The Emily Davie and Joseph S Kornfeld
New York, NY · EIN 13-3042360. Reported 98 grants totalling $5,310,500 to 30 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. The Emily Davie and Joseph S Kornfeld 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 $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $60,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $250,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Foundation | New York, NY | $925,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Luke's Chamber Ensemble Inc | New York, NY | $345,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arab-American Family Support Center Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $337,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (aka Brooklyn Museum) | Brooklyn, NY | $307,500 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Make the Road New York | Jackson Heights, NY | $270,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Henry Street Settlement | New York, NY | $255,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marquis Studios Ltd | Brooklyn, NY | $255,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $235,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Popular Democracy | Brooklyn, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd | New York, NY | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Artsconnection | New York, NY | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Seventh Regiment Armory Conservancy Inc | New York, NY | $177,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Girl Be Heard | Brooklyn, NY | $160,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Manhattan Class Company Inc (aka Mcc Theater) | New York, NY | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New York City Arts in Education Roundtable | New York, NY | $155,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ethical Culture Fieldston School | New York, NY | $130,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Campaign Legal Center Inc | Washington, DC | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation | Brooklyn, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Education Through Music Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Arts Connection Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Manhattan Class Company Inc | New York, NY | $72,500 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute for Healthcare Improvement | Boston, MA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Civic Influencers Inc | Lewes, DE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Presbyterian Fund Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Applied Medical Research Inc | Nashville, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camba Economic Development Corporation | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Public Radio | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Association of Kidney Patients Inc | Tampa, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Plant Powered Metro New York Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
20 of 30 (67%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 3 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.
- New York Foundation
YOUTH ORGANIZING AND CULTURE CHANGE FUND (YOCCF) - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
KORNFELD SCHOLARS PROGRAM - Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd
INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY PROJECT - Manhattan Class Company Inc (aka Mcc Theater)
MCC THEATER EDUCATION PROGRAMS - Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (aka Brooklyn Museum)
EDUCATION DIVISION PROGRAMS - Henry Street Settlement
ABRONS ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 77 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 | $1,200,500 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 23 | $1,275,000 | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 21 | $1,410,000 | $60,000 |
| 2024 | 21 | $1,425,000 | $60,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Emily Davie and Joseph S Kornfeld has 35 of them, worth $2,840,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| New York Foundation | New York, NY | $250,000 |
| New York Foundation | New York, NY | $250,000 |
| New York Foundation | New York, NY | $200,000 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $200,000 |
| Make the Road New York | Jackson Heights, NY | $120,000 |
| Center for Popular Democracy | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 |
| Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Manhattan Class Company Inc (aka Mcc Theater) | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| New York Foundation | New York, NY | $75,000 |
| New York Foundation | New York, NY | $75,000 |
| Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (aka Brooklyn Museum) | Brooklyn, NY | $60,000 |
| Make the Road New York | Jackson Heights, NY | $60,000 |
| St Luke's Chamber Ensemble Inc | New York, NY | $60,000 |
| Arab-American Family Support Center Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $60,000 |
| Artsconnection | New York, NY | $60,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 96% 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 $50,000. 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 The Emily Davie and Joseph S Kornfeld's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Co Pbwt Llp 1133 6TH Ave 2200, New York, NY, 10036. 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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