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The Robert and Joyce Menschel Family

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

283
grants reported
$5.4M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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  • New York City Community Trust4 grants · $2.8M
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art4 grants · $453,300
  • Loyola University New Orleans Opda2 grants · $250,000
  • Makeway Foundation2 grants · $245,000
  • Phipps Neighborhoods1 grant · $125,000
  • Louisiana Parole Project1 grant · $100,000
  • Publicolor3 grants · $60,200
  • Bridgehampton Chamber Music4 grants · $51,500
  • Lenox Hill Neighborhood House1 grant · $50,000
  • Guild Hall of East Hampton3 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$1.4M
2021
$1.1M
2022
$1.2M
2023
$1.6M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 283 grants.

  • $1.1M

    New York City Community Trust · New York, NY · 2024

    General/unrestricted support

  • $600,000

    New York City Community Trust · New York, NY · 2023

    General/unrestricted support

  • $600,000

    New York City Community Trust · New York, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $400,000

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

    General/unrestricted support

  • $183,800

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023

    General/unrestricted support

  • $150,000

    Makeway Foundation · 2023

    General/unrestricted support

  • $135,000

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $125,000

    Loyola University New Orleans Opda · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    General/unrestricted support

  • $125,000

    Loyola University New Orleans Opda · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $125,000

    Phipps Neighborhoods · Bronx, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $124,500

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024

    General/unrestricted support

  • $100,000

    Louisiana Parole Project · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $95,000

    Makeway Foundation · 2024

    General/unrestricted support

  • $50,000

    Light Work Visual Studies · Syracuse, NY · 2023

    General/unrestricted support

  • $50,000

    Lenox Hill Neighborhood House · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $50,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $35,000

    Oklahoma Donor Alliance · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $25,200

    Publicolor · New York, NY · 2023

    General/unrestricted support

  • $25,000

    Highline (Friends of the Highline) · New York, NY · 2024

    General/unrestricted support

  • $25,000

    Publicolor · New York, NY · 2024

    General/unrestricted support

  • $25,000

    Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $25,000

    Food Bank for New York City · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $25,000

    Guild Hall of East Hampton · East Hampton, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $25,000

    Media Matters for American · Washington, DC · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $25,000

    Seeds of Peace · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $20,000

    Art Omi Pavillion at Chatham Alice Aycock Fund · Chatham, NY · 2024

    General/unrestricted support

  • $20,000

    New York Public Library #2944 · New York, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $20,000

    Ringling College of Art & Design · Sarasota, FL · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $20,000

    Committee To Protect Journalist · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $20,000

    Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $19,000

    Bridgehampton Chamber Music · New York, NY · 2024

    General/unrestricted support

  • $15,000

    Asolo Repertory Theatre · Sarasota, FL · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $15,000

    Cape Cod Theater Project · Falmouth, MA · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $15,000

    Ability Center of Virginia · Virginia Beach, VA · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $15,000

    Bridgehampton Chamber Music · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $15,000

    Democracy Now · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $15,000

    Guild Hall of East Hampton · East Hampton, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $12,500

    Bridgehampton Chamber Music · New York, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Dominican Friars of Irving Texas · Irving, TX · 2024

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    L'Arche Long Island · Riverhead, NY · 2024

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Public Theater · New York, NY · 2024

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Tree Folks · Austin, TX · 2024

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    American Associates of National Theatre · New York, NY · 2023

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Dominican Friars of Irving Texas · Irving, TX · 2023

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    L'Arche Long Island · Riverhead, NY · 2023

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Media Matters for American · Washington, DC · 2023

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Tree Folks · Austin, TX · 2023

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Citizens Committee for Children of New York · New York, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Film at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Friends of Ny City Nurse-Family Partnership · New York, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Guild Hall of East Hampton · East Hampton, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    L'Arche Long Island · Riverhead, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    New York STEM Cell Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Publicolor · New York, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Syracuse University (Jeffrey J Hoone Exhibition Fund) · Syracuse, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    American Friends of the Royal Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence · Washington, DC · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Breast Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Film at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Friends of Ny City Nurse-Family Partnership · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    L'Arche Long Island · Riverhead, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Mount Holyoke College · South Hadley, MA · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Municipal Arts Society of New York · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    National Organization for Women (Now) · Washington, DC · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    New Visions for Public Schools · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    New York Times Neediest Cases · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $10,000

    Student Advocacy · Elmsford, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $7,500

    Associates of the National Theatre · New York, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $6,600

    Peconic Land Trust · Southampton, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $6,000

    Citizens Committee for Children of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    General/unrestricted support

  • $6,000

    Citizens Committee for Children of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    General/unrestricted support

  • $6,000

    Fresh Air Fund #2949 · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $6,000

    Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Film at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2024

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Fresh Air Fund #2949 · New York, NY · 2024

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Friends of Ny City Nurse-Family Partnership · New York, NY · 2024

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Hudson River Musuem · Yonkers, NY · 2024

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Schwarzman Animal Medical · New York, NY · 2024

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Archives of American Art · New York, NY · 2023

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2023

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Film at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2023

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Hispanic Society of America · New York, NY · 2023

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Dark Sky International · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Democracy Now · New York, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Design Trust for Public Space #2964 · New York, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    East Hampton Healthcare Foundation · East Hampton, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Food Bank for New York City · New York, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Foreign Policy Association (Iho Montebello) · New York, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    New York University (Isaw) · New York, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Peconic Land Trust · Southampton, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Southamptonhospital Foundation · Southampton, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Win Nyc · New York, NY · 2022

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted support

  • $5,000

    Battery Conservancy · New York, NY · 2021

    General/unrestricted 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.