291 Foundation | Foundation Profile
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EIN: 13-7298760
Foundation Overview
Based in New York, NY, 291 Foundation has awarded 169 grants totaling $1,408,863 to organizations in Connecticut, New York and 11 other states across the US. Individual grants range from $25 to $75,000, with a median award of $1,500.
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New Applicant Friendliness
8 of 34 recipients (24%) were new grantees. Foundation strongly favors organizations with proven track records. New partnerships develop slowly over time.
Geographic Focus
66% of grants are awarded in New York, with additional funding distributed across 12 other locations. The foundation balances regional focus with broader geographic diversity. Within New York, funding concentrates in New York (95%), Peachman (2%), Hudson (2%).
Funding Trajectory
Moderate 27% growth trend over 4 years suggests stable and gradually increasing funding capacity. This positive trajectory indicates reliable grant-making resources and sustainable philanthropic commitment.
Program Areas
Highly focused on general purposes with 100% of funding dedicated to this sector. This specialization indicates deep expertise and committed investment in the field.
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Grants & Funding
Analyzing past grantees provides valuable insights into 291 Foundation's funding preferences, organizational priorities, and grant making patterns. This historical data helps potential applicants understand the foundation's strategic focus and identify successful funding approaches.
| Name | Amount | Location | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Museum Of Modern Art | $1,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| God Loves We Deliver | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthod Of Greater New York | $1,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Habitat For Humanity | $1,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Friends Seminary | $10,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders | $2,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Uja Federation Of New York | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Weis Wender Foundation For Children | $5,150 | Palo Alto, CA, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Food Bank Of Nyc | $1,560 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Roxbury Public Library | $511 | Roxbury, CT, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| The New York Womens Foundation | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Whitney Museum | $600 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Thirteen Pbs | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Mt Sinai Medical Center | $15,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Apex Art Cultural Fund | $75,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Ackerman Institute | $7,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Civitas | $500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Weis Wender Foundation For Children | $5,202 | Palo Alto, CA, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| The Good Dog Foundation | $1,000 | Hudson, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| C-cap | $2,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Foundation Fighting Blindness | $1,025 | Columbia, MD, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Apex Art Cultural Fund | $50,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Wnycwqxr | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| V Foundation For Cancer Research | $1,000 | Morrisville, NC, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Guggeheim Foundation | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Community School For The Arts | $1,500 | Storrs, CT, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Community Service Society | $400 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Whitney Museum | $625 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders | $2,550 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Animal Medical Center | $30,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| City Meals On Wheels | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| International Rescue Foundation | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Apex Art Cultural Fund | $2,384 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| American Promise Education Fund | $3,750 | Concord, MA, US | General Purposes | 2023 |
| Kindfull Tanzanian Children | $1,000 | Boston, MA, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Whitney Museum | $600 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| God Loves We Deliver | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Physicians Committee For Resposible Medicine | $500 | Washington, DC, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| City Meals On Wheels | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Weis Wender Foundation For Children | $262 | Palo Alto, CA, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Minor Memorial Library | $500 | Roxbury, CT, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Wnycwqxr | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Apex Art Cultural Fund | $75,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Friends Seminary | $10,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Museum Of Modern Art | $1,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Food Bank Of Nyc | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| New York University | $10,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Ackerman Institute | $7,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Mt Sinai Medical Center | $2,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Institute For Exposomic Research | $17,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Peachman Library | $250 | Peachman, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Roxbury Volunteer Fire Department | $500 | Roxbury, CT, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Guggeheim Foundation | $800 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| The Metropolitan Museum Of Art | $1,200 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Weis Wender Foundation For Children | $5,150 | Palo Alto, CA, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| C-cap | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| International Rescue Foundation | $2,580 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Foundation Fighting Blindness | $1,025 | Columbia, MD, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Animal Medical Center | $30,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Weis Wender Foundation For Children | $12,500 | Palo Alto, CA, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Ace Foundation | $30,000 | Brooklyn, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Community Service Society | $300 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Community For The Homeless | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Apex Art Cultural Fund | $50,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Geisinger Health Foundation | $10,000 | Danville, PA, US | General Purposes | 2022 |
| Minor Memorial Library | $500 | Roxbury, CT, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Food Bank Of Nyc | $2,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| City Meals On Wheels | $2,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Doctors Without Borders | $2,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Weis Wender Foundation For Children | $105 | Palo Alto, CA, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Friends Seminary | $10,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Museum Of Modern Art | $1,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Whitney Museum | $600 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Ackerman Institute | $7,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Feeding America | $2,500 | Chicago, IL, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Physicians Committee For Resposible Medicine | $500 | Washington, DC, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Kindful Tanzanian Children | $1,000 | Boston, MA, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Wnycwqxr | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| God Loves We Deliver | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Bideawee | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Peachman Library | $150 | Peachman, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Apex Art Cultural Fund | $75,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Mt Sinai Medical Center | $5,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| C-cap | $2,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| The Good Dog Foundation | $1,000 | Hudson, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Guggeheim Foundation | $600 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| The Metropolitan Museum Of Art | $600 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Foundation Fighting Blindness | $1,025 | Columbia, MD, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Animal Medical Center | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Oxfam America | $600 | Boston, MA, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Weis Wender Foundation For Children | $5,150 | Palo Alto, CA, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| World Central Kitchen | $2,100 | Washington, DC, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Community Service Society | $259 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Animal Medical Center | $30,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Leadership Enterprise For A Diverse America | $250 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Weis Wender Foundation For Children | $262 | Palo Alto, CA, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| International Rescue Foundation | $2,575 | Albert Lea, MN, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Habitat For Humanity | $1,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Roxbury Ambulance Corp | $500 | Roxbury, CT, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Civitas | $500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Geisinger Health Foundation | $25,000 | Danville, PA, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Weis Wender Foundation For Children | $25,000 | Palo Alto, CA, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Association Of Community Employment Programs | $50,000 | Long Island City, NY, US | General Purposes | 2021 |
| Apex Art Cultural Fund | $60,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposesgeneral Purposes | 2020 |
| Apex Art Cultural Fund | $75,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposesgeneral Purposes | 2020 |
| Apex Art Cultural Fund | $75,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Apex Art Cultural Fund | $50,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| C-cap | $1,036 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| City Meals On Wheels | $2,540 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Food Bank Of Nyc | $2,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Friends Of Roxbury Library | $25 | Roxbury, CT, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Friends Seminary | $10,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposesgeneral Purposesgeneral Purposes | 2020 |
| God Loves We Deliver | $2,100 | New York, NY, US | General Purposesgeneral Purposes | 2020 |
| Guggenheim Museum | $600 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Habitat For Humanity | $1,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| International Rescue Foundation | $2,580 | Albert Lea, MN, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Minor Memorial Library | $500 | Roxbury, CT, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Mt Sinai Medical Center | $20,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Moma Giving | $1,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposesgeneral Purposes | 2020 |
| Dollywood Foundation | $1,000 | Pigeon Forge, TN, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Physicians Committee For Repsonisble Medicine | $500 | Washington, DC, US | General Purposesgeneral Purposes | 2020 |
| Roxbury Land Trust | $1,000 | Roxbury, CT, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Roxbury Ambulance | $500 | Roxbury, CT, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Roxbury Volunteer Fire Department | $500 | Roxbury, CT, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Wender Weis Foundation For Children | $515 | Palo Alto, CA, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Wender Weis Foundation For Children | $18,023 | Palo Alto, CA, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Whitney Museum | $600 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Wnycwqxr | $1,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Foundation For Fighting Blindness | $1,025 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Civatas | $250 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Feeding America | $2,500 | Chicago, IL, US | General Purposesgeneral Purposes | 2020 |
| Wender Weis Foundation For Children | $5,150 | Palo Alto, CA, US | General Purposesgeneral Purposes | 2020 |
| Ackerman Insitute | $5,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Tanzanania Chilrens Fund | $1,000 | Boston, MA, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| St Jude Chilrens Research | $500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Animal Medical Center | $25,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| The Ace Foundation | $50,000 | Tenafly, NJ, US | General Purposes | 2020 |
| Friends Of Roxbury Senior Center | $500 | Roxbury, CT, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Whitney Museum | $600 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Friends Seminary | $10,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposesgeneral Purposes | 2019 |
| Oxfam Foundation | $2,000 | Boston, MA, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| City Meals On Wheels | $2,574 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Network For Good | $2,500 | Washington, DC, US | General Purposesgeneral Purposes | 2019 |
| Apex Art Cultural Fund | $50,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| C-cap | $2,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| God Loves We Deliver | $2,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposesgeneral Purposes | 2019 |
| The Feather Foundation | $100 | Maplewood, NJ, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Guggenheim Museum | $600 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Food Bank Of Nyc | $2,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Doctors Without Borders | $2,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Physicians Committee For Repsonisble Medicine | $500 | Washington, DC, US | General Purposesgeneral Purposes | 2019 |
| Mt Sinai Medical Center | $20,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Apex Art Cultural Fund | $75,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Wender Weis Foundation For Children | $5,000 | Palo Alto, CA, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Bid A Wee | $1,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Wnycwqxr | $2,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Project Ledo | $500 | Portland, OR, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Roxbury Volunteer Fire Department | $500 | Roxbury, CT, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Roxbury Ambulance Corp | $500 | Roxbury, CT, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Habitat For Humanity | $2,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Wnycwqxr | $1,012 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Coalition For The Homeless | $2,000 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Food Bank Of Nyc | $2,500 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Wender Weis Foundation For Children | $158 | Palo Alto, CA, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| International Rescue Foundation | $2,575 | Albert Lea, MN, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Common Cause | $1,500 | Washington, DC, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Metropolitan Museum Of Art | $600 | New York, NY, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
| Common Cause | $2,000 | Washington, DC, US | General Puproses | 2019 |
| Wender Weis Foundation For Children | $17,500 | Palo Alto, CA, US | General Purposes | 2019 |
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Contact Information
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| EIN | 13-7298760 |
| Website | N/A |
| Address | 291 CHURCH ST New York, NY 10013-2403 |
Key People (1)
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| Trustee | Nancy L Wender |
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Forms 990-PF
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