New York · Private foundation
Access Capital Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $365k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2026
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $157,212
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 33% of the organizations Access Capital Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 6 | $208k | 50% |
| FY2025 | 12 | $449k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $412k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $339k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $260k | 46% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $325k | 54% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $83k | 53% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $204k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Mann School | $967,050 | 8 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $500,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Museum of Manhattan | $370,530 | 8 | 1% |
| Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research | $70,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $51,370 | 3 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $42,500 | 5 | 0% |
| New York Historical Society | $37,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | $29,756 | 2 | 0% |
| National Institute for Reproductive Health Inc | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 48 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($338k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Access Capital Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Select Equity Group Foundation · The New York Community Trust · American Express Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Access Capital Foundation
- How much does Access Capital Foundation give?
- Access Capital Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $365,167 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Access Capital Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (39%), Health (38%), Arts & Culture (18%).
- Who are Access Capital Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Horace Mann School ($967k), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($500k), Children's Museum of Manhattan ($371k).
- Does Access Capital Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Access Capital Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Access Capital Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Select Equity Group Foundation, The New York Community Trust, American Express Foundation.
- Where is Access Capital Foundation based?
- Access Capital Foundation is based in NY.
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