The Starr Foundation Grants
Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 13-6151545 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 · Invitation only: no unsolicited applications
The Starr Foundation is a private foundation based in New York, NY (EIN 13-6151545). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $73.5M paid in 90 grants, with a median grant of $27.5K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $1.6B. It reports that it gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · starrfoundation.org
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications. The same filing also names deadlines, application materials or an application link. Those are kept under Original filing text, may be out of date, and are not an invitation to apply; check with the foundation first.
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- Contact
- MS Courtney O'Malley President
- Phone
- (212) 909-3600
- Restrictions
- Grants to individuals are limited to the foundation's on-going scholarship program, the c.v. Starr scholarship program available to starr companies employees' children. With respect to this program, there are limitations pertaining to eligibility requirements and size of awards. The size of scholarship awards depends on financial need.
Original filing text
- Contact
- MS COURTNEY O'MALLEY PRESIDENT
- Address
- 399 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY, 10022
- Phone
- 2129093600
- Deadlines
- THERE ARE NO SUBMISSION DEADLINES; PROPOSALS ARE REVIEWED ON A ROLLING BASIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
- Application materials
- THERE IS NO APPLICATION FORM, BUT THE FOUNDATION EXPECTS PROPOSALS TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 1) COVER LETTER DESCRIBING THE ORGANIZATION AND SETTING FORTH THE TERMS OF THE PROPOSED GRANT; 2) BUDGET FOR THE PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR WHICH FUNDING IS SOUGHT; 3) LATEST AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; 4) LIST OF OTHER MAJOR FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS, CURRENT OR ANTICIPATED; 5) LIST OF THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD MEMBERS AND THEIR AFFILIATIONS, IF ANY; 6) MOST RECENT IRS DETERMINATION LETTER; 7) DETAILS OF OVERALL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES INCLUDING THE SALARIES OF THE TOP FIVE EMPLOYEES; GENERALLY THE FOUNDATION WILL NOT FUND ORGANIZATIONS THAT SPEND MORE THAN 25% OF THEIR ANNUAL EXPENSES ON ADMINISTRATION AND FUNDRAISING; 8) OTHER INFORMATION MAY BE INCLUDED, BUT THE FOUNDATION PREFERS NOT TO RECEIVE VIDEOTAPES, DVDS, OR CDS.
- Restrictions
- GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS ARE LIMITED TO THE FOUNDATION'S ON-GOING SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, THE C.V. STARR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO STARR COMPANIES EMPLOYEES' CHILDREN. WITH RESPECT TO THIS PROGRAM, THERE ARE LIMITATIONS PERTAINING TO ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND SIZE OF AWARDS. THE SIZE OF SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS DEPENDS ON FINANCIAL NEED.
Reported organization name: THE STARR FOUNDATION
Where The Starr Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | Capital campaign | Tax year 20242024 | $10M |
| New York-Presbyterian Fund | New York, NY | Capital campaign | Tax year 20242024 | $10M |
| Cornell University (Weill Cornell Medicine) | New York, NY | Tri-institutional stem cell initiative, involving the collaboration of weill cornell, rockfeller univeristy and memorial-sloan kettering | Tax year 20242024 | $7M |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | Maurice r. Greenberg scholarship fund in support of debt-free education for the yale school of medicine | Tax year 20242024 | $5M |
| American Hospital of Paris | Neuillysurseine | Capital campaign | Tax year 20242024 | $5M |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (90 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Starr Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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