W Bailey Charitable Trust1 grant · $235.0M
Palm Beach Opera2 grants · $2.0M
Norton Museum1 grant · $1.0M
Busch Wildlife Sanctuary1 grant · $1.0M
Raymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts1 grant · $500,000
Lighthouse Artcenter1 grant · $500,000
Wellesley College1 grant · $500,000
Hobe Sound Community Chest1 grant · $450,000
Ywca of Palm Beach County1 grant · $402,500

Grant history

The 100 largest of 107 grants.

$243.6M
Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
507(b)(2) transfer of securities and cash
$235.0M
Glen W Bailey Charitable Trust · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
507(b)(2) transfer of securities and cash
$1.0M
Busch Wildlife Sanctuary · Jupiter, FL · 2022
Cornelia t. Bailey education center
$1.0M
Norton Museum · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Art acquisition, exhibitions, photography, prints, learning and community engagement
$1.0M
Palm Beach Opera · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Capital campaign building
$1.0M
Palm Beach Opera · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Performance and bailey app artists program
$500,000
Lighthouse Artcenter · Tequesta, FL · 2022
Dollar-for-dollar matching grant up to $1,000,000 expansion
$500,000
Raymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Arts education and outreach program
$500,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2022
Cornelia t. Bailey global flora mezzanine and performance space
$450,000
Hobe Sound Community Chest · Hobe Sound, FL · 2022
Program support - ctb preschool enhancement project
$402,500
Ywca of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Capital improvements
$400,000
Loggerhead Marinelife Center · Juno Beach, FL · 2022
Capital campaign support
$300,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Capital improvements to everglades park buildings, trails and parking
$250,000
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation · Jupiter, FL · 2022
Glenn w. And cornelia t. Bailey niche program
$250,000
Metropolitan Opera Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2022
Saturday matinee radio broadcasts
$243,000
American Cancer Society the · Tampa, FL · 2022
Support medical research
$225,000
Florida Atlantic University Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
Marine sea program educational support
$100,000
Florida Grand Opera · Miami, FL · 2022
2021-2022 mainstage season
$100,000
Norwalk Hospital Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2022
A pancreatic screening study in high-risk individuals including those with recent-onset diabetes
$75,000
Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum · Sanibel, FL · 2022
K-12 education and creation of fund for special exhibitions
$75,000
National Audubon Society · Miami, FL · 2022
Restoring america's everglades
$50,000
Arts for Learning Connecticut · Hamden, CT · 2022
Higher order thinking (hot) schools
$50,000
Save the Music Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Miami-dade county public schools music education rebuild
$45,000
Public Partnership of Winter Haven · Winter Haven, FL · 2022
Science camp program
$30,000
An Open Book Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Author and illustrator visits
$25,000
826dc · Washington, DC · 2022
In-school writing, editing and publishing program
$25,000
African Voices · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
African voices - av writing workshops for women
$25,000
Art Students League of New York the · New York, NY · 2022
Seeds of the league
$25,000
Ballet Palm Beach · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2022
Ballet palm beach outreach program
$25,000
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2022
Girls write kingston program
$25,000
Bay Street Players · Eustis, FL · 2022
Support the young peoples theatre
$25,000
Blue Door Art Center · Yonkers, NY · 2022
Educational art outreach workshops
$25,000
Broadway for Arts Education · New York, NY · 2022
Bae programs
$25,000
Children'S Museum of Manhattan · New York, NY · 2022
Play and learning program for nyc families living in homeless shelters
$25,000
Cityarts · New York, NY · 2022
Community identity
$25,000
Day Eight · Washington, DC · 2022
Write on time with reil and kim b. Miller
$25,000
Dc Youth Orchestra Program · Washington, DC · 2022
Music education for all
$25,000
Deette Holden Cummer Museum Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Education Through Music · New York, NY · 2022
New school partnerships for sy 2021-2022
$25,000
Everglades Foundation · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2022
The power of water
$25,000
Exploring the Arts · Queens, NY · 2022
4 year plan
$25,000
Fairfield University · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Suppor the ct writing project: the cultivated women's collective
$25,000
Ford'S Theatre Society · Washington, DC · 2022
Ford's theatre education programs
$25,000
Friends of Materials for the Arts · Queens, NY · 2022
Art education
$25,000
Gablestage · Coral Gables, FL · 2022
Shakespeare in the schools
$25,000
Girls Write Now · New York, NY · 2022
Girls write now writing and mentoring program
$25,000
Hartford Performs · Hartford, CT · 2022
Teaching curriculum through the arts in hartford prek-grade 8 public schools
$25,000
Hispanic Unity of Florida · Hollywood, FL · 2022
Unity 4 kids (u4k)
$25,000
Immokalee Foundation · Naples, FL · 2022
Career pathways act/sat test prep support
$25,000
Immokalee Foundation · Naples, FL · 2022
Art programs for children of immokalee
$25,000
Intempo · Stamford, CT · 2022
Intempo music school and summer music camp
$25,000
Irondale Ensemble Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
One act, one community
$25,000
Jacob Burns Film Center · Pleasantville, NY · 2022
Media education programs
$25,000
Joy2learn Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Joy2learn professional development program
$25,000
Joyce Theater Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
The joyce's dance education program for schools: live-streaming project
$25,000
Kids Empowered By Your Support · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Music for life program
$25,000
Kingston Midtown Arts District · Kingston, NY · 2022
Arts industry workforce team
$25,000
Lincoln Center Theater · New York, NY · 2022
Lincoln center theater open stages education program
$25,000
Little Kids Rock · Verona, NJ · 2022
Modern band miami 2021-2022
$25,000
Manhattan Theatre Club · New York, NY · 2022
Write on the edge (wrote)
$25,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art the · New York, NY · 2022
Teaching and learning at the met
$25,000
Miami Waterkeeper · Miami, FL · 2022
Support for youth programs and teacher development
$25,000
Mission Society of New York City · New York, NY · 2022
Power academy
$25,000
Museum of Science and History of Jacksonville Mosh · Jacksonville, FL · 2022
Arts infusion program
$25,000
Musicianship · Washington, DC · 2022
Out of school time music education and academic tutoring
$25,000
New Horizons of Southwest Fl · Bonita Springs, FL · 2022
College bound
$25,000
New York City Ballet · New York, NY · 2022
Nycb in-school residency programs
$25,000
New York Women in Film and Television · New York, NY · 2022
The writers lab screenwriting program for women over 40
$25,000
Oliver Patch Project · Miami, FL · 2022
Art education - medical
$25,000
Opus 40 Sculpture Park · Saugerties, NY · 2022
Public art and performance
$25,000
Orlando Ballet · Orlando, FL · 2022
2021-2022 scholarship training for the enrichment of primary students (steps) program
$25,000
Orlando Repertory Theatre · Orlando, FL · 2022
Dual-language story drama
$25,000
Overtown Youth Center · Miami, FL · 2022
Inspire, engage, education (ie2)
$25,000
Paris Review Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Writers at work: interviews with women writers
$25,000
Project Most · East Hampton, NY · 2022
Bridging opportunity gap
$25,000
Projectart Art Creates US · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Projectart miami
$25,000
Riseboro Community Partnership · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Support the rb creative arts
$25,000
Salvation Army of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Northwest community center youth programs act sat training project
$25,000
Sitar Arts Center · Washington, DC · 2022
2022 camp sitar
$25,000
Society of the Third Street Music School Settlement · New York, NY · 2022
Third street partners
$25,000
Strand Center for the Arts the · Plattsburgh, NY · 2022
Art education
$25,000
Take Stock in Children Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Take stock in children
$25,000
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Dba Straz Center · Tampa, FL · 2022
2021-2022 arts education and cultural institute program
$25,000
Theatre Development Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Tdf school programs
$25,000
Theatre for a New Audience · New York, NY · 2022
Theatre for a new audience arts in education programs 2021-2022
$25,000
Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts · Washington, DC · 2022
Youth life stories drama outreach program
$25,000
Two Rivers Public Charter School · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating funds
$25,000
Urban Word Nyc · New York, NY · 2022
Black girl magic fellowship
$25,000
Washington Architectural Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Youth programs
$25,000
Youth Communication · New York, NY · 2022
Young women's writing program
$20,000
Black Student Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
No girl has ever written enough program
$20,000
Gala Grupo De Artistas Latinoamericanos Gala Hispanic Theatre · Washington, DC · 2022
Gala's paso nuevo youth arts education program
$20,000
Music Conservatory of Westchester · White Plains, NY · 2022
Healing for heros
$20,000
New Group · New York, NY · 2022
Scene 1 and my story
$20,000
New York Youth Symphony · New York, NY · 2022
Ny youth symphony musical theater songwriting program
$20,000
Open Arts Alliance · Greenwich, CT · 2022
Expand student leadership council role in senior arts education programs
$15,000
After School Arts Program Inc Aka Asap · Washington Depot, CT · 2022
In-school programs and teacher professional development
$15,000
Hernando County Fine Arts Council (Hcfac) · Brooksville, FL · 2022
Art mark: hcfac art in education - youth art summer program
$15,000
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens · Delray Beach, FL · 2022
Stroll for well being
$12,100
Frameworks of Tampa Bay · Tampa, FL · 2022
Exsel through the arts

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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.