The Flag Foundation for Excellence in
New York, NY · EIN 84-2934959. Reported 134 grants totalling $703,566 to 116 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 Flag Foundation for Excellence in 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $130,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Fund for Public Schools | New York, NY | $160,000 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Donors Chooseorg | New York, NY | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brian Sweeney | East Williston, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jessica Abrams | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sarah Slack | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Talia M Jamie | Norwalk, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| William H Green JR | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Zachary M Rosch | Staten Island, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brittany Beck | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| James Foster | Saint James, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jo Ann Westhall | Forest Hills, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jorge Santos | Corona, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Joseph Alvear | Staten Island, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kristen Marie Fusaro-Pizzo | Staten Island, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Matthew Palermo | Whitestone, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Noah Gordon | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ryuma Tanaka | East Elmhurst, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sasha Roopchand | Lindenhurst, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| East River Academy | Saint James, NY | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology | Brooklyn, NY | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Special Music School | New York, NY | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Epic High School South | Queens, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fort Hamilton High School | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Joseph Pulitzer Is 145 | Queens, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School | Queens, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ps 31Q | Queens, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Staten Island Technical High School | Staten Island, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Brooklyn Green School | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Ella Baker School | New York, NY | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| P373K - Brooklyn Transition Center | Brooklyn, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Edward R Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pan-Mass Challenge | Needham, MA | $2,566 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Aid | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eugenio Maria De Hostos Community College Foundation | Bronx, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Facing History and Ourselves | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| High School of Art & Design | New York, NY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kings County Tennis League | Brooklyn, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ps 41Q the Crocheron School | Queens, NY | $2,500 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Baychester Middle School | Bronx, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Booker T Washington Middle School | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bronx Arena | Bronx, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bronx Letters Foundation | Bronx, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn New School | Brooklyn, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cascades High School | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City-As-School | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gotham Collaborative High School (X452) | Bronx, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| High School of Art and Design | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| IS75-Paulo Intermediate School | Staten Island, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Port Richmond High School | Staten Island, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ps 347 the American Sign Language & English Lower School | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Renaissance Charter School | Queens, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The School of Integrated Learning Ms 354 | Brooklyn, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The William W Niles School Jhs 118 | Bronx, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Michael J Petrides School | Staten Island, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ps 116 Mary Lindley Murray | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Amanda Papa | Westbury, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Andrew Boorstyn | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anthony Bonini | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Collaborative Studies | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bushwick Leaders High School | Queens, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Columbia Secondary School | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Concourse Village Elementary School | Bronx, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cynthia Mariel Cruz | Yonkers, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cynthia Turnquest-Jones | Mont Vernon, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eagle Academy | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| East Elmhurst Community School Ps 329Q | Queens, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eleanor Williamson | Yonkers, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Elliot Mathew Iocco | Long Island City, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forest Hills High School | Queens, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Frank D Paulo Intermediate School 75 | Staten Island, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Ps 163 | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| John Cucuzza | Staten Island, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Keira Dillon | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kelly Pares | Staten Island, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Matthew Lassen | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maureen Owens | Valley Stream, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nicole Lederer | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Niove Theoharides | Astoria, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ps 16 the John J Driscoll School | Staten Island, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ps 53 the Barbara Esselborn School | Staten Island, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ps 86 Bushwick Magnet Multimedia and Arts Academy | Brroklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rachel Porter Revocable Trust | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Romina Keper | Long Beach, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ryan Murphy | Colonia, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stuyvesant High School | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Vincent Cueva | Valley Cottage, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vivian Porcu | Staten Island, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Academy for Personal Leadership and Excellence | Bronx, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bronx School for Law Government and Justice | Bronx, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn International High School | Brooklyn, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Side Community High School | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Future Leaders Institute Charter School | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| High School of Fashion Industries | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International High School at Union Square | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jhs 278 Marine Park | Brooklyn, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Judith S Kaye High School | Jamaica, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| MS245 the Computer School | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nest M | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nyc Lab School for Collaborative Studies | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ps 115 the Daniel Mucatel School | Brooklyn, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ps 120 Queens | Flushing, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ps 136 Roy Wilkins School | Queens, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ps 163 Flushing Heights School | Flushing, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ps 20 Port Richmond | Staten Island, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ps 26 the Carteret School | Staten Island, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ps 261 Philip Livingston | Brooklyn, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ps 304 Early Childhood Lab School | Bronx, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ps 35 | Bronx, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ps 506 the School of Journalism & Technology | Brooklyn, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ps 567 Linden Tree Elementary School | Bronx, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Children's Workshop School | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Mott Hall School | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters | Bronx, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yorkville East Middle School | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
10 of 116 (9%) 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 11%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- The Fund for Public Schools
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL EXEMPT PURPOSES - Brian Sweeney
FLAG AWARD 2023 - GRAND PRIZE WINNER - Brittany Beck
FLAG AWARD 2023 - FINALIST - Children's Aid
FOR DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE - Kings County Tennis League
DONATION IN HONOR OF: ASHLEIGH THOMPSON - Eugenio Maria De Hostos Community College Foundation
FLAG AWARD 2021 - HONORARIUM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 16 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | $77,500 | $500 |
| 2022 | 38 | $90,500 | $500 |
| 2023 | 61 | $395,500 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 4 | $140,066 | $3,783 |
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. 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 $1,000. 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 Flag Foundation for Excellence in'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 Glenn Fuhrman 640 Park Ave 11FL, New York, NY, 10065. 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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