Joseph S & Diane H Steinberg 1992 Charitable Trust

Private foundation · EIN 13-7002791 · since 1993·California, New York·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$3.4M

Annual giving, 2023 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$4,050 to $170k

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$39,500

Typical grant (median)

42 grants in the latest filing

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

The filing says the foundation makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is not a route in; a warm introduction through someone who already knows the foundation is the realistic way to be considered.
Its recorded grants span arts, education, libraries, health, humanitarian relief and community work, and the filing states no specific field, so whether your work fits matters less than whether the foundation already knows of you.
Most grants fall between $4,050 and $170,000, which is a typical band rather than the full range, with a median of $25,000, so a request in the low tens of thousands matches its usual pattern; its largest grant was about $645,000.
In the latest filing, 65% of grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded the year before, so repeat giving is strong, and the filing shows most grants going to New York with a smaller share in California, though no geographic focus is stated, so that describes where it has given rather than who may apply.

Overview

Joseph S & Diane H Steinberg 1992 Charitable Trust is a US private foundation based in Brooklyn, NY.

What they fund

Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The filing does not state a specific grantmaking field. Its recorded grants went to arts and cultural organisations, including performing-arts and film bodies; educational institutions, from schools to a university; libraries; parks and botanical gardens; and community organisations. It also records support for humanitarian and emergency-relief groups, health-related organisations, Jewish and Israeli communal organisations, and environmental, historical and scientific bodies. The grant-purpose descriptions are simply charitable or charitable 501(c)(3), so they do not identify a more specific common purpose. Most recorded grant recipients are in New York, with a smaller share in California.

Geographic Focus

No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York and California.

How to apply

Contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations; unsolicited requests are not accepted.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2023 filing, 65% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2022 and TY2023 filings, half of its 87 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2023.

Grant dollars by state

New York83%

California7%

Virginia4%

Minnesota2%

Connecticut1%

District of Columbia1%

6 other states: 2%

The largest single recipient received 19% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2023, 65% of grant dollars went to organisations Joseph S & Diane H Steinberg 1992 Charitable Trust had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
10% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

42 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $39,500

How much do they typically give?

Share of 42 grants in tax year 2023 by size

$1k–$2.5k2%

$2.5k–$5k2%

$5k–$10k5%

$10k–$25k24%

$25k–$50k19%

$50k–$100k24%

$100k–$250k17%

$250k–$500k5%

$500k–$1M2%

Median $39,500 (tax year 2023)

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

New York University · CHARITABLE 501c3
$643,3332023 tax year
Brooklyn Academy of Music · CHARITABLE 501c3
$380,7482023 tax year
City Center 55th Street · Charitable
$336,8722023 tax year
Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Charitable 501c3
$218,2102023 tax year
American Friends of Magen David Adom · Charitable
$200,0002023 tax year
TAPS Ukraine · Charitable
$170,0002023 tax year
Uja Federation · Charitable
$125,0002023 tax year
Pef Israel Emdowment Funds · Charitable
$100,0002023 tax year

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

Officers and directors

Diane Steinberg — Trustee
Joseph Steinberg — Trustee

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

2 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$2,909,448	$2,619,967	$49,154,827	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$3,631,339	$3,357,567	$44,729,012	Filing for 2023 tax year

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.

Sources

Registers and filings

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