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The Ambrose Monell Foundation: 102 grants to organizations, $19.9 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Ambrose Monell Foundation, a private foundation in New York, NY, paid 102 grants to organizations totaling $19,938,333 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $9,300,000 to Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, PA for $1,000,000 for general purposes; $2,000,000 remainder of $5,500,000 grant installment referred to in letter dated november 13, 2024; $5,500,000 2025 grant installment, $750,000 2026 grant installment,.
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- EIN
- 131982683
- Based in
- New York, NY
- Assets
- $501,659,979
- Grants paid
- $19,888,333
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202543219349100339. It reported $19,888,333 in grants paid; 102 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monell Chemical Senses Center | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000,000 for general purposes; $2,000,000 remainder of $5,500,000 grant installment referred to in letter dated november 13, 2024; $5,500,000 2025 grant installment, $750,000 2026 grant installment, | Medical research | $9,300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rockefeller University | New York, NY | $500,000 for general purposes and $100,000 for application to dr. jarvis' earth biogenome initiative | Education | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $300,000 for general purposes and $200,000 for the institute for comparative genomics | Arts, culture and humanities | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dana Farber Cancer Center | Boston, MA | Second and final installment for application to the presidential initiatives fund | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | First installment of $1,000,000 grant for application to the advanced light microscopy innovation laboratory referred to in letter dated december 10, 2024 | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yale University School of Public Health | New Haven, CT | $75,000 to be applied to research on "new strategies for african trypanosomiasis control; $350,000 for application to the department of epidemiology and microbial diseases | $425,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hospital for Special Surgery | New York, NY | First installment of $700,000 grant referred to in letter dated december 10, 2024 | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | General purposes | Science and technology | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center | Winstonsalem, NC | Second installment of $1,000,000 grant for application to its geroscience healthspan initiative | $333,333 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Carnegie Institution for Science | Washington, DC | General purposes | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Emory Univerity | Atlanta, GA | To the emory vaccine center for application at dr. rafi ahmed's discretion | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center | Charlestown, MA | Application for its programs for the detection and treatment of cancer | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Jewish Health | Denver, CO | General purposes | Health care | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | General purposes | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cancer Research Institute | New York, NY | First of five installments of $250,000 each towards grant for application to the star award referred to in letter dated december 10, 2024 | Medical research | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mayo Foundation | Jacksonville, FL | Application to the benefactor innovation fund | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation | Norwalk, CT | In support of mmrf multi-faceted strategy to drive personalized treatment approaches | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital | New York, NY | Second installment of $500,000 grant to be applied as follows: (a) $125,000 as directed by leonard n. girardi, md, to its division of cardiothoracic surgery and (b) $125,000 as directed by david s. bl | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lincoln Center Theater | New York, NY | General purposes | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai | New York, NY | For application to its microsurgical education foundation | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Chicago, IL | For application to dr. schaeffer's research and education fund in the department of urology | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Norwalk Hospital Foundation | Danbury, CT | $100,000 for application to the new patient pavilion at norwalk hospital; $50,000 for general operating purposes | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nyu Langone Health | New York, NY | For application to a skull-based fellowship in the department of neurosurgery under the direction of dr. john golfinos | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Women's Prison Association | New York, NY | General purposes | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Children's Hospital Boston | Boston, MA | For application to the folkman angiogenesis research institute | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | Washington, DC | General purposes | Social science | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hoover Institution | Stanford, CA | General purposes | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| John Hopkins University Brady Urological Institute | Baltimore, MD | General purposes | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kennedy Krieger Institute | Baltimore, MD | For application to the innovation and collaboration pilot grant initiative | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lincoln Center Jazz | New York, NY | General purposes | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Manhattan Institute | New York, NY | General purposes | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Penn Medicine Development | Philadelphia, PA | To be applied to the "working group: maternal and reproductive health" | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Trudeau Institute | Saranac Lake, NY | General purposes | Medical research | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music | Brooklyn, NY | General purposes | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Brooklyn, NY | General purposes | Environment | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brooklyn Museum of Art | Brooklyn, NY | General purposes | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community College of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | Second and final installment for application to student-faculty international study abroad program | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | International medical relief programs | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fountain House | New York, NY | General purposes | Mental health and crisis intervention | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Higher Ground Sun Valley | Ketchum, ID | For application to the higher ground veterans programs | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kingsborough Community College | Brooklyn, NY | For application to its nursing program | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Blythedale Children's Hospital | Valhalla, NY | For application to its social work program | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | General purposes | Recreation and sports | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | General purposes | Science and technology | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| College Funduncf | New York, NY | General purposes | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Library Association of Ketchum and Sun Valley | Ketchum, ID | General purposes | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Eat Real Certified | San Francisco, CA | General purposes | Public and societal benefit | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Edible School Yard Nyc | New York, NY | General purposes | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Federalist Society of Law and Public Policy Studies | Washington, DC | General purposes | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of the Lobkowicz Collections | Dover, MA | For application to the restoration and conservation of the lobkowicz collections | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harlem Grown | New York, NY | General purposes | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Howard University College of Medicine | Washington, DC | For application to scholarships at the college of medicine | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Institute for Contemporary Art Miami Inc | Miami, FL | General purposes | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mount Sinai Health System | New York, NY | For the mt. sinai st. luke and the mt. sinai roosevelt hospitals for their language assistance programs | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York Foundling Hospital | New York, NY | General purposes | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York Public Library | New York, NY | General purposes | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance | Washington, DC | For application to the support, resources and education programs previously operated by the ovarian cancer national alliance | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Palm Beach Day Academy | Palm Beach, FL | General purposes | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Riverbrook Regional YMCA | Wilton, CT | General purposes | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rockefeller Univeristy Hospital | New York, NY | General purposes | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Luke's Wood River Foundation | Ketchum, ID | Application to the sun valley hospital | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Advocates | Hailey, ID | General purposes | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Bronx Charter School for Children | Bronx, NY | General purposes | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Fund for American Studies | Washington, DC | General purposes of the foundation for teaching economics | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tulane University Law School | New Orleans, LA | For application to the law school's women's prison project | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wood River Land Trust | Hailey, ID | General purposes | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fresh Air Fund | New York, NY | General purposes | Recreation and sports | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | New York, NY | General purposes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Blaine County Hunger Coalition | Bellevue, ID | General purposes | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boy Scouts of Americagreater New York Councils | New York, NY | General purposes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | General purposes | Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bugles Across America | Berwyn, IL | General purposes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| California Pacific Medical Center Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General purposes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chess in the Schools | New York, NY | General purposes | Recreation and sports | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Children's Health Fund | New York, NY | General purposes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Children's Home Society of Florida South Coastal Division | Orlando, FL | General purposes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Children's Rights | New York, NY | General purposes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| City Harvest | New York, NY | General purposes | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Comprehensive Development | New York, NY | General purposes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | General purposes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Girl Scouts of the USA | New York, NY | General purposes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jefferson Scholars Foundation | Charlottesville, VA | For application to the fellowship in technology and democracy | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Learning Ally | Princeton, NJ | General purposes | Human services | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Legal Aid Society | New York, NY | General purposes | Crime and legal-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maimonides Medical Center | Brooklyn, NY | General purposes | Health care | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | General purposes | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Metropolitan Opera Association | New York, NY | General purposes | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York Botanical Garden | Bronx, NY | General purposes | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Perkins School for the Blind | Watertown, MA | General purposes | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Piermont Morgan Library | New York, NY | General purposes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Probononet | New York, NY | General purposes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rehabilitation Center for Children and Adults | Palm Beach, FL | General purposes | Health care | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | San Francisco, CA | General purposes | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum | New York, NY | General purposes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Society of the Four Arts | Palm Beach, FL | General purposes | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St George's School | Newport, RI | General purposes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Children's Aid Society | New York, NY | General purposes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Library of America | New York, NY | For application to the core collection initiative for new york city libraries | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Usta Tennis & Education Foundation | Purchase, NY | For application to its college education scholarship programs | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Westminster School | Simsbury, CT | For application to its horizons at westminster school program | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| YMCA of Greater New York | New York, NY | General purposes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Young Women's Christian Association of the City of New York | New York, NY | General purposes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Medical research | $9,650,000 |
| Education | $675,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $650,000 |
| Science and technology | $400,000 |
| Health care | $350,000 |
| Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $250,000 |
| Environment | $200,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $105,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | $9,475,000 |
| New York | $4,980,000 |
| Massachusetts | $1,000,000 |
| Connecticut | $900,000 |
| Florida | $675,000 |
| District of Columbia | $600,000 |
| New Jersey | $375,000 |
| North Carolina | $333,333 |
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Updated November 17, 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.