Funding search · EIN 136085929 · Jefferson Valley, NY

William S Paley 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.

93
grants reported
$54.9M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • The Museum of Modern Art4 grants · $33.2M
  • The Paley Center for Media10 grants · $15.5M
  • The Greenpark Foundation2 grants · $2.2M
  • Greenpark Foundation1 grant · $1.3M
  • The Jerusalem Foundation6 grants · $1.0M
  • Reach Prep3 grants · $180,000
  • World Central Kitchen3 grants · $150,000
  • Madison Sq Boys Girls Club Foundati2 grants · $150,000
  • The Foundation for City College2 grants · $100,000
  • Madison Square Boys Girls Club Foun2 grants · $77,500

Giving over time

$8.2M
2022
$38.4M
2023
$8.2M
2024

Grant history

All 93 reported grants, largest first.

  • $32.9M

    The Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $3.1M

    The Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $3.0M

    The Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2022

    General program

  • $2.9M

    The Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $2.9M

    The Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $2.0M

    The Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2024

    Gjg grant

  • $1.4M

    The Greenpark Foundation · Jefferson Valley, NY · 2023

    Paley park - program support

  • $1.3M

    Greenpark Foundation · Jefferson Valley, NY · 2024

    Paley park - program support

  • $825,000

    The Greenpark Foundation · Valhalla, NY · 2022

    Paley park - program support

  • $533,000

    The Jerusalem Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Capital pledge

  • $507,248

    The Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2022

    Paley televison festival

  • $500,000

    The Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2024

    Paley televison festival

  • $491,397

    The Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2023

    Paley televison festival

  • $150,000

    The Jerusalem Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Paley art center

  • $110,000

    The Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $110,000

    The Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $110,000

    The Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    The Jerusalem Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Innovation

  • $100,000

    The Jerusalem Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Paley art center

  • $100,000

    The Jerusalem Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Paley art center

  • $100,000

    Madison Sq Boys Girls Club Foundati · New York, NY · 2022

    Harlem clubhouse

  • $75,000

    The Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    The Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $70,000

    Reach Prep · Stamford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $70,000

    Reach Prep · Stamford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Madison Sq Boys Girls Club Foundati · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Santa Monica Temple Association Con · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    The Foundation for City College · New York, NY · 2024

    General Operating Support

  • $50,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024

    General Operating Support

  • $50,000

    American Friends of the Polin Museu · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Madison Square Boys Girls Club Foun · New York, NY · 2023

    Ada consulting

  • $50,000

    The Jerusalem Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Innovation fund

  • $50,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $50,000

    The Foundation for City College · New York, NY · 2022

    General Operating Support

  • $50,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022

    General Operating Support

  • $40,000

    Reach Prep · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $27,500

    Madison Square Boys Girls Club Foun · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $26,000

    The Rockfeller University · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Library of Congress · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Long Beach Island Foundation · Long Beach Township, NJ · 2024

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Trilateral Commission North America · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General Operating Support

  • $25,000

    Santa Monica Temple Association Con · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Trilateral Comission North America · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General Operating Support

  • $25,000

    West Hill Pond Association · West Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Center for Strategic International · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Clean Sober Streets · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    National Coalition for Homeless Vet · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Oxford House · Silver Spring, MD · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    So Others May Eat · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    The Rockfeller University · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Washington Project for the Art · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Clean Sober Streets · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    National Coalition for Homeless Vet · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Oxford House · Silver Spring, MD · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    So Others May Eat · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Washington Project for the Art · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Clean Sober Streets · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    National Coaliation for Homeless Ve · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Oxford House · Silver Spring, MD · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    So Others May Eat · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Washington Project for the Art · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Center for Strategic International · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

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

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Henry Street Settlement · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Henry Street Settlement Health Serv · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    New York Times Neediest Cases Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    The Bowery Mission Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $12,500

    West Hill Pond Association · West Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $12,500

    West Hill Pond Association · West Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    American Academy in Berlin · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    New York Presbyterian · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Second Stage · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Tomlinson Middle School Pta · Fairfield, CT · 2024

    Art department

  • $10,000

    New York Hospital · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Tomlinson Middle School Pta · Fairfield, CT · 2023

    Art department

  • $10,000

    American Academy in Berlin · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    New York Hospital · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Tomlinson Middle School Pta · Fairfield, CT · 2022

    General Operating Support

  • $7,000

    International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024

    Dept of ophthalmology

  • $5,000

    International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Veterans Yoga Project · Alameda, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Boys Girls Club of Greenwich · Greenwich, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Mga Caddie Scholarship Fund · Elmsford, NY · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $5,000

    Boys Girls Club of Greenwich · Greenwich, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Northwest Center for the Arts · Torrington, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    The Morris Cemetery Association · Morris, CT · 2022

    Endowment fund

  • $2,500

    Safe Horizon · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $2,500

    Safe Horizon · New York, NY · 2023

    General opertaing support

  • $2,500

    Safe Horizon · New York, NY · 2022

    General opertaing support

  • $2,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022

    Dept of ophthalmology

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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.