The Agler-Rice Family Foundation funds a mix of arts, education, environmental conservation, and local health causes, supporting both national NGOs and nearby Long Island institutions. Their giving includes cultural and educational organizations (theatre, PBS, scholarships), major environmental groups and local land trusts, and repeated support for a community hospital and Native American higher education. The portfolio suggests personal interest-based giving rather than a single institutional focus, blending place-based philanthropy with support for large national advocacy and relief organizations.
A defining feature of Agler-rice Family Foundation C/o Benjamin Rice’s recent giving is its blend of local Long Island support with national philanthropy. The foundation gave $25,000 to Roundabout Theatre Company for educational work, its largest recent grant, and paired that with $20,000 to Environmental Defense Fund for environmental preservation. In the latest grant list, the foundation also backed American Indian College Fund and PBS Foundation at $15,000 each, showing continued support for education and public media. Health care appears as another recurring thread through grants to Long Island Community Hospital, including a $10,000 award in 2025. The portfolio also reaches into land and open-space preservation, with support for Peconic Land Trust and Post-morrow Fund, and into medical relief through Doctors Without Borders USA. Taken together, the pattern points to a family foundation that funds a mix of arts, education, conservation, and community health, with grants that are usually modest in size but span several distinct nonprofit types.
Arts and education sit near the center of the foundation’s recent grantmaking. It awarded $25,000 to Roundabout Theatre Company for educational work, and also supported a music scholarship through the Rob Buckley Memorial Scholarship with a $5,000 grant. Education also includes Native American higher education, with $15,000 to American Indian College Fund in 2025 and another $5,000 grant in 2023. Public media is another clear thread: PBS Foundation received $15,000 for educational work. Environmental giving runs alongside these priorities. The foundation gave $20,000 to Environmental Defense Fund, $10,000 to The Nature Conservancy, and $10,000 to Greenpeace Fund, all for environmental preservation. Local land protection appears in grants to Peconic Land Trust and Post-morrow Fund.
Grant sizes cluster in a narrow band. The median grant is $5,000, with the 25th percentile also at $5,000 and the 75th percentile at $10,000. That suggests a base level of support around $5,000, with a smaller number of larger awards above that. The recent record shows repeat grants to the same recipients across different years: Long Island Community Hospital appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and American Indian College Fund appears in both 2023 and 2025. The foundation operates as a family foundation and does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
$146K
$1.9M
$164K
$82K
Most grants fall between $5K and $10K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$10K
About 64% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Modest number of mid-sized grants ($2k–$25k) split between a handful of repeat local beneficiaries and well-known national nonprofits; diversified across several themes rather than concentrated multi-year endowments to a single sector.
Notable grantees: Roundabout Theatre Company, Environmental Defense Fund, American Indian College Fund, Long Island Community Hospital, The Nature Conservancy
The foundation’s giving is concentrated in New York, with 64% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. Recent New York recipients include New York, NY; East Patchogue, NY; Southampton, NY; and Brookhaven, NY. Outside New York, the grants reach Denver, CO; Arlington, VA; Washington, DC; and Youngstown, OH. All recent grants in the dataset went to U.S. recipients.
Recent grants show support for arts education, environmental preservation, health care, public media, Native American higher education, and land conservation. Examples include Roundabout Theatre Company for educational work, Environmental Defense Fund for environmental preservation, Long Island Community Hospital, PBS Foundation, American Indian College Fund, and Peconic Land Trust.
The typical award is $5,000. The grant-size distribution is p25 $5,000, median $5,000, and p75 $10,000, so most grants sit in a relatively tight range around that level.
Yes. Long Island Community Hospital received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and American Indian College Fund received grants in both 2023 and 2025. That indicates some ongoing relationships rather than only one-time awards.
New York is the top state by grant count, and 64% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state. Recent New York recipients include organizations in New York, East Patchogue, Southampton, and Brookhaven.
No. The recipient country distribution shows 15 grants, or 100.0%, to U.S. organizations.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBS FOUNDATION | ARLINGTON, VA | $15,000 | 2025 | EDUCATIONAL |
| AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND | DENVER, CO | $15,000 | 2025 | EDUCATIONAL |
| LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | EAST PATCHOGUE, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | HOSPITALITY |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | MEDICAL |
| LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | EAST PATCHOGUE, NY | $2,000 | 2024 | HOSPITALITY |
| ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2023 | EDUCATIONAL |
| ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $20,000 | 2023 | ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION |
| GREENPEACE FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $10,000 | 2023 | ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | ARLINGTON, VA | $10,000 | 2023 | ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION |
| LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | EAST PATCHOGUE, NY | $7,000 | 2023 | HOSPITALITY |
| POST-MORROW FUND | BROOKHAVEN, NY | $5,000 | 2023 | OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION |
| ROB BUCKLEY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP | YOUNGSTOWN, OH | $5,000 | 2023 | MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS |
| PECONIC LAND TRUST | SOUTHAMPTON, NY | $5,000 | 2023 | LAND CONSERVATION |
| AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND | DENVER, CO | $5,000 | 2023 | EDUCATIONAL |
| CEED | BROOKHAVEN, NY | $2,000 | 2023 | CULTURAL |
PBS FOUNDATION
$15,000EDUCATIONAL
AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND
$15,000EDUCATIONAL
LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
$10,000HOSPITALITY
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA
$10,000MEDICAL
LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
$2,000HOSPITALITY
ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY
$25,000EDUCATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
GREENPEACE FUND
$10,000ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
$10,000ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
$7,000HOSPITALITY
POST-MORROW FUND
$5,000OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION
ROB BUCKLEY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
$5,000MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS
PECONIC LAND TRUST
$5,000LAND CONSERVATION
AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND
$5,000EDUCATIONAL
CEED
$2,000CULTURAL