Kate Cassidy Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The Kate Cassidy Foundation funds a broad range of causes as general support, including major art and cultural institutions, public media organisations, food pantries and food-security groups, community and social-service bodies, educational institutions, environmental and conservation groups, health and hospice organisations, libraries and humanitarian charities, so there is no single narrow mission to match.
- No geographic focus is stated, though the filings show grants mainly in New York.
- A realistic request would sit at or below the median grant of $15,000, with most grants to organisations falling between $5,000 and $105,000, though occasional grants have been much larger.
- The foundation makes contributions only to preselected organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so it is not open to a cold application; with 99% of its grant dollars going to organisations it had already funded in the two preceding filings, this looks like a highly relationship-led funder that mainly renews existing support rather than seeking new applicants.
- Organisations without an existing connection to the foundation should not send in an unsolicited request, as the foundation's own method states it does not accept these.
Overview
Kate Cassidy Foundation is a US private foundation based in Purchase, 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 filings describe the grants as general support and show a varied group of charitable recipients. Major art and cultural institutions and public media organisations receive substantial support, alongside local food pantries and food-security organisations. Other recipients include community and social-service organisations, educational bodies, environmental and conservation groups, health and hospice organisations, libraries, and humanitarian charities. The giving is concentrated in New York, with many recipient organisations based in New York City and Long Island, while a smaller share goes to organisations elsewhere in the United States.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 99% 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 186 grants to organisations were $15,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
4 other states: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 25% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 99% of grant dollars went to organisations Kate Cassidy Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 8% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 62 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $15,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Museum of Modern Art · General support$1,650,0002025 tax year
- Metropolitan Museum of Art · General support$750,0002025 tax year
- WNET · General support$750,0002025 tax year
- Guggenheim Museum · General support$400,0002025 tax year
- Jewish Communal Fund · General support$200,0002025 tax year
- American Museum of Natural History · General support$150,0002025 tax year
- Project Most · General support$105,0002025 tax year
- Feeding America · General support$100,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Howard R Herman — Secretary
- Steven M Eigen — Treasurer
- Kate W Cassidy — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $4,869,873 | $4,026,500 | $100,032,865 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $5,714,886 | $4,306,000 | $110,888,320 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $6,654,598 | $5,216,148 | $118,869,262 | 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
- Purchase, NY