Jerome L Greene Foundation

About Jerome L Greene Foundation

A defining thread in Jerome L Greene Foundation grantmaking is long-term scholarship and institutional support for The Juilliard School. The foundation has backed Juilliard across multiple years, including scholarships and matching efforts, alongside large awards that helped sustain the school’s programs and students. That arts commitment sits next to another clear pattern: substantial support for major civic and social-change organizations, with repeated grants to North Star Fund, The New York Community Trust, and Echoing Green. The foundation also gives at a high level to education, clinical medicine, and public-interest law. Recent grants include major support for Howard University, Johns Hopkins University, NewYork-Presbyterian, and Columbia Law School, showing a portfolio that reaches beyond one sector even when the recipient base is concentrated. Reproductive rights groups also appear in the grant list, including Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Action Fund. Across these areas, Jerome L Greene Foundation favors institution-level grants that can support scholarships, operating needs, program work, and capital or fellowship initiatives.

What Jerome L Greene Foundation Funds

In the arts, Jerome L Greene Foundation has repeatedly supported The Juilliard School, including scholarship support and a matching scholarship challenge tied to named awards. The foundation also backs other New York cultural institutions such as New York Public Radio, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lincoln Center Theater, The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park, and the Whitney Museum. Education and research are another major lane. Recent grants include Howard University for general charitable purposes, Johns Hopkins University for general charitable purposes, and Columbia Law School through Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. The foundation’s medical giving also reaches NewYork-Presbyterian Fund. A third cluster centers on civic participation and rights. Grants to North Star Fund, The New York Community Trust, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, and Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund show support for civil liberties, voting rights, and community organizing. Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Action Fund extend that pattern into reproductive rights.

How Jerome L Greene Foundation Gives