How much does The Assael Foundation give?

The Assael Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $155,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.

What does The Assael Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Environment (71%), Arts & Culture (27%), Recreation & Sports (1%).

Who are The Assael Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Inc ($750k), Dutchess Land Conservancy Inc ($150k), Pine Plains Memorial Hall Inc ($40k).

Does The Assael Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does The Assael 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 The Assael Foundation based?

The Assael Foundation is based in NY.

Foundation Dossiers

New York · Private foundation

The Assael Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$155k
Granted FY2021: 2
Grants FY2021: 2
Organizations funded FY2021: 0%
First-time grantees FY2021

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Median grant, FY2021: $150,000
Largest grant, FY2021: $150,000
Organizations funded a year: 2 to 6; FY2017 to FY2021
States reached, FY2021: 1
Total assets, FY2021: $2.0M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 0% of the organizations The Assael Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EnvironmentOther

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
FY2021	2	$155k	0%
FY2020	6	$480k	50%
FY2019	2	$55k	0%
FY2018	4	$570k	75%
FY2017	5	$48k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Environment$925kArts & Culture$353kRecreation & Sports$13kEducation$8kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Inc	$750,000	3	4%
Dutchess Land Conservancy Inc	$150,000	3	2%
Pine Plains Memorial Hall Inc	$40,000	3	2%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated	$15,000	2	0%
Fresh Air Fund	$12,500	2	0%
Millbrook School	$7,378	1	0%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Sierra Club	$5,000	1	0%

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($324k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Assael 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 8.

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About The Assael Foundation

How much does The Assael Foundation give?: The Assael Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $155,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
What does The Assael Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Environment (71%), Arts & Culture (27%), Recreation & Sports (1%).
Who are The Assael Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Inc ($750k), Dutchess Land Conservancy Inc ($150k), Pine Plains Memorial Hall Inc ($40k).
Does The Assael Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Assael 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 The Assael Foundation based?: The Assael Foundation is based in NY.