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Funding search · EIN 264494916 · Westbury, NY

Maurice J Cotter & Muriel J Sheahan

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

83
grants reported: $160,457
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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.

What they fund

museum doonation

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art4 grants · $44,125
Island Harvest4 grants · $22,160
Opening Act4 grants · $11,860
Isabella Steward Garden Museum4 grants · $9,160
Nga - National Gallery of Art3 grants · $8,555
Peconic Land Trust2 grants · $6,242
Wnyc Public Radio4 grants · $5,900
Mus Fine Art3 grants · $5,400
The Lustgarten Foundation4 grants · $5,147
Frick Collection3 grants · $4,500

Giving over time

$29,257

2022

$39,589

2023

$45,708

2024

$45,903

2025

Grant history

All 83 reported grants, largest first.

$12,125
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
Donation to museum
$11,200
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
Donation to museum
$10,800
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022
Donation to museum
$10,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2025
Donation to museum
$8,300
Island Harvest · Mineola, NY · 2025
Donation
$6,500
Island Harvest · Melville, NY · 2024
Donation
$6,350
Island Harvest · Mineola, NY · 2023
Donation
$5,212
Peconic Land Trust · Southhampton, NY · 2024
Donation
$3,560
Isabella Steward Garden Museum · Boston, MA · 2025
Donation
$3,240
Opening Act · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Donation
$3,120
Opening Act · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Donation
$3,055
Nga - National Gallery of Art · New York, NY · 2024
Donation
$3,000
Mus Fine Art · Boston, MA · 2025
Donation
$3,000
Nga - National Gallery of Art · New York, NY · 2025
Donation
$3,000
Isabella Steward Garden Museum · Boston, MA · 2024
Donation
$3,000
Opening Act · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Donation
$2,500
Wnyc Public Radio · New York, NY · 2025
Donation
$2,500
Sunfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2024
Donation
$2,500
Nga - National Gallery of Art · New York, NY · 2023
Donation
$2,500
Smithsonian Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Donation
$2,500
Opening Act · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Donation
$2,057
The Lustgarten Foundation · Bethpage, NY · 2025
Donation
$2,007
Tourette Association · Bayside, NY · 2024
Donation
$2,000
Isabella Steward Garden Museum · Boston, MA · 2023
Donation
$1,907
Tourette Association · Bayside, NY · 2023
Donation
$1,500
Frick Collection · New York, NY · 2025
Donation
$1,500
Frick Collection · New York, NY · 2023
Donation
$1,500
Frick Collection · New York, NY · 2022
Donation
$1,200
Wnyc Public Radio · New York, NY · 2024
Donation
$1,200
Mus Fine Art · Boston, MA · 2023
Donation
$1,200
Wnyc Public Radio · New York, NY · 2023
Donation
$1,200
Mus Fine Art · Boston, MA · 2022
Donation
$1,057
The Lustgarten Foundation · Bethpage, NY · 2023
Donation
$1,041
National Gallery · Washington, DC · 2022
Donation
$1,032
The Lustgarten Foundation · Bethpage, NY · 2022
Donation
$1,030
Peconic Land Trust · Southhampton, NY · 2022
Donation
$1,029
American Friends of the Louvre · New York, NY · 2025
Donation
$1,025
American Red Cross · Mineola, NY · 2025
Donation
$1,010
Island Harvest · Mineola, NY · 2022
Donation
$1,001
The Lustgarten Foundation · Uniondale, NY · 2024
Donation
$1,000
American Friends of Museum Prado · Minnespolis, MN · 2025
Donation
$1,000
Carle Place Fire Dept · Carle Place, NY · 2025
Donation
$1,000
Chesterfield Pro Fire Fighter Fund · Chesterfield, VA · 2025
Donation
$1,000
Virgina Museum of Fine Art · Richmond, VA · 2025
Donation
$1,000
Aforsayorg · 2024
Donation
$1,000
American Friends of Museum Prado · Minnespolis, MN · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Carle Place Educational Foundation · Carle Place, NY · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Northwell Foundation · New Hyde Park, NY · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Hospice Care of Long Island · Smithtown, NY · 2023
Donation
$1,000
American Friends of the Louvre · New York, NY · 2022
Donation
$1,000
Friends of the Uffizi Gallery · Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Donation
$1,000
Hospice Care of Long Island · Smithtown, NY · 2022
Donation
$1,000
Wnyc Public Radio · New York, NY · 2022
Donation
$600
Isabella Steward Garden Museum · Boston, MA · 2022
Donation
$530
Sunfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2022
Donation
$530
The Doeorg Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Donation
$526
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2025
Doonation
$515
Old Westbury Gardens · Old Westbury, NY · 2025
Donation
$515
Sonnyside Community · Sunnyside, NY · 2025
Donation
$515
Old Westbury Gardens · Old Westbury, NY · 2024
Donation
$515
Thomas Cole Site · Catskill, NY · 2024
Donation
$515
Old Westbury Gardens · Old Westbury, NY · 2022
Donation
$500
Columbia Hospital · New York, NY · 2025
Donation
$500
Pedonic Land Trust · Southamption, NY · 2025
Donation
$500
Carle Place Fire Dept · Carle Place, NY · 2024
Donation
$500
American Friends of the Louvre · New York, NY · 2023
Donation
$500
Carle Place Fire Dept · Carle Place, NY · 2023
Donation
$500
Norman Rockwell Museuim · Stockbridge, MA · 2023
Donation
$500
Old Westbury Gardens · Old Westbury, NY · 2023
Donation
$500
Oyster Bay Railroad Museum · Oyster Bay, NY · 2023
Donation to museum
$500
Pecbay Keep · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Donation
$500
Pecbay Keep · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Donation
$500
Smithsonian Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Donation
$500
Sonnyside Community · Sunnyside, NY · 2022
Donation
$500
The Olana Partnership · Hudson, NY · 2022
Donation
$500
Thomas Cole National Historic Site · Catskill, NY · 2022
Donation
$300
Westbury Carle Place Lions Club · Westbury, NY · 2022
Donation
$263
Childfund International · Merrifield, VA · 2024
Donation
$256
St Baldrick Foundation · Monrovia, CA · 2025
Donation
$250
Berkshire Museum · Pitsfield, MA · 2023
Donation
$103
Intl Art Gallery · Washington, DC · 2022
Donation
$66
American Fine Art · Chicago, IL · 2022
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.