Perelman Family Charitable Trust I
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation accepts no unsolicited requests and gives only to organisations it has preselected, so a cold proposal is not the route; the filings give no criteria for selection, so any approach should be a short, courteous enquiry rather than a request.
- Its named grants go to schools and universities, a performing arts centre and a hospital foundation, and its other gifts are not shown by recipient, so judge fit against those fields and not against your own category alone.
- Its typical grants fall between $62,500 and $1,700,000, with a median of $500,000, and half of its grants were $500,000 or less, so a modest request is unlikely to match its usual pattern.
- None of its grant dollars in its most recent filing went to organisations it had funded in the two filings before, so a past grant offers no assurance of renewal, and the filings show grants mainly in New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, though no geographic focus is stated.
Overview
Perelman Family Charitable Trust I is a US private foundation administered by its trustee, Perelman Family Trust Company LLC, in Garden City, NY.
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 13 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings identify grants to schools and universities, a performing arts centre, and a hospital foundation. They report each named gift as a general charitable contribution and do not state a more specific purpose. Other substantial charitable contributions are recorded without named recipients, so the full range of beneficiaries is not shown. The filing says the trust makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests. It gives no criteria for how those organisations are chosen, or further information about the kinds of organisations eligible for selection.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
How to apply
The trust makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, none 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 7 grants to organisations were $500,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 52% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 0% of grant dollars went to organisations Perelman Family Charitable Trust I had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Saint Ann's School · General charitable contribution$62,5002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
Administered by its trustee, Perelman Family Trust Company LLC.
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $17,877,796 | $15,001,761 | $445,101,465 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $19,119,439 | $16,567,239 | $435,934,370 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $15,883,649 | $15,625,500 | $440,606,693 | 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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- Garden City, NY (office of its trustee, Perelman Family Trust Company LLC)
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- Garden City, NY (office of its trustee, Perelman Family Trust Company LLC)