Screaming Comet Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The filing says the foundation makes grants only to preselected organisations and accepts no unsolicited requests, so a cold approach is unlikely to get a hearing; approach it only if you already have an invitation or a credible route to one.
- No geographic focus is stated; its recorded grant dollars sit mainly in New York, Florida, Massachusetts, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, which is context rather than a rule about who may apply.
- Typical grants fall roughly between $5,000 and $2,000,000, and half its grants are $125,000 or less, so a modest, well-costed request fits what it has given, though its largest grant was $4,000,000.
- Since 74% of its grant dollars to organisations went to repeat recipients, relationships appear to matter more than a first approach, and the filing gives no public application steps or dates.
Overview
Screaming Comet Foundation is a US private foundation based in Miami Beach, FL.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, 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 foundation's filings describe its organisation grants as general support. Recipients include universities and colleges, hospitals, cultural institutions, education and youth organisations, health-related charities, and organisations working in policy and international relief. Its recorded giving therefore covers a varied group of charitable organisations rather than a single stated programme or subject area. Recipients are based in the United States and abroad, with the largest shares of recorded grant dollars directed to New York and Florida. The filing says contributions are made to preselected charitable organisations and unsolicited requests are not accepted.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York, Florida, Massachusetts, Ukraine and United Kingdom.
How to apply
The foundation makes grants to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; the filing gives no public application steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 74% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 29 grants to organisations were $125,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
4 other states: <1%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 7%
- The largest single recipient received 46% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 74% of grant dollars went to organisations Screaming Comet Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- <1% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (United Kingdom).
- 7% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 9 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $500k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Rockefeller University · General support$4,000,0002024 tax year
- Mount Sinai Hospital Miami · General support$999,6632024 tax year
- Amherst College · General support$786,1732024 tax year
- Shed · General support$500,0002024 tax year
- Food for Education Foundation · General support$500,0002024 tax year
- Sponsors for Educational Opportunity · General support$250,0002024 tax year
- Florida Atlantic University Foundation · General support$157,9502024 tax year
- American History Unbound · General support$150,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Rohit Sahni — CIO
- William E Ford IV — Directors
- Timothy C Ford — Directors
- Molly B Ford — Directors
- John Monsky — Directors
- Jamie Klein — Treasurer
- William E Ford — President
- Georgiana Slade — Secretary
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $3,578,814 | $3,141,500 | $129,465,614 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $5,230,862 | $4,574,918 | $150,103,916 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $8,098,397 | $7,468,786 | $158,726,465 | Filing for 2024 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
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Contact
- Miami Beach, FL