The Edward and Caroline Hyman Family Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The filing's recipients range widely, including schools, libraries, museums, performing-arts groups, and community and social-service organisations, so a small charity can check whether its work matches the kinds of groups already supported.
- A modest request fits best: half of the 22 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fell between $1,500 and $205,000.
- That band is typical rather than a ceiling, since the largest grant was $5,000,000.
- The filing shows most grants in Massachusetts, New York and California, but it states no geographic focus, so that pattern should not be read as a limit on who may apply.
- The foundation accepts applications, but the filing gives no deadlines, so the timing of a written proposal with documentation of your exempt status is for you to judge, and the filing does not show how applications are judged.
Overview
The Edward and Caroline Hyman Family 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 (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 available grant record shows support reaching a varied group of organisations. Recipients include a major university, a specialist foundation, public and specialist libraries, museums, cultural institutions and performing-arts organisations. The grants also went to schools, youth-sport organisations, community and social-service organisations, a religious institution and a park conservancy. This range shows that the foundation's recorded giving is not confined to one type of recipient. The stated purpose for the awards is only charitable donation, so the record identifies the kinds of organisations receiving support but does not establish a more specific programme focus, preferred activity or selection criteria.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Massachusetts, New York and California.
How to apply
Applicants submit a written grant proposal with documentation evidencing the organisation's exempt status.
Application success factors
- Grant size: In its TY2024 filing, half of its 22 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 79% of grant dollars to organisations.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 22 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $25,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Charitable donation$5,000,0002024 tax year
- Soteria Precision Medicine Foundation · Charitable donation$500,0002024 tax year
- Youth Sports Alliance · Charitable donation$204,7142024 tax year
- Ny Public Library · Charitable donation$125,7672024 tax year
- China Institute in America · Charitable donation$110,0002024 tax year
- New York City Center · Charitable donation$75,0002024 tax year
- Sundance Institute · Charitable donation$50,0002024 tax year
- Metropolitan Museum of Art · Charitable donation$50,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Caroline H Hyman — Trustee
- Edward S Hyman — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
2 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $0 | $0 | $0 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $6,440,843 | $6,313,481 | $26,375,656 | 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
Registers and filings
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (212) 407-4000
- New York, NY