About Chelsea Piers Foundation
The Chelsea Piers Foundation is dedicated to enriching the lives of children and families in the tri-state area by providing access to sports programs, scholarships, and healthy life experiences, using community partnerships and youth development programs to build confidence, skills, and lifelong connection to health and wellness.
Focus Areas
Youth sports scholarshipsSummer campsLearn-to-swim programsCompetitive youth teamsAdaptive sportsCommunity partnershipsYouth fitness and mentorship
Funding Style
unrestricted/general operating supportcore operating supportnon-program-specific funding
About Chelsea Piers Foundation
Chelsea Piers Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by general support for youth-serving organizations that connect children and families to sports, scholarships, and healthy activity in New York and Connecticut. Its largest recent grant went to Rising Tide Effect in Brooklyn for $60,000, showing a willingness to fund community organizations that broaden access to recreation and youth development. Another substantial award supported Peter Westbrook Foundation in New York with $30,000, reinforcing the foundation’s emphasis on athletic opportunity and support for young people. The foundation also funded Win with $10,038 and Hudson River Community Sailing with $10,000, both in New York, alongside a $10,000 grant to Hospital for Special Surgery. Across these grants, the pattern is straightforward: support for programs and organizations that help young people participate in sports, build skills, and access healthier experiences. The foundation’s public grant programs also point to scholarships, community partnerships, learn-to-swim, and competitive youth team support as recurring ways it makes that commitment concrete.
What Chelsea Piers Foundation Funds
In youth sports access, Chelsea Piers Foundation backed Rising Tide Effect with $60,000 in general support and Hudson River Community Sailing with $10,000, both in New York. Those awards fit a broader pattern of funding organizations that expand participation in athletics and recreation for young people. The foundation also supported Peter Westbrook Foundation with $30,000, aligning with its stated interest in youth sports, scholarships, and youth development. Another recent grant went to Win for $10,038, adding to the picture of grantmaking that centers children and families served through community-based programs. The foundation’s active programs also name learn-to-swim, water safety, soccer, hockey, and adaptive sports, showing that its support reaches beyond a single sport into multiple kinds of youth recreation and wellness.
How Chelsea Piers Foundation Gives
Chelsea Piers Foundation gave $120,038 in annual grants, with recent awards ranging from $10,000 to $60,000. The largest grant was $60,000, and the middle of the recent set sits around $10,000 to $30,000, indicating a mix of larger anchor support and smaller operating awards. The recent list is entirely general support, which matches the foundation’s stated philosophy tags of unrestricted, core operating, and non-program-specific funding. Its public programs include both unsolicited scholarship applications and invited nonprofit grant and partnership tracks, so the funding model combines open access for families with more directed organizational support. The recent grants shown are all from 2025.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$120K
Total Assets
$4.4M
Total Revenue
$1.7M
Total Expenses
$1.2M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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