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The Herbert & Nell Singer Foundation

Name: The Herbert & Nell Singer Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

233
grants reported: $29.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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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Top recipients

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Rockefeller University3 grants · $12.5M
Trustees of Columbia University2 grants · $3.1M
Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel1 grant · $2.0M
Building One Community Corp10 grants · $1.4M
Chordoma Foundation1 grant · $1.1M
Jewish Communal Fund1 grant · $1.0M
Connecticut Bar Foundation5 grants · $780,762
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee8 grants · $670,000
Domus Kids5 grants · $600,000
Catholic Charities of Fairfield County6 grants · $555,000

Giving over time

$3.8M

2022

$3.9M

2023

$7.3M

2024

$14.2M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 233 grants.

$10.0M
Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2025
To endow, and support in perpetuity, the Herbert Singer award for collaborative innovation fund
$3.0M
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
To benefit the Law School by establishing the Herbert & Nell Singer Social Justice Fellowship Endowment fund
$2.0M
Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel · 2023
To provide ongoing support for the annual charitable and educational conference currently known as the Herbert M. Singer International Conference
$1.5M
Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2025
Herbert Singer Award fund for collaborative innovation
$1.1M
Chordoma Foundation · Durham, NC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1.0M
Building One Community Corp · Stamford, CT · 2025
for the purchase of Building One Community's building
$1.0M
Jewish Communal Fund · New York, NY · 2024
To create an endowed fund to be named The Herbert M. Singer president's fund
$1.0M
Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2024
To add funds to an existing Endowment Fund entitled The Herbert & Nell Singer Postdoctoral Fellowship
$350,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2025
Improvement to Nell Singer Lilac Walk fund
$300,000
Harlem Rbi Incorporated · New York, NY · 2022
Expanding and deepening Legends' postsecondary programming
$245,396
Connecticut Bar Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2023
HNSF/CT Bar Foundation Fellowship Program
$206,658
Connecticut Bar Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2022
CT Bar Foundation Singer Fellowship Program
$200,000
Catholic Charities of Fairfield County · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
The Thomas Merton Center
$170,438
Connecticut Bar Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2024
HNSF/CT Bar Foundation Fellowship Program
$155,816
Connecticut Bar Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2025
Singer Public Service Fellowship fund
$150,000
Catholic Charities of Fairfield County · Shelton, CT · 2025
The Thomas Merton Center
$150,000
Catholic Charities of Fairfield County · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
The Thomas Merton Center
$150,000
Center for Childrens Advocacy · Hartford, CT · 2024
Youth Justice Project
$150,000
Hebrew Free Loan Society · Florham Park, NJ · 2024
The Singer Foundation Highly Confident Fund
$150,000
Hope for Haiti · Naples, FL · 2024
Improving Educational Outcomes in Southern Haiti
$150,000
Moses-Weitzman Health System · Middletown, CT · 2024
Heal Our Youth Program
$150,000
Onegoal · Chicago, IL · 2024
OneGoal Massachusetts - State-Level Impact fund
$150,000
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
Herbert and Nell Singer Columbia Social Justice Fellowship Fund
$150,000
Domus Kids · Stamford, CT · 2022
Juvenile Review Board
$150,000
Domus Kids · Stamford, CT · 2022
Invictus Re-Entry Program
$150,000
Trio New College Network · Brighton, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$127,325
Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
JRB Core Best Practices for Youth Engagement and Community-Based Collaboration
$120,000
Clicc · Branford, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$107,500
Clicc · New Haven, CT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$102,500
Clicc · New Haven, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2025
Taub Center for Social Policy Studies-Israel
$100,000
Building One Community Corp · Stamford, CT · 2025
B1C's Immigration Legal Services (ILS) fund
$100,000
Domus Kids · Stamford, CT · 2025
Domus' Juvenile Review Board (JRB) Program
$100,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel
$100,000
Building One Community Corp · Stamford, CT · 2024
B1C's Immigration Legal Services (ILS)
$100,000
Domus Kids · Stamford, CT · 2024
Domus' Juvenile Review Board (JRB) Program
$100,000
Duet · Boston, MA · 2024
Increasing Capacity for Career Services at Duet
$100,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023
Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel
$100,000
Building One Community Corp · Stamford, CT · 2023
B1C's Immigration Legal Services (ILS)
$100,000
Clicc · New Haven, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Domus Kids · Stamford, CT · 2023
Juvenile Review Board
$100,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel
$100,000
Building One Community Corp · Stamford, CT · 2022
B1C's Immigration Legal Services (ILS)
$100,000
Trio New College Network · Brighton, MA · 2022
Trio Connecticut Site Launch
$95,000
Future 5 · Stamford, CT · 2022
College Success
$91,365
Community Partners in Action · Hartford, CT · 2022
Waterbury Reentry Welcome Center (RWC)
$90,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Taub Center 2024 Annual Herbert M. Singer International Policy Conference
$85,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023
2023 Annual Herbert M. Singer International Policy Conference at the Taub Center Jerusalem
$85,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable Event
$76,600
Ecsu Foundation · Willimantic, CT · 2022
STEP/CAP Scholarship Fund with enhanced support services
$75,000
Prison of Peace · Calabasas, CA · 2024
Connecticut three year Prison of Peace Pilot Program
$75,000
Duet · Boston, MA · 2023
Growing Career Services at Duet
$75,000
Trustees of Columbia University Department of Ped · New York, NY · 2023
Herbert and Nell Singer Columbia Social Justice Fellowship Fund
$75,000
Duet · Boston, MA · 2022
Duet Recruitment Investments
$75,000
Onegoal · Chicago, IL · 2022
OneGoal - Closing the Degree Divide in Massachusetts
$75,000
Trustees of Columbia University Department of Ped · New York, NY · 2022
Herbert and Nell Singer Columbia Social Justice Fellowship Fund
$74,840
Center for Childrens Advocacy · Hartford, CT · 2022
Employment Legal Advocacy Project
$50,000
Catholic Charities of Fairfield County · Shelton, CT · 2025
Merton Family Center
$50,000
Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County · Stamford, CT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
New Covenant Center · Stamford, CT · 2025
to provide food for the kitchen and pantry
$50,000
Person To Person · Darien, CT · 2025
to provide food for the food pantry and food trucks
$50,000
The Open Door Shelter · Norwalk, CT · 2025
Emergency fund
$50,000
Career Resources · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Bridgeport Reentry Welcome Center
$50,000
Community Partners in Action · Hartford, CT · 2023
Waterbury Reentry Welcome Center
$50,000
Future 5 · Stamford, CT · 2023
College Success program
$50,000
Harbor Camps · Miami, FL · 2023
Outdoor Pavilion Capital Campaign
$50,000
Onegoal · Chicago, IL · 2023
OneGoal Massachusetts fund
$50,000
P E F Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2023
Ralph Goldman Center at Hebrew University
$50,000
Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Connecting Community and Families to Support Youth
$50,000
Trio New College Network · Boston, MA · 2023
Future Forward CT fund
$50,000
Uaspire · Boston, MA · 2023
College Affordability Advising, Training, and Systems Change
$50,000
Career Resources · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Bridgeport Reentry Welcome Center
$50,000
Horizons Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Horizons Bridgeport High School and College Programming
$50,000
Project Model Offender Reintegration Experience in · New Haven, CT · 2022
Project M.O.R.E. Reentry Welcome Center
$50,000
Uaspire · Boston, MA · 2022
College Affordability Advising for Low-Income High and Postsecondary Students
$49,000
Ecsu Foundation · Willimantic, CT · 2024
STEP/CAP Scholarship fund with enhanced support services
$48,000
Ecsu Foundation · Willimantic, CT · 2023
STEP/CAP Scholarship fund
$40,000
Harbor Camps · Boston, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$35,000
Beacon Volunteer Ambulance Corp · Beacon, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$30,000
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2025
Shaffer Public Service Fellowship-Law School fund
$25,000
Americares Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2025
General Unrestricted Support for AmeriCares Free Clinics
$25,000
Mercy University · Dobbs Ferry, NY · 2025
CNR Serviam Endowed Scholarship Fund
$25,000
Onegoal · Atlanta, GA · 2025
One Goal Massachusetts fund
$25,000
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts · Chicopee, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Career Resources · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Charter Oak Group Study
$25,000
Horizons Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Horizons Bridgeport Regional High School Program for post secondary success
$25,000
Americares Free Clinic · Stamford, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Person To Person · Darien, CT · 2022
Person-to-Person Scholarship Fund / Mentorship Program
$20,000
Change Summer · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Beacon Volunteer Ambulance Corp · Beacon, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Catholic Academy of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Change Summer · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Childrens Learning Centers of Fairfield County · Stamford, CT · 2024
Harold J Sandak Garden fund
$20,000
University of Notre Dame Du Lac · Notre Dame, IN · 2024
Law School Thomas Shaffer Fellowship fund
$20,000
Beacon Volunteer Ambulance Corp · Beacon, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Change Summer · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Waveny Care Center · New Canaan, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Change Summer · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Harbor Camps · Miami, FL · 2022
Summer Camp for trans and non-binary youth
$20,000
University of Massachusetts Foundation · Newton, MA · 2022
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