The Fried Foundation (New York, NY, EIN 13-6197403)

• The filing says the foundation contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so an organisation without an existing introduction should not send a cold application.
• Its grants cover a mix of purposes, including a university, medical and cancer-related institutions and community services, and no geographic focus is stated, so the best test is whether a contact can introduce your work.
• Half of its grants across its recent filings were $25,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $5,000 and $200,000, so a modest request is more likely to sit comfortably than a large one.
• Because 98% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, most of the effort lies in building a relationship before any approach.
• The filing gives no timing or further steps for applying, so expect any contact to be relationship-led rather than tied to a set cycle.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Cornell University · General purposes
  $992,5002024 tax year
• Tabor Academy · General purposes
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Centurion Foundation · General purposes
  $180,0002024 tax year
• NDH Foundation · General purposes
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Tunnel to Towers Foundation · General purposes
  $30,0002024 tax year
• Jackson Health Foundation · General purposes
  $30,0002024 tax year
• Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College · General purposes
  $25,0002024 tax year
• Cancer Research & Treatment · General purposes
  $25,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.