The Social Service Employees Union Local 371 Administrative Fund primarily channels its resources to related, union-affiliated entities that directly support members — funding welfare/benefit programs, legal services, and member education. Nearly all dollars go to a very small set of internal funds or closely related organizations, indicating the foundation functions as an administrative funding vehicle for the union's benefit programs rather than as a broad external grantmaker. Grants are largely restricted to operational/benefit support for members and their services.
Highly concentrated, few large grants almost exclusively to related-party entities; repeat multi-grant funding to the same internal welfare, legal, and educational funds rather than to diverse external nonprofits.
The Social Service Employees Union Local 371 Administrative Fund is organized around benefit support for union-affiliated entities rather than broad external philanthropy. Its largest recent grants go to the SSEU Local 371 Welfare Fund, which received $23,407,701 in 2025 after similar awards of $22,419,482 in 2024 and $23,137,474 in 2023. That recurring pattern points to an administrative funding vehicle built to sustain member welfare programs year after year. The same structure appears in its legal services support. The SSEU Local 371 Legal Services Fund received $5,877,791 in 2025, following comparable grants in 2024 and 2023, all described as funding benefits for a related organization. A smaller but still recurring stream goes to Charles Ensley Educational & related programs, linking the funder to member education and training. Across these grants, the foundation appears focused on internal union services that support members through benefits, legal assistance, and education. The named recipients are all New York-based, and the grant descriptions consistently indicate restricted support for related organizations.
Member welfare is the clearest funding priority. The fund gave $23,407,701 in 2025 to the SSEU Local 371 Welfare Fund to fund benefits for a related organization, with the welfare fund also appearing in the 2024 and 2023 grant list. Legal support is another major line of giving. In 2025, the foundation awarded $5,877,791 to the SSEU Local 371 Legal Services Fund, again to fund benefits for a related organization. The legal services fund also received similar grants in the prior two years. Education and training show up through the Charles Ensley Educational & related programs. The 2025 grant was $300,951, continuing a smaller recurring allocation tied to member education support.
Typical grant size is highly skewed: p25 is $300,951, the median is $5,772,241, and p75 is $22,419,482. The pattern suggests a small number of very large, recurring benefit-support grants, with one much smaller education-related award. The same recipients appear across 2023, 2024, and 2025, showing repeat support rather than one-off awards. The fund operates as an administrative fund tied to a union, and the listed programs include both unsolicited and non-unsolicited benefit pages, but the recent grant pattern is mostly restricted to related organizations.
$31.9M
$84.2M
$40.1M
$36.9M
Most grants fall between $301K and $22.4M, with a median of $5.8M.
25th Percentile
$301K
Median
$5.8M
75th Percentile
$22.4M
About 100% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Notable grantees: SSEU Local 371 Welfare Fund, SSEU Local 371 Legal Services Fund, Charles Ensley Educational &
Grantmaking is entirely local and lands in New York. All listed recent grants go to recipients in New York, New York, and 100% of grants are in the HQ state of NY. The recipient country distribution is also fully domestic, with 9 grants in the US. The pattern is concentrated rather than dispersed, with the Welfare Fund, Legal Services Fund, and Charles Ensley Educational & related programs all based in New York City.
It supports related union-affiliated entities that provide member welfare, legal services, and education. Recent grants went to the SSEU Local 371 Welfare Fund, the SSEU Local 371 Legal Services Fund, and Charles Ensley Educational & related programs, all described as funding benefits for a related organization.
Yes. The same recipients appear in 2023, 2024, and 2025, including the welfare fund, legal services fund, and Charles Ensley Educational & related programs. The repeated awards indicate an ongoing support pattern rather than isolated grants.
The distribution is very uneven: p25 is $300,951, the median is $5,772,241, and p75 is $22,419,482. That shows a small number of large benefit-support grants alongside a smaller education-related award.
The fund supports member welfare and benefits administration, legal services and representation, and member education and training. The active programs also include welfare components such as dental, prescription drug, disability, optical, hearing aid appliance, burial, and child care benefits.
It is local. Every listed recent grant goes to New York, New York, and 100% of grants are in the state of New York. The recipient country distribution is entirely US-based.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSEU LOCAL 371 WELFARE FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $25,198,156 | 2026 | TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG |
| SSEU LOCAL 371 LEGAL SERVICES FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $6,396,451 | 2026 | TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG |
| CHARLES ENSLEY EDUCATIONAL & | NEW YORK, NY | $327,562 | 2026 | TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG |
| SSEU LOCAL 371 WELFARE FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $23,407,701 | 2025 | TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG |
| SSEU LOCAL 371 LEGAL SERVICES FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $5,877,791 | 2025 | TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG |
| CHARLES ENSLEY EDUCATIONAL & | NEW YORK, NY | $300,951 | 2025 | TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG |
| SSEU LOCAL 371 WELFARE FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $22,419,482 | 2024 | TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG |
| SSEU LOCAL 371 LEGAL SERVICES FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $5,664,985 | 2024 | TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG |
| CHARLES ENSLEY EDUCATIONAL & | NEW YORK, NY | $260,652 | 2024 | TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG |
| SSEU LOCAL 371 WELFARE FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $23,137,474 | 2023 | TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG |
| SSEU LOCAL 371 LEGAL SERVICES FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $5,772,241 | 2023 | TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG |
| CHARLES ENSLEY EDUCATIONAL & | NEW YORK, NY | $267,729 | 2023 | TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG |
SSEU LOCAL 371 WELFARE FUND
$25,198,156TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG
SSEU LOCAL 371 LEGAL SERVICES FUND
$6,396,451TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG
CHARLES ENSLEY EDUCATIONAL &
$327,562TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG
SSEU LOCAL 371 WELFARE FUND
$23,407,701TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG
SSEU LOCAL 371 LEGAL SERVICES FUND
$5,877,791TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG
CHARLES ENSLEY EDUCATIONAL &
$300,951TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG
SSEU LOCAL 371 WELFARE FUND
$22,419,482TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG
SSEU LOCAL 371 LEGAL SERVICES FUND
$5,664,985TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG
CHARLES ENSLEY EDUCATIONAL &
$260,652TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG
SSEU LOCAL 371 WELFARE FUND
$23,137,474TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG
SSEU LOCAL 371 LEGAL SERVICES FUND
$5,772,241TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG
CHARLES ENSLEY EDUCATIONAL &
$267,729TO FUND BENEFITS FOR A RELATED ORG