Filomen M D'agostino Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-3548660. Reported 152 grants totalling $7,087,000 to 51 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Filomen M D'agostino Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $400,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nyu School of Law | New York, NY | $1,950,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Filomen M D'agostino Greenberg Music School | New York, NY | $925,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Channel 13 WNET | Ny, NY | $825,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Museum of Natural History | Ny, NY | $525,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $525,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Alzheimers Association | Chicago, IL | $240,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Muscular Dystrophy Associates | Tuscon, AZ | $190,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| City Meals on Wheels | New York, NY | $180,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Channel 13 21 | Ny, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wnyc - New York Public Radio | New York, NY | $105,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Children's Aid Society of New York | New York, NY | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| City Harvest | New York, NY | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| New York Civil Liberties Union | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Weill Cornell Medical College Hypertension | New York, NY | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Alexandria, VA | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hearing Health Foundation | New York, NY | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation | New York, NY | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Sanctary for Family | New York, NY | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| America's Vetdogs | Smithtown, NY | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Center for Hearing and Communicatio | New York, NY | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Sensory Beans Inc | Merrick, NY | $52,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Children's Cancer Fundation | Thornwood, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Weill Cornell Medical College | New York, NY | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Weill Cornell Medical College Dept of Dermatology | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Weill Cornell Medical College Dermatology | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family Legal Care | New York, NY | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Doe Fund | New York, NY | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wonded Warrior Project | Topeka, KS | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation (pcrf) | Irvine, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Volunteers of America Greater New York | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Volunteers of America Operation Backpack | Alexandria, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Weill Cornell Medical College Dept | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Morgan Library | New York, NY | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation | Irvine, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Weill Cornell Medical College Geriatrics | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Weill Cornell Medical College of Hematology/Oncology | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Brennan Center for Juice | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carry the Load | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Child Mind Institute | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children Cancer Research Fund | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fountain House College Re-Entry | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The 52ND Street Project | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Morgan Library and Museum | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| ASPCA | New York, NY | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Citizens Committee for New York Cit | New York, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gildas Club | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Frick Collection | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Volunteers of America - Operations Backpack | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Citizens' Committee for Children of New York | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
33 of 51 (65%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 4 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.
- Nyu School of Law
TO CARRY OUT CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, AND SCIENTIFIC FUNCTIONS WITH THE PURVIEW OF SECTION 501 (C) (3) OF THE FOUNDATION.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 69 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 31 | $1,186,000 | $15,000 |
| 2021 | 29 | $1,503,500 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 30 | $1,483,500 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 30 | $1,399,500 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 32 | $1,514,500 | $20,000 |
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. 91% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- 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.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- 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.
- 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 Filomen M D'agostino Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Co David Malkin 30 Sutton Place 2B, New York, NY, 10022. 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.
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