Ittleson Foundation Inc C/O Bessemer Trust Company Na
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About Ittleson Foundation Inc C/O Bessemer Trust Company Na
Ittleson Foundation funds a mix of health (notably cancer and community mental health), cultural preservation and arts, and environmental conservation and sustainability projects. Grants tend to support programmatic initiatives—language and archive projects, bird and urban conservation, undergrounding utility efforts, and community wellbeing models—often with repeat, multi-year support to the same organizations. The foundation gives both a single large institutional gift and multiple moderate-sized awards to mission-driven nonprofits, frequently in New York but also nationally and internationally.
Focus Areas
Clinical cancer research and physician-directed projects (large institutional grants)Community mental health and wellbeing models for frontline health workersLanguage preservation and cultural heritage archives (oral histories, archives, minority languages)Urban and regional conservation: bird-safe urban sites, utility undergrounding, and habitat restorationZero-waste/sustainability demonstration projects and public engagement on waste solutionsArts and community cultural programming (small-to-mid sized nonprofits, festivals, youth arts)
About Ittleson Foundation Inc C/O Bessemer Trust Company Na
A $100,000 grant to MD Anderson Cancer Center anchors Ittleson Foundation Inc C/o Bessemer Trust Company Na’s recent giving and shows how the foundation pairs large institutional support with a steady stream of smaller program grants. The foundation funds health, environmental conservation, language and archive preservation, arts and cultural programming, and community-focused initiatives. In the health area, it has backed cancer research and community mental health work; in culture, it has supported archives, oral-history projects, and youth arts programming; in environment, it has funded bird-safe sites, utility undergrounding, habitat restoration, reuse and refill work, and pollinator infrastructure. Several grantees recur across years, including Hesperian Health Guides, New York City Audubon Society Inc, Wikitongues, Great Plains Restoration Council, Southampton Cultural Center, New York Preservation Archive Project, Alongside Network, and Sustainability Matters. The pattern suggests a funder that alternates between high-dollar institutional gifts and targeted awards for projects with defined public-facing outputs, often through multi-year support to the same organizations.
What Ittleson Foundation Inc C/O Bessemer Trust Company Na Funds
In mental health, the foundation gave $35,000 to Hesperian Health Guides to support the Mental Health Promotion Guide for Community Health Workers, and $30,000 to Alongside Network for the Alongside Wellbeing Model. That mix points to interest in practical, model-based work rather than broad unrestricted funding. On the environmental side, it supported Scenic America with $30,000 for undergrounding of utility wire and the Horticultural Society of New York with $15,000 for the Pollinator Port Project. For conservation and land-based work, Great Plains Restoration Council received $30,000 for the Great Plains Conservation and Recreation Area. Cultural preservation appears as well: Wikitongues received $25,000 for Save Knowledge Through Languages, and the New York Preservation Archive Project received $28,000 for general exempt purposes.
How Ittleson Foundation Inc C/O Bessemer Trust Company Na Gives
Typical awards cluster in the middle range: the grant-size distribution is p25 $2,100, median $15,000, and p75 $25,000. The recent record also includes a handful of $30,000 to $35,000 grants and two $100,000 grants, so the foundation makes both moderate project support and larger institutional awards. Recipients appear across multiple years, including Hesperian Health Guides, Alongside Network, New York City Audubon Society Inc, Wikitongues, Great Plains Restoration Council, Southampton Cultural Center, Sustainability Matters, and New York Preservation Archive Project. The foundation’s active program descriptions emphasize targeted grantmaking in mental health and environmental work, with unsolicited applications accepted in some listed mental health and environmental cycles but not in others.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$286K
Total Assets
$8.7M
Total Revenue
$765K
Total Expenses
$780K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2K and $25K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$25K
Geographic Reach
National12 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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