Robert M Minkoff Foundation
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About Robert M Minkoff Foundation
The Robert M. Minkoff Foundation makes very large, targeted grants rather than many small awards, primarily channeling funds into family philanthropic vehicles and cultural institutions. Its public-facing arts support is exemplified by a major gift to the Museum of Glass for an exhibition and endowment, while the two largest payments appear to fund affiliated donor-directed/Philanthropic Funds. Overall, the foundation favors concentrated, high-dollar investments over broad distribution.
Focus Areas
Family-directed philanthropic funds / donor-advised fundsMuseum support for glass art (exhibitions and endowment)Capital and endowment funding for cultural institutions
Who They Fund
adults in mental health recoverypeople affected by the Ukraine crisis (Ukrainian humanitarian beneficiaries)cultural institutions/museum exhibit stakeholders
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated giving: very few, large grants (three total) split between affiliated philanthropic funds and one cultural institution; uses pass-through family funds and one substantial institutional arts grant.
About Robert M Minkoff Foundation
The Robert M Minkoff Foundation’s most distinctive recent activity is its concentration of very large, directed payments into philanthropic vehicles and cultural support, rather than a broad spread of small awards. In 2025, it made a $977,891 agreed-upon funding payment to the Daniel and Jessica Minkoff Philanthropic Fund and a $970,123 payment to the Benjamin and Rachel Loving Philantrhopic Fund, showing a pattern of high-value, target-specific grantmaking. The foundation also backed the arts with a $606,738 grant to the Museum of Glass for an exhibit and endowment. That award signals an interest in capital and long-term institutional support, not just short-term program expenses. Alongside that cultural commitment, the foundation’s recent grants include support for housing and humanitarian needs, including Housing Unlimited Inc and the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. Across these awards, the foundation appears to favor concentrated commitments, with only a small number of recipients accounting for the public record of giving. Its grants point to a mix of family-directed philanthropy, museum support, and selective issue-based funding.
What Robert M Minkoff Foundation Funds
The Robert M Minkoff Foundation supports a small set of clearly defined causes. In mental health recovery housing, it gave $20,000 to Housing Unlimited Inc in 2023 and another $20,000 in 2025 for independent housing for adults in mental health recovery, showing repeat support for the same service area. Its humanitarian giving also includes Ukraine relief: the foundation awarded $20,000 to the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington for the Ukraine emergency fund. That places emergency response alongside its longer-term service grants. Cultural support is another visible thread. The $606,738 grant to the Museum of Glass was designated for an exhibit and endowment, linking the foundation to museum programming and institutional strengthening. The recent record also shows large agreed-upon funding to philanthropic funds tied to the Minkoff and Loving families.
How Robert M Minkoff Foundation Gives
The recent grant record shows a very wide spread in grant size: the 25th percentile is $20,000, the median is $20,000, and the 75th percentile rises to $313,369. That gap reflects a mix of smaller issue-based grants and much larger directed payments. The foundation’s largest public payments go to philanthropic funds rather than operating charities. It also shows repeat support for the same recipient across multiple years, including Housing Unlimited Inc in both 2023 and 2025. The foundation is organized as a private family foundation, and the record includes agreed-upon funding as a recurring funding mode.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2M
Total Assets
$7K
Total Revenue
$1.9M
Total Expenses
$2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $313K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$313K
Geographic Reach
Regional3 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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