Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation

• The foundation's stated interests are intellectual freedom, civil discourse, medical research, Jewish heritage, elder care and climate change, and it says it gives particular attention to areas that have been traditionally underfunded, so check your work against these first.
• The filing shows that half of its 78 grants to organisations were $100,000 or less, with a median of $100,000, although its typical band runs from $25,000 to $600,000 and its largest grant was $3,500,000, so a request in the low six figures sits near the middle of its usual practice.
• It says it favours outstanding leadership and measurable, impactful outcomes, so your proposal should show concrete results, and the filing shows that 77% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in its earlier filings, which makes existing relationships worth weighing.
• Its geographic focus is not stated; the filing shows grants mainly in New York, District of Columbia, Massachusetts and Florida, but that is a pattern of past giving, not a limit on who may apply.
• Applications are rolling, and the foundation directs organisations to read its qualification criteria and contact it, so make that contact before sending a full proposal.

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

• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Operations
  $3,500,0002024 tax year
• Ehlers-Danlos Society · Operations
  $1,406,1082024 tax year
• Hetreodox Academy · Operations
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Moffitt Cancer and Research · Operations
  $600,0002024 tax year
• Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy · Operations
  $600,0002024 tax year
• Jigsaw Educational Productions · Operations
  $541,7802024 tax year
• American Friends of Alumot Or · Operations
  $529,5002024 tax year
• Weill Cornell Medical College · Operations
  $500,0002024 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.