The Dominic Moross Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a cold proposal is unlikely to be considered; look first for a route to someone it already knows.
- Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 fall between $500 and $33,500, and the median is $7,400, so a request near that size fits its typical pattern, though its largest grant was $60,000, so that band is not a ceiling.
- Repeat giving is strong, with 89% of grant dollars to organisations going to organisations it had also funded in the earlier filings, so the record leans towards existing grantees.
- No geographic focus is stated; its grants have mainly gone to New Jersey, New York, Arizona, the United Kingdom and Monaco, but that describes where it has given, not who may apply.
- The filings give no deadlines or cycle to plan around.
Overview
The Dominic Moross Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) 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 grants are recorded as helping organisations fulfil their exempt or charitable purposes. Recipients include universities, art museums and youth organisations, alongside other charitable organisations. The grant record reaches recipients across several US states and abroad. Its recorded purposes are general rather than naming a particular funding field. The filings do not state applicant eligibility or a location preference, and they do not describe distinct funding programmes. This is a varied portfolio of organisational grants; the record does not identify a particular sector or location as a standing priority.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New Jersey, New York, Arizona, United Kingdom and Monaco.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 89% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 49 grants to organisations were $7,400 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
3 other states: 1%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 33%
- The largest single recipient received 16% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 89% of grant dollars went to organisations The Dominic Moross Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- 18% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (United Kingdom, Monaco).
- 30% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 17 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $6,527 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Ivy 1879 Foundation · To help org. in its charitable purpose$50,0002025 tax year
- The Trustees Of Princeton Univeristy · To help org. in its exempt function$41,4502025 tax year
- West Youth Zone · To help org. in its exempt function$34,0542025 tax year
- Prince Albert II Monaco · To enable organization to fulfil its charitable purpose$30,0002025 tax year
- Belav Echad · To help org. in its charitable purpose$10,5002025 tax year
- Hand in Hand · To help org. in its charitable purpose$10,0002025 tax year
- Creative Care Foundation · To help org. in its exempt function$10,0002025 tax year
- Words Without Borders · To help org. in its exempt function$8,8002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Leon Gould — Director
- Dominic H R Moross — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $218,942 | $200,998 | $4,505,552 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $215,898 | $213,768 | $5,068,997 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $228,840 | $219,381 | $5,751,606 | Filing for 2025 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
- New York, NY