About Northwell Health Foundation
Reduce injuries and deaths and improve community health by integrating prevention strategies into routine health care and advancing public health initiatives (including gun violence prevention).
Focus Areas
Gun violence preventionPublic healthCommunity violence interventionTrauma-informed careSuicide prevention and crisis support
Funding Style
unrestricted/general operating supportcore supportflexible fundingorganizational sustainability
About Northwell Health Foundation
Northwell Health Foundation’s recent grantmaking is dominated by very large general-support grants to Northwell health system institutions in Westbury, including $32,190,935 to North Shore University Hospital in 2024 and $29,890,698 in 2025. That pattern shows a foundation focused on strengthening its own clinical and research network through flexible funding rather than project-specific awards. The largest grants also reach major system anchors such as Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, and Lenox Hill Hospital, each receiving multi-million-dollar support across multiple years. The foundation’s stated priorities point to injury prevention, public health, gun violence prevention, community violence intervention, trauma-informed care, and suicide prevention and crisis support. It also runs the Katz Institute for Women’s Health Innovation Grants, which support pioneering research and innovation related to women’s health through the Katz Institute for Women’s Health. Across the grant list, the recurring use of general support and the presence of repeated awards to the same institutions suggest an emphasis on operating strength, continuity, and institutional sustainability within a local health-care ecosystem.
What Northwell Health Foundation Funds
In health-system support, the foundation gave $16,445,961 to Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in 2024 for general support, alongside another $13,968,010 in 2023 and $11,681,005 in 2025. That multi-year pattern points to sustained backing for research capacity. For hospital operations, Long Island Jewish Medical Center received $22,162,672 in 2023, $15,148,401 in 2024, and $12,271,705 in 2025, all marked general support. South Shore University Hospital also appeared repeatedly, with awards of $5,123,391 in 2025, $3,353,949 in 2023, and $2,788,417 in 2024. The foundation’s named women’s health program, Katz Institute for Women’s Health Innovation Grants, is tied to research and innovation in women’s health, medical research, innovation, and clinical programs in New York.
How Northwell Health Foundation Gives
Northwell Health Foundation’s grant sizes are large even at the lower end of its portfolio, with a p25 of $1,309,445, a median of $3,720,297, and a p75 of $13,968,010. The pattern is strongly recurring: the same health system institutions appear across 2023, 2024, and 2025, often with multiple general-support awards. The foundation is part of a health system rather than a grantmaker focused on individuals, and it does not make program-related investments. Its active women’s-health program does not accept unsolicited applications. The grant list and philosophy tags point to flexible funding, core support, and organizational sustainability as recurring modes of support.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$73.1M
Total Assets
$572.8M
Total Revenue
$123.5M
Total Expenses
$102.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1.3M and $14M, with a median of $3.7M.
25th Percentile
$1.3M
Median
$3.7M
75th Percentile
$14M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MICHAEL J DOWLING
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