Funding search · EIN 222777449 · New York, NY

Marty and Dorothy Silverman 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.

945
grants reported
$100.3M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. 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

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

  • Albany Medical Center Foundation2 grants · $7.0M
  • Earthjustice4 grants · $3.0M
  • Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $2.7M
  • City Harvest4 grants · $2.6M
  • Citizens for Resp & Ethics in Washington3 grants · $2.2M
  • Brennan Center for Justice4 grants · $1.9M
  • Natural Resource Defense Council4 grants · $1.8M
  • American Civil Liberties Union4 grants · $1.7M
  • Planned Parenthood Federation of America4 grants · $1.7M
  • New Israel Fund4 grants · $1.6M

Giving over time

$19.5M
2021
$17.0M
2022
$20.3M
2023
$43.4M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 945 grants.

  • $5.0M

    Albany Medical Center Foundation · Albany, NY · 2021

    General donation

  • $2.0M

    Albany Medical Center Foundation · Albany, NY · 2022

    General donation

  • $1.6M

    City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $1.3M

    Citizens for Resp & Ethics in Washington (Crew) · Washington, DC · 2024

    General donation

  • $1.3M

    Earthjustice · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $1.1M

    American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $1.1M

    Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $1.1M

    Pbs Newshour · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General donation

  • $1.1M

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2024

    General donation

  • $1.0M

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $1.0M

    National Public Radio (Npr) · Washington, DC · 2024

    General donation

  • $1.0M

    Sustainable Neighborhoods · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $900,000

    New Israel Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $850,000

    Citizens for Resp & Ethics in Washington · Washington, DC · 2023

    General donation

  • $850,000

    Earthjustice · New York, NY · 2023

    General donation

  • $850,000

    Citizens for Resp & Ethics in Washington · Washington, DC · 2021

    General donation

  • $670,000

    City Harvest · New York, NY · 2021

    General donation

  • $600,000

    Reset Tech · Washington, DC · 2023

    General donation

  • $580,000

    Sustainable Neighborhoods · New York, NY · 2023

    General donation

  • $577,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2021

    General donation

  • $576,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023

    General donation

  • $575,000

    Grow Nyc · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $575,000

    Planned Parenthood of Greater New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $575,000

    State Infrastructure Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    General donation

  • $575,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022

    General donation

  • $570,000

    Abortion Care Network · Washington, DC · 2024

    General donation

  • $550,000

    Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    General donation

  • $550,000

    Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $505,000

    Citizens for Resp & Ethics in Washington · Washington, DC · 2022

    General donation

  • $500,000

    National Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $500,000

    Natural Resource Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $500,000

    New York Lawyers for the Public Interest · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $500,000

    Power Forward Communities · Columbia, MD · 2024

    General donation

  • $500,000

    State Infrastructure Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $500,000

    Irc Center for Economic Oppty · San Diego, CA · 2023

    General donation

  • $500,000

    Natural Resource Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023

    General donation

  • $500,000

    Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    General donation

  • $500,000

    Irc-Center for Economic Opportunity · San Diego, CA · 2021

    General donation

  • $480,000

    Government Accountability Project · Washington, DC · 2022

    General donation

  • $475,000

    Human Rights First · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $475,000

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $450,000

    Citymeals-On-Wheels · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $450,000

    New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General donation

  • $450,000

    Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General donation

  • $400,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $400,000

    Farmstand · Washington, DC · 2024

    General donation

  • $400,000

    Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2023

    General donation

  • $400,000

    Natural Resource Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022

    General donation

  • $400,000

    Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    General donation

  • $400,000

    Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    General donation

  • $382,000

    International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General donation

  • $380,000

    Government Accountability Project · Washington, DC · 2024

    General donation

  • $375,000

    Envision Freedom (Fka Bklyn Commbail ) · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $375,000

    Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Ctr · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $375,000

    Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    General donation

  • $350,000

    Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $350,000

    Public Empl for Environ Respons (Peer) · Silver Springs, MD · 2024

    General donation

  • $350,000

    Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General donation

  • $350,000

    Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General donation

  • $350,000

    Natural Resource Defense Council · New York, NY · 2021

    General donation

  • $350,000

    Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2021

    General donation

  • $325,000

    American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2023

    General donation

  • $315,000

    Blue Mountain Clinic · Missoula, MT · 2024

    General donation

  • $302,500

    National Abortion Federation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General donation

  • $300,000

    Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $300,000

    Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General donation

  • $300,000

    Indivisible Civics · Washington, DC · 2024

    General donation

  • $300,000

    International Refugee Assistance Project · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $300,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $300,000

    Center for Investigative Reporting · San Fransisco, CA · 2023

    General donation

  • $300,000

    Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    General donation

  • $300,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    General donation

  • $292,750

    Center for Biological Diversity · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    General donation

  • $290,000

    Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2021

    General donation

  • $275,000

    350org · Boston, MA · 2024

    General donation

  • $275,000

    Center for Investigative Reporting · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General donation

  • $275,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General donation

  • $275,000

    Pregnancy Justice · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $275,000

    Southern Coalition for Social Justice · Durham, NC · 2024

    General donation

  • $275,000

    New York Lawyers for the Public Interest · New York, NY · 2023

    General donation

  • $270,000

    New York Legal Assistance Group · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $260,000

    Bronx Works · Bronx, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $260,000

    State Infrastructure Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    General donation

  • $260,000

    Witness · Brooklyn, NY · 2021

    General donation

  • $250,000

    Abundant Futures Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $250,000

    Fair Elections Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General donation

  • $250,000

    Global Witness Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    General donation

  • $250,000

    Immigrant Defense Project · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

  • $250,000

    National Immigration Project of Nlg · Washington, DC · 2024

    General donation

  • $250,000

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

    General donation

  • $250,000

    World Food Program USA · Washington, DC · 2024

    General donation

  • $250,000

    Citymeals-On-Wheels · New York, NY · 2023

    General donation

  • $250,000

    Foundation for National Progress · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General donation

  • $250,000

    Citymeals-On-Wheels · New York, NY · 2022

    General donation

  • $250,000

    Friends of the Earth · Washington, DC · 2022

    General donation

  • $250,000

    Irc-Center for Economic Opportunity · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General donation

  • $250,000

    Maria College · Albany, NY · 2022

    General donation

  • $250,000

    Citymeals-On-Wheels · New York, NY · 2021

    General donation

  • $250,000

    State Infrastructure Fund · New York, NY · 2021

    General donation

  • $230,000

    New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2024

    General donation

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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.