The Staten Island Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 13-3993115 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Laura Jean Watters Executive Direct
- Phone
- (718) 697-2831
- Deadlines
- Submission deadlines are generally December 1st; February 1st; April 1st; and August 1st.
- Application materials
- Applications are only accepted electronically via the foundation's website - www.thestatenislandfoundation.org the foundation supports organizations with current 501(c)3 status that serve staten island residents. For prior grantees to be eligible, all required reports must be submitted. The foundation supports organizations with established track records and demonstrated financial capacity.
- Restrictions
- The foundation looks for projects of 501(c)3 organizations with the following characteristics: - projects that clearly and directly benefit the staten island community with measurable, long-term results - projects that demonstrate their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion - projects that can be effectively implemented and ultimately continued without our funding - projects that contribute to one of the collective impact initiatives supported by the foundation the foundation does not fund: renovations/repairs to places of worship, scholarships, fundraising event sponsorships, journal ads, or yearbook ads, private foundations or individuals, political causes, candidates or lobbying efforts, medical research, cemetery associations, animal welfare groups, fraternal and veterans organizations, business, professional and civic associations or clubs, memorial fundraising, tickets to events, requests from solicitors on behalf of an organization.
Original filing text
- Contact
- LAURA JEAN WATTERS EXECUTIVE DIRECT
- Address
- 260 CHRISTOPHER LANE SUITE 3B STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10314
- Phone
- 7186972831
- WATTERS@THESTATENISLANDFOUNDATION.ORG
- Deadlines
- SUBMISSION DEADLINES ARE GENERALLY DECEMBER 1ST; FEBRUARY 1ST; APRIL 1ST; AND AUGUST 1ST.
- Application materials
- APPLICATIONS ARE ONLY ACCEPTED ELECTRONICALLY VIA THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE - WWW.THESTATENISLANDFOUNDATION.ORG THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS WITH CURRENT 501(C)3 STATUS THAT SERVE STATEN ISLAND RESIDENTS. FOR PRIOR GRANTEES TO BE ELIGIBLE, ALL REQUIRED REPORTS MUST BE SUBMITTED. THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS WITH ESTABLISHED TRACK RECORDS AND DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL CAPACITY.
- Restrictions
- THE FOUNDATION LOOKS FOR PROJECTS OF 501(C)3 ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: - PROJECTS THAT CLEARLY AND DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE STATEN ISLAND COMMUNITY WITH MEASURABLE, LONG-TERM RESULTS - PROJECTS THAT DEMONSTRATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION - PROJECTS THAT CAN BE EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTED AND ULTIMATELY CONTINUED WITHOUT OUR FUNDING - PROJECTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT INITIATIVES SUPPORTED BY THE FOUNDATION THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT FUND: RENOVATIONS/REPAIRS TO PLACES OF WORSHIP, SCHOLARSHIPS, FUNDRAISING EVENT SPONSORSHIPS, JOURNAL ADS, OR YEARBOOK ADS, PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS, POLITICAL CAUSES, CANDIDATES OR LOBBYING EFFORTS, MEDICAL RESEARCH, CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS, ANIMAL WELFARE GROUPS, FRATERNAL AND VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS OR CLUBS, MEMORIAL FUNDRAISING, TICKETS TO EVENTS, REQUESTS FROM SOLICITORS ON BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION.
Reported organization name: THE STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION
Where The Staten Island 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.
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (91 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Staten Island 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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