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Donald A Pels Charitable Trust Utd 8/18/92: 186 grants to organizations, $36.3 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Donald A Pels Charitable Trust Utd 8/18/92, a private foundation in Harrison, NY, paid 186 grants to organizations totaling $36,347,878 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on October 31, 2025. The largest was $2,500,000 to Rockefeller University in New York, NY for general operating support.
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- EIN
- 136998091
- Based in
- Harrison, NY
- Assets
- $375,751,049
- Grants paid
- $36,347,878
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed October 31, 2025, IRS object ID 202513049349100726. It reported $36,347,878 in grants paid; 186 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockefeller University | New York, NY | General operating support | Education | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | New York, NY | General operating support | $2,250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | General operating support | Education | $2,100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Highline | New York, NY | General operating support | $2,100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Neo Philanthropy - State Infrastructure Fund | New York, NY | General operating support | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Compassion and Choices | Washington, DC | General operating support | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Earthjustice | San Fransisco, CA | General operating support | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Environmental Defense Fund | New York, NY | General operating support | Environment | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Everytown for Gun Safety | New York, NY | General operating support | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | General operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Environment | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Make the Road New York | Jackson Heights, NY | General operating support | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pro Publica | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | Rural democracy initiative | Environment | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence | Washington, DC | General operating support | Crime and legal-related | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Food Bank for New York City | New York, NY | General operating support | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| League of Women Voters | Washington, DC | General operating support | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Neighborhood Houses of New York | New York, NY | General operating support | Human services | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Woodwell Climate Research Center | Falmouth, ME | General operating support | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| La Guardia Community College | Long Island City, NY | General operating support | $482,528 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | General operating support | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Afro Latin Jazz Alliance | New York, NY | General operating support | $325,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Human Rights Watch | New York, NY | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly Naral) | Washington, DC | General operating support | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wilderness Society | Washington, DC | General operating support | Environment | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | General operating support | Recreation and sports | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| City Harvest | New York, NY | General operating support | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fwdus Education Fund Inc | Washington, DC | General operating support | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Medical Corps | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Family Services of San Diego | San Diego, CA | General operating support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New Yorkers for Children Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Crime and legal-related | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center | Sag Harbor, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wnyc | New York, NY | General operating support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kind Inc | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $225,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Americares | Stamford, CT | General operating support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brennan Center | New York, NY | General operating support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | General operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Safe Passage Project | New York, NY | General operating support | Crime and legal-related | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Ann's Warehouse Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Scholarship Plus | New York, NY | General operating support | $180,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Workforce Professionals Training Institute | New York, NY | General operating support | $160,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Family Life in Sunset Park | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Film at Lincoln Center | New Yok, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rocking the Boat | Bronx, NY | General operating support | Education | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Marshall Project | New York, NY | General operating support | Community improvement and capacity building | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trust for Govenors Island | New York, NY | General operating support | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Youth Communications | New York, NY | General operating support | $135,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Campaign Against Hunger Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | Human services | $130,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Voter | Cambridge, MA | General operating support | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brooklyn Public Libriary | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $110,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bottom Line | Jamaica Plain, MA | General operating support | Community improvement and capacity building | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Clooney Foundation for Justice | New York, NY | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cure Alzheimer's Fund | Wellesley Hills, MA | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Film Forum | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Guggenheim Museum | New York, NY | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Public Radio | Washington, DC | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Museum of Contemporary Art | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York Philharmonic | New York, NY | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York Public Library | New York, NY | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital | New York, NY | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ocean Conervancy | Washington, DC | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Prep for Prep | New York, NY | General operating support | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Seventh Regiment Armory Conservancy Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Door - A Center of Alternatives Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Trace Media Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Whitney Museum | New York, NY | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Women in Need Inc | Newport Beach, CA | General operating support | Human services | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights | Chicago, IL | General operating support | Human services | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Auburn University | Auburn, AL | General operating support | $85,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bronx Museum of the Arts | Bronx, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carl Schurz Park Conservancy | New York, NY | General operating support | Recreation and sports | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Documented | New York, NY | General operating support | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Family Legal Care Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Footsteps | New York, NY | General operating support | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Metropolitan Opera Association | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Public Art Fund | New York, NY | General operating support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Repairers of the Breach | Milwaukee, WI | General operating support | Housing and shelter | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Safe Horizon Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| World Monuments Fund | New York, NY | General operating support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Medgar Evers College | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brooklyn Workforce Innovation | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Harlem School of the Arts Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brotherhood Sister Sol | New York, NY | General operating support | Youth development | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicken & Egg Pictures | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| City Living Ny | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Global Action On Gun Violence Inc | Washington, DC | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Green City Force | New York, NY | General operating support | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Inseparable Inc | Washington, DC | General operating support | Mental health and crisis intervention | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Integrated Refugee & Immigration Services (iris) | New Haven, CT | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lupus Research Alliance Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Medical research | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maysles Documentary Center | New York, NY | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Model Alliance | Washington, DC | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York Cares | New York, NY | General operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York Focus | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nyu Langone | New York, NY | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ola of Eastern Long Island | Sagaponack, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Path | Seattle, WA | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Possibility Project | Dayton, OH | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Red Hook Initiative Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Shed Nyc Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Skylight Engagement Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Lukes School | New York, NY | General operating support | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Watermill Foundationcenter | New York, NY | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Witness | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wnet | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| At the Table | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | Education | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chess in the Schools | New York, NY | General operating support | Recreation and sports | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chapin School | New York, NY | General operating support | Education | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fostering Change for Children LTD | Rocking Point, NY | General operating support | Human services | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lower Eastside Tenement Museum | New York, NY | General operating support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Church Sag Harbor | Sag Harbor, NY | General operating support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arthur Project Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Human services | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Groundswell Nyc | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Inspiring Futures Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Human services | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lower Eastside Girls Club | New York, NY | General operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Museum of the Moving Image | Astoria, NY | General operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Science Policy Network | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York Women in Television & Films Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Parole Preparation | New York, NY | General operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Poets House | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Project Eats Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Public and societal benefit | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sadie Nash Leadership Project | New York, NY | General operating support | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sanctuary for Families | New York, NY | General operating support | Human services | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Storycorps Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Studio in School Association Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Terra Firma Ny | Bronx, NY | General operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Visiting Nurse Service of Ny | New York, NY | General operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Weeksville Heritage Center | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Williams College | Williamstown, MA | General operating support | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hamptons Community Outreach | Bridgehampton, NY | General operating support | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Humane Farm Animal Care | Herdon, VA | General operating support | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Laboratory for Icon and Idiom Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Reach Out and Read of Greater Ny | New York, NY | General operating support | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | General operating support | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Coalition of Sites of Conscience | New York, NY | General operating support | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Columbia University School of Business | New York, NY | General operating support | $14,250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Five Point Arts | Torrington, CT | General operating support | $11,400 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education | Bronx, NY | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Checkerboard Film Foundation | New York, NY | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Good Shepherd Services | New York, NY | General operating support | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Haverford College | Haverford, PA | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hunts Point Alliance | Bronx, NY | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lower Eastside Girls Club | New York, NY | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Magnum Foundation | New York, NY | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mass Moca | North Adams, MA | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York Botanical Garden | Bronx, NY | General operating support | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York Lawyers for the Public Interest | New York, NY | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nyu | New York, NY | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ragdale Foundation | Lake Forest, IL | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Residency Unlimited Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| So Harlem | New York, NY | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The 92ND Street Y Nursery Schoolthe 92ny | New York, NY | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Meeting House | New York, NY | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | New York, NY | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Virginia Center for the Creative Arts | Amherst, VA | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics | New York, NY | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Litchfield Land Trust | Torrington, CT | General operating support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Museum of Jewish Heritage | New York, NY | General operating support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | New York, NY | General operating support | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | New York, NY | General operating support | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peconic Land Trust | Southampton, NY | General operating support | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Women's Support Services | Sharon, CT | General operating support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Film at Lincoln Center | New Yok, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Fiction | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Girls Write Now Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Education | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| MS President Us Inc | Ridgefield, CT | General operating support | Youth development | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northern Manhattan Improvement Corp | New York, NY | General operating support | Community improvement and capacity building | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Team Steady Buckets | New York, NY | General operating support | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Holocaust Museum La | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Misericordia Home | Chicago, IL | General operating support | Human services | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center | Sag Harbor, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Friends of Natal | New York, NY | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Church Sag Harbor | Sag Harbor, NY | General operating support | $850 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hudson River Community Sailing | New York, NY | General operating support | Recreation and sports | $750 | apps.irs.gov |
| Poets House | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $600 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $5,297,500 |
| Environment | $2,915,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $2,507,600 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,506,000 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $1,350,000 |
| Human services | $1,347,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,250,000 |
| Crime and legal-related | $950,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $25,549,978 |
| District of Columbia | $5,000,000 |
| North Carolina | $2,100,000 |
| California | $1,852,000 |
| Massachusetts | $660,000 |
| Maine | $500,000 |
| Connecticut | $273,900 |
| Illinois | $112,000 |
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Updated October 31, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.