The Orentreich Family Foundation concentrates philanthropic support on major visual arts institutions in New York City, with multi-thousand-dollar grants to museums that steward important collections and present contemporary programming. Their funding appears targeted to institutional operating, exhibition, and collection support rather than broad social services, favoring high-profile cultural organizations.
Concentrated, high-dollar gifts to a small number of cultural institutions; several repeat grants to the same museums rather than many small or geographically diverse awards.
A striking feature of the Orentreich Family Foundation is its repeated support for a small circle of New York cultural institutions, including a $140,000 grant to the Museum of Modern Art in 2023 and a $125,000 grant to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2025. That pattern points to a funder that favors major museums over broad, distributed grantmaking. The foundation’s recent giving also shows multi-year support for the Frick Collection and the New Museum of Contemporary Art, alongside other flagship arts institutions in New York City. Its grants are described as charitable and often appear to support operating, exhibition, collection, or institutional needs rather than one-off projects alone. The recipient list includes the Whitney Museum and Neue Galerie, which fits the broader emphasis on stewardship of art collections and public-facing cultural programming. Although the foundation’s portfolio is not limited entirely to museums, the strongest throughline in the data is concentrated support for visual arts organizations, especially those with large audiences and long-term collection responsibilities.
The clearest cause-area pattern is support for major visual arts museums in New York City. In that category, the foundation gave $110,000 to the Frick Collection in 2024 and another $110,000 in 2023, indicating repeated institutional support. It also gave $46,500 to the Museum of Modern Art in 2024, complementing the larger 2023 grant to the same institution. The foundation also backs contemporary art presentation. It gave $110,000 to the New Museum of Contemporary Art in 2023, $105,000 in 2024, and $60,000 in 2025. Beyond museums, the grant list includes $65,000 to Hudson Valley Shakespeare Fest in 2023 and $61,400 in 2025, showing that its arts giving extends beyond visual art institutions to cultural programming in the broader region.
The foundation’s typical grant size is in the low thousands for many awards, with p25 at $2,000, a median of $4,286, and p75 at $12,625. At the same time, the recent grant list includes a smaller number of much larger institutional awards, reaching six figures for select grantees. The pattern is repeat support over multiple years rather than a single isolated award. Several recipients appear in 2023, 2024, and 2025, which suggests renewal-style giving. The foundation is a private family foundation rather than a DAF or operating charity, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
$1.2M
$17.4M
$2.2M
$1.6M
Most grants fall between $2K and $13K, with a median of $4K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$4K
75th Percentile
$13K
Top 4 recipient countries by grant volume for Orentreich Family Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 236 | $3.4M | 98.3% |
| 2 | Netherlands |
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Notable grantees: Frick Collection, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Metropolitan Museum of Art
Grantmaking is strongly concentrated in New York: 78% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state, and New York is also the top state by grant count. The recipient map is overwhelmingly U.S.-based, with 98.3% of grants in the United States. Outside the U.S., the distribution includes two grants in the Netherlands and one each in the United Kingdom and Greece. Recent recipient cities in New York include New York, Syracuse, and Garrison, with an additional New Jersey recipient in Mahwah and Manalapan.
The recent grants show a strong focus on major New York visual arts institutions, especially museums and cultural organizations. Recurring recipients include the Museum of Modern Art, the Frick Collection, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Whitney Museum, and Neue Galerie. The list also includes other cultural programming such as Hudson Valley Shakespeare Fest.
Yes. Several recipients appear across multiple years. The New Museum of Contemporary Art received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025; the Frick Collection appears in 2023 and 2024; and the Museum of Modern Art appears in 2023 and 2024. That pattern suggests renewal-style support.
The grant-size distribution is modest for many awards, with p25 at $2,000, a median of $4,286, and p75 at $12,625. The recent list also includes much larger institutional awards, including six-figure grants for select museums and cultural organizations.
New York is the top state by grant count, and 78% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state. The recent recipient cities include New York, Syracuse, and Garrison in New York, plus Mahwah and Manalapan in New Jersey.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| 2 |
| $10K |
0.8% |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 1 | $25K | 0.4% |
| 4 | Greece | 1 | $4K | 0.4% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| METRPLTN MUSEUM OF ART | NEW YORK, NY | $125,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| ESF COLLEGE FOUNDATION | SYRACUSE, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| NYNJ TRAIL CONFERENCE | MAHWAH, NJ | $80,150 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FEST | GARRISON, NY | $61,400 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| NEW MUSEUM OF CONTMPRY AR | NEW YORK, NY | $60,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| CROHNS COLITIS FOUNDATI | MANALAPAN, NJ | $54,500 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| MT SINAI DEVELOPMENT NY | NEW YORK, NY | $51,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| CELIAC DISEASE CENTER - COLUMBIA UN | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| MT SINAI DERM ADVISORY BOARD | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| NEUE GALLERIE | NEW YORK, NY | $45,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY | NEW YORK, NY | $42,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| MUSEUM OF MODERN ART | NEW YORK, NY | $40,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| WHITNEY MUSEUM | NEW YORK, NY | $38,700 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BRONX | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| GLYNWOOD | COLD SPRING, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| FRICK COLLECTION | NEW YORK, NY | $20,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| PLANNED PARENTTHOOD OFGREATER NY | NEW YORK, NY | $19,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE | NEW YORK, NY | $17,500 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| CONSTITUTION MARSH AUDUBON CTR | GARRISON, NY | $15,500 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| THE JEWISH MUSEUM | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| THE WOOSTER GROUP | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| THIRTEENWNET NEW YORK | NEW YORK, NY | $14,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| WORLD MONUMENTS FUND NY | NEW YORK, NY | $12,500 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| HSS FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $11,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| FRIENDS OF VENICE ITALY | CINCINNATI, OH | $10,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NAT'L HISTORY | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| WILDWOODS RESTORATION | SALISBURY MILLS, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| METROPOLITAN OPERA NY | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| CITY MEALS ON WHEELS | NEW YORK, NY | $6,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| PARK AVENUE ARMORY | NEW YORK, NY | $6,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| SCENIC HUDSON | POUGHKEEPSIE, NY | $6,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| EARTHJUSTICE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $5,500 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION | OAKLAND, CA | $5,500 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| ASPCA | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| VAN GOGH MUSEUM | AMSTERDAM, NE | $5,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| AMER FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | CHARITIBLE |
| HUDSON HIGHLANDS LAND TRUST | GARRISON, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| WORLD WILDLIFE FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $5,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN | BRONX, NY | $4,571 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| NYC ANTI VIOLENCE PROJECT | NEW YORK, NY | $4,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FNDTN | ASHEVILLE, NC | $4,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION | RESTON, VA | $4,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| THE HOME PROJECT | ATHENS | $4,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| ANIMAL SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL | BARNSTABLE, MA | $4,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| THE BREAST CANCER RES FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $3,500 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| CORNELL UNIVERSITY | ITHACA, NY | $3,500 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
METRPLTN MUSEUM OF ART
$125,000CHARITABLE
NYNJ TRAIL CONFERENCE
$80,150CHARITABLE
CROHNS COLITIS FOUNDATI
$54,500CHARITABLE
MT SINAI DEVELOPMENT NY
$51,000CHARITABLE
CELIAC DISEASE CENTER - COLUMBIA UN
$50,000CHARITABLE
NEUE GALLERIE
$45,000CHARITABLE
WHITNEY MUSEUM
$38,700CHARITABLE
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BRONX
$25,000CHARITABLE
GLYNWOOD
$25,000CHARITABLE
FRICK COLLECTION
$20,000CHARITABLE
CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE
$17,500CHARITABLE
CONSTITUTION MARSH AUDUBON CTR
$15,500CHARITABLE
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
$15,000CHARITABLE
THE WOOSTER GROUP
$15,000CHARITABLE
THIRTEENWNET NEW YORK
$14,000CHARITABLE
WORLD MONUMENTS FUND NY
$12,500CHARITABLE
HSS FOUNDATION
$11,000CHARITABLE
FRIENDS OF VENICE ITALY
$10,000CHARITABLE
WILDWOODS RESTORATION
$10,000CHARITABLE
METROPOLITAN OPERA NY
$10,000CHARITABLE
PARK AVENUE ARMORY
$6,000CHARITABLE
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
$5,000CHARITABLE
VAN GOGH MUSEUM
$5,000CHARITABLE
THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FNDTN
$4,000CHARITABLE
THE HOME PROJECT
$4,000CHARITABLE
ANIMAL SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL
$4,000CHARITABLE
THE BREAST CANCER RES FUND
$3,500CHARITABLE