The Bradley L Goldberg Family Foundation concentrates giving on contemporary art and public media in New York, strong animal-welfare and conservation causes, and selective health and human services. Their portfolio mixes marquee cultural institutions (museums, WNET) with mission-driven environmental and animal protection groups, plus some local community and health-related grants, indicating both local civic support and national issue advocacy.
The Bradley L Goldberg Family Foundation shows a clear split between New York cultural giving and mission-driven support for conservation and animal welfare. In 2024, its largest recent grant went to the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York for arts, and the foundation also made substantial awards to Wnetthirteen and the Museum of Modern Art. Alongside those cultural grants, it funded the Wildlife Conservation Society, New York Botanical Garden, and NRDC, showing an ongoing environmental strand. Animal welfare is another persistent theme, with grants to Farm Sanctuary, the Humane Society of the United States, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Good Food Institute, and Animal Recovery Mission. Health and human welfare also appear in the portfolio through Memorial Sloan Kettering L Yeddis Fund, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Innocence Project, and local student aid support in Westchester County. The mix points to a family foundation with a broad but legible set of priorities, anchored by recurring support for arts, conservation, and animal protection.
Contemporary art institutions receive some of the foundation’s largest awards. Recent grants include $50,000 to New Museum of Contemporary Art for arts and $20,500 to Museum of Modern Art for arts, alongside $40,000 to Wnetthirteen for arts. Conservation is another core area: the foundation gave $40,000 to Wildlife Conservation Society for conservation and $25,000 to New York Botanical Garden for conservation. It also supported environmental advocacy with $10,000 to Save the Sound for environmental work and $7,500 to Earth Justice for conservation. Animal welfare funding appears in several forms. The foundation gave $15,000 to Farm Sanctuary for animal welfare, $10,000 to Humane Society of the United States for animal welfare, and $10,000 to Animal Legal Defense Fund for animal welfare. These grants suggest a portfolio that combines cultural institutions with environmental and animal-protection groups.
Typical grants are modest to mid-sized: p25 is $6,875, median is $7,500, and p75 is $15,000. The recent record also shows repeated support for the same organizations across years, including Heart, Farm Sanctuary, NRDC, Trust for Public Land, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Wildlife Conservation Society, New York Botanical Garden, and Memorial Sloan Kettering L Yeddis Fund. That pattern points to recurring relationships rather than one-off gifts. The foundation is a family foundation and does not fund individuals or program-related investments. The grant list shows only U.S. recipients, and the portfolio includes both operating support-style awards and named-purpose grants.
$828K
$7.3M
$217K
$481K
Most grants fall between $7K and $15K, with a median of $8K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$8K
75th Percentile
$15K
About 55% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Relatively concentrated mid-size grants with frequent repeat funding: many organizations receive multiple grants (often two) and midsized gifts dominate, with occasional larger institutional gifts to flagship cultural partners. Funding mixes local civic support with national advocacy/advancement organizations across a few consistent thematic areas.
Notable grantees: New Museum of Contemporary Art, WNET/Thirteen, Wildlife Conservation Society, Farm Sanctuary / Humane Society of the United States, Memorial Sloan Kettering (L Yeddis Fund)
Giving is heavily concentrated in New York, with 55% of grants going to recipients in the foundation’s headquarters state. New York City-area recipients appear often, including New Museum of Contemporary Art, Wnetthirteen, Museum of Modern Art, and the New York office of NRDC. Outside New York, grants also reached Bronx-based Wildlife Conservation Society and New York Botanical Garden, as well as organizations in Stamford, CT; Watkins Glen, NY; and New Haven, CT. The recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.
The foundation gives across contemporary art and public media, conservation and environmental advocacy, animal welfare, health and disease support, and some local human services. Recent grants include arts institutions in New York, conservation groups such as Wildlife Conservation Society and New York Botanical Garden, and animal-focused groups such as Farm Sanctuary and Humane Society of the United States.
The grant-size distribution is centered in the low five figures: p25 is $6,875, median is $7,500, and p75 is $15,000. Recent awards also include larger grants such as $50,000 and $40,000 to select grantees.
Yes. The recent grant list shows repeat awards to Heart, Farm Sanctuary, NRDC, Trust for Public Land, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Wildlife Conservation Society, New York Botanical Garden, and Memorial Sloan Kettering L Yeddis Fund across 2023 and 2024.
Recipients in New York receive the largest share of grants, with 55% of grants going to organizations in NY. New York City organizations appear frequently, along with other New York recipients such as Bronx- and Watkins Glen-based grantees.
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD CHARITABLE | WARWICK, RI | $50,000 | 2024 | LILLI AND KEVIN LAWNER CHARITABLE FUND |
| NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | ARTS |
| WNETTHIRTEEN | NEW YORK, NY | $40,000 | 2024 | ARTS |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | BRONX, NY | $40,000 | 2024 | CONSERVATION |
| MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING L YEDDIS FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $30,000 | 2024 | HUMAN WELFARE |
| NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN | BRONX, NY | $25,000 | 2024 | CONSERVATION |
| HEART | MAMARONECK, NY | $25,000 | 2024 | EDUCATION |
| MUSEUM OF MODERN ART | NEW YORK, NY | $20,500 | 2024 | ARTS |
| NRDC | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2024 | CONSERVATION |
| FARM SANCTUARY | WATKINS GLEN, NY | $15,000 | 2024 | ANIMAL WELFARE |
| LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY | STAMFORD, CT | $10,000 | 2024 | HUMAN WELFARE |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES | GAITHERSBURG, MD | $10,000 | 2024 | ANIMAL WELFARE |
| GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE | WASHINGTON, WA | $10,000 | 2024 | ANIMAL WELFARE |
| SAVE THE SOUND | NEW HAVEN, CT | $10,000 | 2024 | ENVIRONMENTAL |
| ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND | COTATI, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | ANIMAL WELFARE |
| ANIMAL RECOVERY MISSION | PORT ST LUCIE, FL | $10,000 | 2024 | ANIMAL WELFARE |
| PCRM | WASHINGTON, DC | $7,500 | 2024 | ANIMAL WELFARE |
| SAVE THE CHIMPS | FORT PIERCE, FL | $7,500 | 2024 | ANIMAL WELFARE |
| THE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION | BRONX, NY | $7,500 | 2024 | HUMAN WELFARE |
| GREENPEACE FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $7,500 | 2024 | CONSERVATION |
| WHITNEY MUSEUM | NEW YORK, NY | $7,500 | 2024 | ARTS |
| TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND | NEW YORK, NY | $7,500 | 2024 | CONSERVATION |
| EARTH JUSTICE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $7,500 | 2024 | CONSERVATION |
| THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY | HOHENWALD, TN | $5,000 | 2024 | ANIMAL WELFARE |
| ALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY | STAMFORD, CT | $5,000 | 2024 | HUMAN WELFARE |
| HIAS | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2024 | HUMAN WELFARE |
| WNETTHIRTEEN | NEW YORK, NY | $40,000 | 2023 | ARTS |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | BRONX, NY | $35,000 | 2023 | CONSERVATION |
| NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | NEW YORK, NY | $35,000 | 2023 | ARTS |
| MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING L YEDDIS FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $30,000 | 2023 | HUMAN WELFARE |
| NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN | BRONX, NY | $25,000 | 2023 | CONSERVATION |
| HEART | MAMARONECK, NY | $25,000 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
| INNOCENCE PROJECT | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2023 | HUMAN WELFARE |
| NRDC | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2023 | CONSERVATION |
| FARM SANCTUARY | WATKINS GLEN, NY | $15,000 | 2023 | ANIMAL WELFARE |
| MAMARONECK-LARCHMONT STUDENT AID FUND | LARCHMONT, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | HUMAN WELFARE |
| LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY | STAMFORD, CT | $10,000 | 2023 | HUMAN WELFARE |
| TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND | NEW YORK, NY | $7,500 | 2023 | CONSERVATION |
| SAVE THE SOUND | NEW HAVEN, CT | $7,500 | 2023 | ENVIRONMENTAL |
| ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND | COTATI, CA | $7,500 | 2023 | ANIMAL WELFARE |
| GREENPEACE FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $7,500 | 2023 | CONSERVATION |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES | GAITHERSBURG, MD | $7,500 | 2023 | ANIMAL WELFARE |
| GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE | WASHINGTON, WA | $7,500 | 2023 | ANIMAL WELFARE |
| PCRM | WASHINGTON, DC | $7,500 | 2023 | ANIMAL WELFARE |
| EARTH JUSTICE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $7,500 | 2023 | CONSERVATION |
| WHITNEY MUSEUM | NEW YORK, NY | $7,500 | 2023 | ARTS |
| THE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION | BRONX, NY | $7,500 | 2023 | HUMAN WELFARE |
| THE FORTUNE SOCIETY | LONG ISLAND CITY, NY | $7,500 | 2023 | HUMAN WELFARE |
| SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION | OAKLAND, CA | $5,000 | 2023 | ENVIRONMENTAL |
| BIGS AND LITTLES NYC MENTORING | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2023 | HUMAN WELFARE |
VANGUARD CHARITABLE
$50,000LILLI AND KEVIN LAWNER CHARITABLE FUND
NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
$50,000ARTS
WNETTHIRTEEN
$40,000ARTS
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY
$40,000CONSERVATION
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING L YEDDIS FUND
$30,000HUMAN WELFARE
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
$25,000CONSERVATION
HEART
EDUCATION
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
$20,500ARTS
NRDC
$15,000CONSERVATION
FARM SANCTUARY
$15,000ANIMAL WELFARE
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY
$10,000HUMAN WELFARE
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES
$10,000ANIMAL WELFARE
GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE
$10,000ANIMAL WELFARE
SAVE THE SOUND
$10,000ENVIRONMENTAL
ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
$10,000ANIMAL WELFARE
ANIMAL RECOVERY MISSION
$10,000ANIMAL WELFARE
PCRM
$7,500ANIMAL WELFARE
SAVE THE CHIMPS
$7,500ANIMAL WELFARE
THE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION
$7,500HUMAN WELFARE
GREENPEACE FUND
$7,500CONSERVATION
WHITNEY MUSEUM
$7,500ARTS
TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND
$7,500CONSERVATION
EARTH JUSTICE
$7,500CONSERVATION
THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY
$5,000ANIMAL WELFARE
ALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY
$5,000HUMAN WELFARE
HIAS
$5,000HUMAN WELFARE
WNETTHIRTEEN
$40,000ARTS
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY
$35,000CONSERVATION
NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
$35,000ARTS
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING L YEDDIS FUND
$30,000HUMAN WELFARE
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
$25,000CONSERVATION
HEART
$25,000EDUCATION
INNOCENCE PROJECT
$15,000HUMAN WELFARE
NRDC
$15,000CONSERVATION
FARM SANCTUARY
$15,000ANIMAL WELFARE
MAMARONECK-LARCHMONT STUDENT AID FUND
$10,000HUMAN WELFARE
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY
$10,000HUMAN WELFARE
TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND
$7,500CONSERVATION
SAVE THE SOUND
$7,500ENVIRONMENTAL
ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
$7,500ANIMAL WELFARE
GREENPEACE FUND
$7,500CONSERVATION
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES
$7,500ANIMAL WELFARE
GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE
$7,500ANIMAL WELFARE
PCRM
$7,500ANIMAL WELFARE
EARTH JUSTICE
$7,500CONSERVATION
WHITNEY MUSEUM
$7,500ARTS
THE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION
$7,500HUMAN WELFARE
THE FORTUNE SOCIETY
$7,500HUMAN WELFARE
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION
$5,000ENVIRONMENTAL
BIGS AND LITTLES NYC MENTORING
$5,000HUMAN WELFARE