New York · Private foundation
Sylvia & Howard G Minksy Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $12k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $300
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $149k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Sylvia & Howard G Minksy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
AnimalsArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $12k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $8k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $9k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $7k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $9k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $10k | 100% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Philanthropy$46kArts & Culture$25kPublic Benefit$2kHuman Services$2kEnvironment$2kCommunity Improvement$1kEducation$930Food & Nutrition$706Other$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Film at Lincoln Center Inc | $8,675 | 3 | 0% |
| The Hamptons International Film Festival Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| National Realty Club Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Dorot Inc | $785 | 2 | 0% |
| American Indian College Fund | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Ace Foundation Inc | $450 | 1 | 0% |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels | $306 | 1 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $105 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Film at Lincoln Center Inc | $8,675 | 3 | 0% |
| The Hamptons International Film Festival Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| National Realty Club Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Dorot Inc | $785 | 2 | 0% |
| American Indian College Fund | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Ace Foundation Inc | $450 | 1 | 0% |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels | $306 | 1 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $105 | 1 | n/a |
| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Red Cloud Indian School | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Fresh Air Fund | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($57k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sylvia & Howard G Minksy Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 12.
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About Sylvia & Howard G Minksy Foundation
- How much does Sylvia & Howard G Minksy Foundation give?
- Sylvia & Howard G Minksy Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $12,270 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sylvia & Howard G Minksy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (58%), Arts & Culture (31%), Public Benefit (2%).
- Who are Sylvia & Howard G Minksy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Film at Lincoln Center Inc ($9k), The Hamptons International Film Festival Inc ($7k), Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc ($3k).
- Does Sylvia & Howard G Minksy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sylvia & Howard G Minksy 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.
- Where is Sylvia & Howard G Minksy Foundation based?
- Sylvia & Howard G Minksy Foundation is based in NY.
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