Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation
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About Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation
The Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation concentrates its philanthropy on supporting an academic medical center, providing large, unrestricted gifts. All disclosed giving goes to Albany Medical Center Foundation, suggesting a focus on health care and medical institutions in New York with an emphasis on general operating or discretionary support. The foundation appears to be a focused, high-dollar donor rather than a broad grantmaker across many causes.
Focus Areas
Unrestricted/general support for an academic medical centerHospital and health system philanthropy in upstate New YorkCapital, program, or operating support for medical education and patient care (inferred)
Who They Fund
general public/unspecified beneficiariesnonprofit organizations (unspecified)
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated: very few (two) grants totaling $7 million, both to the same grantee; large, likely one-time or multi-part gifts providing general operating flexibility rather than many small or diverse grants.
Funding Style
unrestricted support
About Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation
The Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation’s disclosed grantmaking is marked by very large unrestricted support to a small set of recipients, led by a $5 million gift in 2023 to Albany Medical Center Foundation in Albany, New York. That pattern continues across the record, where the foundation uses general donations rather than tightly designated project awards. Alongside health-care support, the recent grants list shows substantial funding for organizations working in civil liberties, government accountability, environmental advocacy, immigration-related economic opportunity, and voter participation. Albany Medical Center Foundation appears repeatedly in the record, with another $2 million grant in 2024, indicating an ongoing relationship rather than a one-off award. Other high-dollar grants include support for Citizens for Resp & Ethics in Washington, Earthjustice, Doctors Without Borders, and the Voter Participation Center. The foundation also makes program-related investments and operates as a regular funder. Its disclosed giving is national in scope, but New York recipients account for most grants, reflecting a strong concentration in that state while still funding organizations in Washington, DC, California, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere.
What Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation Funds
Health care and medical institutions sit at the center of the foundation’s largest disclosed gifts. In 2023, it gave $5 million to Albany Medical Center Foundation for general donation, followed by $2 million in 2024 for the same purpose. The foundation also funds public-interest legal and watchdog work. It gave $850,000 in 2025 to Citizens for Resp & Ethics in Washington and $400,000 in 2025 to Brennan Center for Justice, both as general donations. Environmental advocacy is another visible theme. Grants include $850,000 in 2025 to Earthjustice and $500,000 in 2025 to Natural Resource Defense Council. Its portfolio also reaches humanitarian and civic organizations, including a $576,000 general donation in 2025 to Doctors Without Borders and $500,000 in 2025 to Voter Participation Center.
How Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation Gives
Typical awards cluster in the mid-five-figure to low-six-figure range, with a p25 of $10,000, a median of $40,000, and a p75 of $98,500. The disclosed recent grants also show a much larger upper tier, including multimillion-dollar gifts and repeated six-figure general donations. The record suggests an ongoing relationship model: Albany Medical Center Foundation appears in both 2023 and 2024, and several other recipients recur across multiple years. The foundation is a regular funder and also makes program-related investments. Its active programs show both unsolicited and non-unsolicited pathways, depending on the program.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$43.4M
Total Assets
$509.7M
Total Revenue
$46.5M
Total Expenses
$46.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $99K, with a median of $40K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$40K
75th Percentile
$99K
Geographic Reach
Regional26 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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