Massry Charitable Foundation

• The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; approach it only through an existing connection, such as someone linked to its officers or a current grantee who can introduce you.
• Its grants span universities, hospitals, religious bodies, homelessness and social-service providers, arts groups, food banks and community groups, but the filing describes its grant purposes only in general terms and states no geographic focus, although its grants are mainly in New York.
• Most grants are modest: about 8 in 10 fall between $2,000 and $150,000, and half of its 195 grants to organisations are $10,000 or less, so a request near $10,000 matches its usual pattern, though its largest grant was $950,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
• Giving is highly repeat: 98% of its grant dollars to organisations in the latest filing went to organisations it had also funded in one of the two filings before, so a first-time applicant should expect to be an outsider and should build a relationship before making any request.

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

• University at Albany Foundation · General
  $950,0002024 tax year
• Tosh American Friends of Bnai Levy · General
  $650,0002024 tax year
• Albany Medical Center · General
  $302,3852024 tax year
• Community Foundation · General
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Hudson Valley Community College · General
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Troy Music Hall · General
  $150,0002024 tax year
• Chabad Colonie · General
  $150,0002024 tax year
• Interfaith Partnership for Homeless · General
  $105,0002024 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.