Funding search · EIN 136956580 · New York, NY

Heyday Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

158
grants reported
$2.0M
total given
2021–2023
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212023. 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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  • The Miami Foundation3 grants · $290,000
  • Meridian International Center3 grants · $168,000
  • Pen American Center3 grants · $160,000
  • National Redistricting Foundation2 grants · $150,000
  • Brennan Center for Justice2 grants · $100,000
  • Studio Museum of Harlem2 grants · $78,500
  • Council On Foreign Relations3 grants · $75,000
  • American Theatre Wing3 grants · $75,000
  • Brooklyn Museum of Art2 grants · $67,000
  • The Harvard Corporation2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$582,200
2021
$570,300
2022
$819,400
2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 158 grants.

  • $110,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Pen American Center · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    National Redistricting Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021

    General support

  • $100,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2021

    General support

  • $80,000

    Meridian International Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $80,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $75,000

    Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $56,000

    Brooklyn Museum of Art · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $55,000

    Meridian International Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Studio Museum of Harlem · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    National Redistricting Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $33,000

    Meridian International Center · Washington, DC · 2021

    General support

  • $32,500

    Pen American Center · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $28,500

    Studio Museum of Harlem · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $27,500

    Pen American Center · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $25,000

    American Theatre Wing · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Human Rights Campaign · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Playwrights Horizons · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    The Harvard Corporation · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    American Theatre Wing · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Lgbtq Victory Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    The Ali Forney Center · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    The Harvard Corporation · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    American Theatre Wing · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $25,000

    Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2021

    General support

  • $25,000

    Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $25,000

    Democracy Works · Brooklyn, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $25,000

    Lgbtq Victory Institute · Washington, DC · 2021

    General support

  • $25,000

    The Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2021

    General support

  • $25,000

    William J Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $20,000

    March On Washington Film Festival · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    The University of Texas Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    New York University · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    New York University · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    New York University · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $11,000

    Brooklyn Museum of Art · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $11,000

    The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences · Brooklyn, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $10,000

    International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Our Fund Foundation · Wilton Manors, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Project On Goverment Oversight · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    The Ali Forney Center · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Playwrights Horizons · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Project On Goverment Oversight · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    March On Washington Film Festival · Washington, DC · 2021

    General support

  • $10,000

    Playwrights Horizons · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $7,500

    Ruth Stone Foundation · Goshen, VT · 2022

    General support

  • $7,500

    The Pamm Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2021

    General support

  • $7,500

    The Ruth & J O Stone Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2021

    General support

  • $7,000

    The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $5,200

    The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Children'S Museum of the Arts · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Hackley School · Tarrytown, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Madison Square Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Media Matters for America · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    New York City Center · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    New York Community Trust · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Partnership for Public Service · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    University of the People · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Clinton Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    March On Washington Film Festival · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Media Matters for America · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    National Center for Transgender Equality · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    New York Community Trust · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Printed Matter · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    The University of Chicago Institue of Politics · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Equality Florida Institute · St Petersburg, FL · 2021

    General support

  • $5,000

    Glimmerglass Opera Theater · Cooperstown, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $5,000

    Hackley School · Tarrytown, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $5,000

    International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $5,000

    Museum of the City of New York · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $5,000

    Take Back the Court Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $5,000

    The New York Community Trust · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $5,000

    The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $4,500

    Perez Art Museum · Miami, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $3,500

    The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $3,500

    John F Kennedy Center · Erie, PA · 2021

    General support

  • $3,000

    Civitella Ranieri Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $3,000

    New York Theatre Workshop · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $3,000

    Civitella Ranieri Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $3,000

    Civitella Ranieri Foundation · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $2,500

    Center for US Global Leadership · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Clinton Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Fire Island Artist Residency Incorporated · Astoria, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Services and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Center for US Global Leadership · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    Gill Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    New York City Center · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    Services and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    Theatre for a New Audience · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    Children'S Museum of the Arts · New York, NY · 2021

    General 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.