FundersNew York

David and Katherine Moore Family

Rye Brook, NY · EIN 13-7103979. Reported 172 grants totalling $20.7M to 83 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$20,000median grant
$20.7Mgranted, 2021-2023
83organizations funded
85%of grantees funded again the next year

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. David and Katherine Moore Family did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $5,596,230. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
20 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
17 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
59 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
48 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
23 grants
$100,000 and Up
5 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
David & Leni Moore Foundation IIRye Brook, NY$5,596,230112023
Richard and Barbara Moore Family FoundationRye Brook, NY$5,591,908112023
Timothy & Deborah Moore Family FoundationRye Brook, NY$5,591,908112023
ACLU FoundationNew York, NY$270,000332023
Pulitzer Center for Crisis ReportingWashington, DC$240,000422023
Center for Reproductive RightsNew York, NY$195,000332023
American Friends Service CommitteePhiladelphia, PA$150,000332023
American RiversWashington, DC$150,000332023
Center for Constitutional RightsNew York, NY$150,000332023
Environmental Law & Policy CenterChicago, IL$150,000332023
Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaNew York, NY$150,000222023
The River NetworkBoulder, CO$150,000332023
NAACP Legal Defense and Education FundNew York, NY$105,000332023
Human Development Services of WestchesterMamaroneck, NY$90,000222023
Bridge Fund of New YorkNew York, NY$80,000222023
Hope ProgramBrooklyn, NY$75,000332023
Management Sciences for HealthNew York, NY$75,000332023
Mexican American Legal Defense & Education FundLos Angeles, CA$75,000332023
Rainforest AllianceNew York, NY$75,000332023
The Minneapolis FoundationMinneapolis, MN$75,000332023
City Harvest NycNew York, NY$70,000222023
Legal Services of the Hudson ValleyWhite Plains, NY$70,000222023
News Literacy ProjectBethesda, MD$70,000222023
Clean Water FundWashington, DC$60,000332023
Feeding WestchesterElmsford, NY$60,000222023
Meet International IncBoston, MA$60,000332023
Neighbors Link NetworkMt Kisco, NY$60,000222023
Cotting SchoolLexington, MA$55,000222022
Committee to Protect JournalistsNew York, NY$50,000222023
Community Service Society of New YorkNew York, NY$50,000222023
CUNY Foundation - Craig Newmark Graduate School of JournalismNew York, NY$50,000222023
Lifting Up WestchesterWhite Plains, NY$50,000222023
YWCA White Plains & Central WestchesterWhite Plains, NY$45,000222023
Katonah MuseumKatonah, NY$42,000222023
Greater Boston Food BankBoston, MA$41,500332023
El Centro HispanoWhite Plains, NY$40,000222023
Family Services of WestchesterPurchase, NY$40,000222023
Jacob Burns Film CenterPleasantville, NY$40,000222023
Boston Healthcare for the HomelessBoston, MA$37,500332023
The Cottling SchoolBrooklyn, NY$35,000222023
Adc Research InstituteWashington, DC$30,000332023
Asian American Advancing JusticeWashington, DC$30,000332023
Carver CenterPort Chester, NY$30,000222023
Planned Parenthood Hudson PeconicElmsford, NY$30,000222023
Sprout NolaNew Orleans, LA$30,000332023
Open Door FoundationOssinging, NY$28,000222023
Institute for Nonprofit NewsBeverly Hills, CA$25,000112023
UtecLowell, MA$25,000112022
Westchester Community College FoundationValhalla, NY$25,000112023
Electronic Frontier FoundationSan Francisco, CA$20,000222022
Food Bank for NycNew York, NY$20,000222023
Manhattanville CollegePurchase, NY$20,000222023
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Doctors Without BordersHagerstown, MD$20,000222022
Partnership for the HomelessNew York, NY$20,000222023
Radio DiariesBrooklyn, NY$20,000222023
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the PressWashington, DC$20,000222023
Save the SoundLarchmont, NY$20,000222023
Community Change IncPeaks Island, ME$15,000222022
Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY$15,000222023
Arch City DefendersSt Louis, MO$14,070332023
Mnisota FundMinneapolis, MN$14,000222023
Community Service CarePeaks Island, ME$10,000112023
Ct Fund for the EnvironmentMamaroneck, NY$10,000112022
Friends for Life Animal ShelterHouston, TX$10,000222022
Make the Road New YorkBrooklyn, NY$10,000222023
New School Center for Nyc AffairsNew York, NY$10,000112022
White Plains Hospital FoundationWhite Plains, NY$10,000112023
Wnycnew York Public RadioNew York, NY$10,000222023
Baruch College FundNew York, NY$8,000222023
Charles River Watershed AssociationWeston, MA$7,500332023
Halsey HouseBoston, MA$7,500332023
Village of Arts and HumanitiesPhiladelphia, PA$7,000222022
Beaver Country Day SchoolChestnut Hill, MA$6,000112021
Westchester Community FoundationHartsdale, NY$5,119112023
Everytown for Gun Safety Support FundNew York, NY$5,000112023
Freedom Community CenterSt Louis, MO$5,000112023
Metro Trans Umbrella GroupSt Louis, MO$5,000112023
Xprize FoundationCulver City, CA$5,000112023
Victory ProgramsBoston, MA$4,500222022
Boston College Lynch School of EducationChestnut Hill, MA$4,000112022
Pine Street InnBoston, MA$3,000112023
College PossibleSt Paul, MN$2,000222022
Immigrant Family Services IncMattapan, MA$1,000112021

64 of 83 (77%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 85%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 97 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Environment
15 grants
Civil Rights
15 grants
Human Services
14 grants
Education
12 grants
Crime & Legal
6 grants
Mental Health
4 grants
Arts & Culture
4 grants
Housing & Shelter
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202135$758,500$12,500
202267$1,542,070$20,000
202370$18.4M$20,500

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 92% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New York
$19.0M
District of Columbia
$530K
Massachusetts
$252K
Pennsylvania
$157K
Illinois
$150K
Colorado
$150K
California
$125K
Minnesota
$91K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from David and Katherine Moore Family's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 800 Westchester Ave N400, Rye Brook, NY, 10573. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 13-7103979 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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