
The Ostrovsky Family Fund concentrates its giving on film, video and contemporary media arts, favoring established nonprofits that present, preserve, and promote moving-image works. Grants are relatively large and directed to a small set of repeat recipients, with an additional interest in progressive Israeli civic causes. The foundation appears to prioritize cultural impact — supporting public-facing exhibition organizations and international media festivals/centers.
The Ostrovsky Family Fund Inc C/o John Voinski Deloitte Tax LLP gives at a concentrated, high-dollar level to moving-image arts institutions, with Film Forum receiving the largest recent grant at $410,000 in 2025. The fund’s pattern favors established nonprofits that present, preserve, and promote film, video, and contemporary media arts, rather than individual projects or broad open calls. Its recent record also shows sustained support for international video and media-art organizations, including Associacao Cultural Videobrasil and Electronic Arts Intermix, alongside civic support for the New Israel Fund. The foundation’s grantmaking is built around public-facing cultural infrastructure: exhibition venues, preservation and archiving organizations, and festival or center-based programming. That mix points to an interest in keeping experimental, independent, and avant-garde film available to audiences over time. It also supports progressive Israeli civil society through named grantees, placing that work alongside its arts portfolio rather than apart from it. Across the recent grants list, the same institutions recur over multiple years, suggesting ongoing relationships rather than one-off awards.
A central theme is public film exhibition. In 2025, the fund gave $410,000 to Film Forum for charitable support, and that sits within a broader pattern of backing institutions that screen and present moving-image work to audiences. Another strand is international media-art circulation. The fund gave $133,000 in 2024 and $30,000 in 2025 to Associacao Cultural Videobrasil, which aligns with the foundation’s emphasis on Brazilian contemporary media arts and video-art programming. Preservation and archiving also appear in the grant record. Electronic Arts Intermix received $35,000 in 2025, consistent with support for new media and digital art preservation and distribution. On the civic side, the New Israel Fund received $85,585 in 2025, reflecting the foundation’s support for progressive Israeli civil society and democracy advocacy.
Typical grants cluster in the five-figure range, with a p25 of $11,000, a median of $12,150, and a p75 of $25,740. The recent record, however, includes a few much larger awards, which pulls the overall pattern toward concentrated support for selected partners. Recurring gifts are common: Film Forum, Associacao Cultural Videobrasil, and Pef Israel Endowment Fund all appear across multiple years. The fund operates as a family foundation and gives by invitation rather than through unsolicited applications. Its active programs specify invited grants and long-term institutional support, with preferred status for projects that have matching funding in some program descriptions.
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Most grants fall between $11K and $26K, with a median of $12K.
25th Percentile
$11K
Median
$12K
75th Percentile
$26K
Top 3 recipient countries by grant volume for Ostrovsky Family Fund Inc C/O John Voinski Deloitte Tax Llp.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 16 | $877K | 50.0% |
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Concentrated, high-dollar grants to a small number of repeat cultural grantees (two large grants to Film Forum and multiple gifts to Videobrasil), plus occasional support for aligned civic causes.
Notable grantees: Film Forum, Associação Cultural Videobrasil, New Israel Fund, Electronic Arts Intermix
The fund gives locally in practice, with 100% of reported grants to recipients in New York state even though some grantees operate internationally. New York City appears repeatedly, including Film Forum, Electronic Arts Intermix, Jerusalem Foundation Inc, and City College 21 Century. Brazil is the other major recipient location in the recent grants list, led by Associacao Cultural Videobrasil. A smaller portion reaches Belgium through Cinematheque Royale De Belgique, showing some cross-border support within a still tightly focused geographic footprint.
No. The active program descriptions identify the Ostrovsky Family Fund as invite-only, and one program explicitly says it does not accept unsolicited proposals. Support is directed to invited institutions and, in some cases, invited individuals.
It supports established nonprofit cultural institutions, film and media-art organizations, and progressive Israeli civil society groups. The recent grants list includes Film Forum, Associacao Cultural Videobrasil, Electronic Arts Intermix, and the New Israel Fund.
The distribution is centered in the low five figures: p25 is $11,000, median is $12,150, and p75 is $25,740. Larger awards also appear, including a $410,000 grant in 2025.
It gives most often in New York state, which accounts for 100% of the reported grants. New York City recipients show up repeatedly in the recent grants list.
Its main focus areas are independent, experimental, and avant-garde film; documentary film; cinema preservation; exhibition and programming; new media and digital art preservation; and progressive Israeli civil society and democracy advocacy.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| Brazil |
| 15 |
| $609K |
46.9% |
| 3 | Belgium | 1 | $8K | 3.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FILM FORUM | NEW YORK, NY | $410,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| NEW ISRAEL FUND | NEW JERSEY, NJ | $85,585 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| ELECTRONICS ARTS INTERMIX | NEW YORK, NY | $35,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| ASSOCIACAO CULTURAL VIDEOBRASIL | SA | $30,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $19,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| THE FOUNDATION FOR CITY | NEW YORK, NY | $12,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| KEY WEST LITERARY SEMINAR | FLORIDA, FL | $12,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| CINEMATHEQUE ROYALE DE BELGIQUE | BR | $8,164 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| PROJECTS EATS INC | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| ASSOCIACAO CULTURAL VIDEOBRASIL | SA | $133,000 | 2024 | CHARITABLE |
| JERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC | NEW YORK, NY | $21,480 | 2024 | CHARITABLE |
| PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $12,150 | 2024 | CHARITABLE |
| CITY COLLEGE 21 CENTURY | NEW YORK, NY | $12,000 | 2024 | CHARITABLE |
| FRIENDS OF FONDATION DE FRANCE | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2024 | CHARITABLE |
| ARTIS CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI ART FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $4,300 | 2024 | CHARITABLE |
| FILM FORUM | NEW YORK, NY | $200,000 | 2023 | CHARITABLE |
| ASSOCIACAO CULTURAL VIDEOBRASIL | SA | $30,000 | 2023 | CHARITABLE |
| PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $18,050 | 2023 | CHARITABLE |
| CITY COLLEGE 21 CENTURY | NEW YORK, NY | $12,000 | 2023 | CHARITABLE |
| JERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC | NEW YORK, NY | $8,100 | 2023 | CHARITABLE |
NEW ISRAEL FUND
$85,585CHARITABLE
ELECTRONICS ARTS INTERMIX
$35,000CHARITABLE
ASSOCIACAO CULTURAL VIDEOBRASIL
$30,000CHARITABLE
THE FOUNDATION FOR CITY
$12,000CHARITABLE
CINEMATHEQUE ROYALE DE BELGIQUE
$8,164CHARITABLE
PROJECTS EATS INC
$5,000CHARITABLE
ASSOCIACAO CULTURAL VIDEOBRASIL
$133,000CHARITABLE
CITY COLLEGE 21 CENTURY
$12,000CHARITABLE
ASSOCIACAO CULTURAL VIDEOBRASIL
$30,000CHARITABLE
CITY COLLEGE 21 CENTURY
$12,000CHARITABLE