New York · Private foundation
Spencer Charitable Fund
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $223k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2026
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 5
- Total assets, FY2026
- $513k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations Spencer Charitable Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 7 | $223k | 43% |
| FY2025 | 6 | $160k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $160k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $142k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $126k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $21k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $86k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $15k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich Hospital | $455,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Trustees of the Smith College | $120,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $120,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Athenian School | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $66,000 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement | $60,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ithaca College | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arts on the Lake Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Artists With Evidence Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich Hospital | $455,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Trustees of the Smith College | $120,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $120,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Athenian School | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $66,000 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement | $60,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ithaca College | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arts on the Lake Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Artists With Evidence Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Feeding Westchester Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mount Sinai Health System Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Andrew McDonough B Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($222k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Spencer Charitable Fund supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Spencer Charitable Fund
- How much does Spencer Charitable Fund give?
- Spencer Charitable Fund reported 7 grants totaling $223,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Spencer Charitable Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (51%), Education (40%), Philanthropy (6%).
- Who are Spencer Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Greenwich Hospital ($455k), The Trustees of the Smith College ($120k), Cornell University ($120k).
- Does Spencer Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Spencer Charitable Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is Spencer Charitable Fund based?
- Spencer Charitable Fund is based in NY.
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