The Gibbons Scattone Family Foundation concentrates on urban education and anti-poverty initiatives, with large gifts to tutoring and math education programs and repeated support for homelessness and poverty-relief organizations. Its giving also includes civic leadership and high-profile national philanthropic vehicles, and it occasionally uses donor-advised or pass-through mechanisms. Grants are a mix of local New York City–focused service providers and national, mission-driven organizations addressing education, basic needs, and public leadership.
The Gibbons Scattone Family Foundation has made East Harlem Tutorial Program a major recipient, including a $500,000 unrestricted grant in 2023 and another $200,000 unrestricted grant in 2024. That pattern points to a foundation that backs education organizations over multiple years, while also supporting anti-poverty and basic-needs groups in New York City. Its recent giving includes repeated grants to homelessness services, food assistance, and youth-serving nonprofits, alongside gifts to public-interest institutions outside the city. The foundation’s work is centered on urban education and poverty relief, with several grants marked unrestricted, suggesting flexibility in how recipients use the funds. Recent support also reached the National Museum of Mathematics, Robin Hood Foundation, Coalition for the Homeless, City Meals on Wheels, Food Bank for New York City, Henry Street Settlement, and The Children’s Aid Society. The foundation’s 2025 filing shows $2.21 million in annual grants and $11.45 million in assets, placing it among active local grantmakers with a consistent New York focus.
In education, the foundation supported the National Museum of Mathematics with $100,000 unrestricted grants in both 2024 and 2025, adding to its emphasis on math learning and public STEM engagement. In direct-service anti-poverty work, it gave Robinhood Foundation $100,000 in 2023 and another $100,000 in 2024 for assist the poor. Homelessness services also appear as a repeated priority: Coalition for Homeless received $70,000 unrestricted grants in both 2023 and 2024. Basic-needs support extends to food access and community services, with unrestricted gifts to City Meals on Wheels, Food Bank for New York City, Henry Street Settlement, and The Children’s Aid Society.
Typical grants cluster at $30,000, $70,000, and $100,000, with a median gift of $70,000 and a third quartile of $100,000. The distribution also includes larger outliers, such as a $500,000 unrestricted grant and a $450,000 gift to a donor-advised vehicle. Recurring support is common: several recipients appear in consecutive years, including education, homelessness, and food-access organizations. The foundation gives as a family foundation and uses unrestricted awards frequently, with some pass-through or donor-advised style grants appearing in the record.
$1M
$11.1M
$752K
$1.1M
Most grants fall between $30K and $100K, with a median of $70K.
25th Percentile
$30K
Median
$70K
75th Percentile
$100K
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Concentrated giving through a small number of relatively large grants, with multiple repeat gifts to select core grantees; mix of local NYC-focused operational support and significant gifts to national/high-profile organizations; use of donor-advised or pass-through vehicles for part of funding.
Notable grantees: East Harlem Tutorial Program, National Museum of Mathematics, Robin Hood Foundation, Coalition for the Homeless, The Barack Obama Foundation
Giving is overwhelmingly New York-centered: 84% of grants go to recipients in the foundation’s headquarters state, and the stated geographic scope is local. New York City recipients dominate, including New York, NY and Manhattan, NY, with additional grants to Boston, MA and Chicago, IL. One recent grant also went to Franklin, TN through Charity: Water. All recorded grants in the dataset went to U.S. recipients.
Its recent grants support education, poverty relief, homelessness services, food access, and civic or public-interest initiatives. Examples include East Harlem Tutorial Program, Robinhood Foundation, Coalition for Homeless, City Meals on Wheels, Food Bank for New York City, The Barack Obama Foundation, and National Museum of Mathematics.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including East Harlem Tutorial Program in 2023 and 2024, National Museum of Mathematics in 2024 and 2025, Robinhood Foundation in 2023 and 2024, and Coalition for Homeless in 2023 and 2024.
The foundation’s typical grant size is $30,000 at the 25th percentile, $70,000 at the median, and $100,000 at the 75th percentile. Its recent record also includes larger grants such as $200,000, $450,000, and $500,000.
The giving is local, with 84% of grants going to recipients in New York, the foundation’s headquarters state. Most recipients are in New York City, though the record also includes gifts to organizations in Boston, Chicago, and Franklin, Tennessee.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER | NEW YORK, NY | $900,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIVING FUND | BOSTON, MA | $450,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| CHARITY WATER | FRANKLIN, TN | $100,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| EAST HARLEM TUTORIAL PROGRAM | NEW YORK, NY | $200,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ROBINHOOD FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | ASSIST THE POOR |
| NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| COALITION FOR HOMELESS | NEW YORK, NY | $70,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| CITY MEALS ON WHEELS | NEW YORK, NY | $30,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY | NEW YORK, NY | $30,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| THE CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT | MANHATTAN, NY | $25,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| EAST HARLEM TUTORIAL PROGRAM | NEW YORK, NY | $500,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION | CHICAGO, IL | $200,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRITED |
| ROBINHOOD FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2023 | ASSIST THE POOR |
| COALITION FOR HOMELESS | NEW YORK, NY | $70,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY | NEW YORK, NY | $30,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| CITY MEALS ON WHEELS | NEW YORK, NY | $30,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT | MANHATTAN, NY | $25,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| THE CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER
$900,000UNRESTRICTED
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS
$100,000UNRESTRICTED
FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIVING FUND
$450,000UNRESTRICTED
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS
$100,000UNRESTRICTED
CHARITY WATER
$100,000UNRESTRICTED
EAST HARLEM TUTORIAL PROGRAM
$200,000UNRESTRICTED
ROBINHOOD FOUNDATION
ASSIST THE POOR
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS
$100,000UNRESTRICTED
COALITION FOR HOMELESS
$70,000UNRESTRICTED
CITY MEALS ON WHEELS
$30,000UNRESTRICTED
FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY
$30,000UNRESTRICTED
THE CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY
$25,000UNRESTRICTED
HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT
$25,000UNRESTRICTED
EAST HARLEM TUTORIAL PROGRAM
$500,000UNRESTRICTED
THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION
$200,000UNRESTRITED
ROBINHOOD FOUNDATION
$100,000ASSIST THE POOR
COALITION FOR HOMELESS
$70,000UNRESTRICTED
FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY
$30,000UNRESTRICTED
CITY MEALS ON WHEELS
$30,000UNRESTRICTED
HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT
$25,000UNRESTRICTED
THE CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY
$25,000UNRESTRICTED