The Casement Fund concentrates its giving on education and youth-focused programs in New York City (notably Harlem) and a small number of repeat recipients. Its support blends traditional education (higher education and K–12 support) with arts and cultural education for young people, often providing multi-year or multiple grants to the same organizations. The foundation appears to prioritize hands-on, community-rooted initiatives that serve children and families in historically underserved neighborhoods.
The Casement Fund Ltd repeatedly makes its largest recent grants to Drew University, awarding $34,500 in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That three-year pattern sits alongside a smaller but steady set of arts and education grants, showing a funder that combines institutional support with program-level backing for music, theater, and youth learning. In the recent record, the foundation’s giving reaches New York City organizations such as The Classical Theater of Harlem and Harlem Children’s Zone, while also supporting select higher-education institutions outside the city. The fund’s work centers on education, with a strong presence in Harlem and other New York City neighborhoods. Several grants are directed to organizations serving children, students, and young performers, and the repeated awards suggest long-term relationships rather than isolated gifts. At the same time, the grant list includes arts organizations and individual artists, indicating that education for this funder includes performance, creative practice, and cultural programming. The Casement Fund Ltd’s recent grantmaking is compact, recurring, and focused on a small number of named recipients.
Education and youth programming are the clearest throughline in the recent grants. The Casement Fund Ltd gave $30,000 in 2025 to The Classical Theater of Harlem for education, and it supported Harlem Children's Zone with $24,000 in 2025 after earlier grants of $12,000 in 2023 and 2024. Arts education appears in both organizational and individual support. Experiments in Opera received $5,500 in 2023 and $4,500 in both 2024 and 2025, while Time Flies Circus received $5,000 in 2024. The record also includes grants to artists and arts groups such as Wayne Escoffery, On Site Opera, and Prototype, all coded as education. Higher education is another recurring line of support. Drew University received the funder’s largest repeated grant, and Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance also appears in the recent list with awards in 2024 and 2025.
The Casement Fund Ltd’s grant sizes cluster from small awards to mid-sized institutional gifts. The stated distribution is p25 of $580, median of $2,000, and p75 of $12,750. Recent activity also shows repeated support to the same recipients across multiple years, especially for Drew University, Harlem Children's Zone, The Classical Theater of Harlem, Experiments in Opera, and Oratorio Society of New York. It is a regular funder, not a donor-advised fund, and it does not fund individuals. The pattern is concentrated rather than broad, with a limited set of recurring grantees receiving multiple awards over time.
$245K
$173K
$161K
$175K
Most grants fall between $580 and $13K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$580
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$13K
About 75% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Concentrated giving: relatively few, mid-to-large grants focused on repeat grantees. A large share of dollars flows to 2–3 organizations each year rather than many one-off gifts.
Notable grantees: Drew University, The Classical Theatre of Harlem, Harlem Children’s Zone, Harlems Children’s Zone
Most giving lands in New York: 75% of grants go to recipients in NY, and the top state by grant count is also NY. New York City recipients appear often, including organizations in New York, NY and Brooklyn, NY, with Harlem-based grantees standing out in the recent list. Outside New York, the fund has also supported recipients in Madison, NJ, Hamden, CT, Bridgeport, CT, and Franklin Lakes, NJ. All recent grants in the supplied record are to U.S. recipients.
The recent grants show support for education-focused organizations, especially those serving Harlem and other New York City communities. Recipients include The Classical Theater of Harlem, Harlem Children's Zone, Experiments in Opera, Oratorio Society of New York, and Drew University.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Drew University in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Harlem Children's Zone in 2023, 2024, and 2025; The Classical Theater of Harlem in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and Oratorio Society of New York in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
The fund’s stated grant-size distribution is p25 of $580, median of $2,000, and p75 of $12,750. Recent grants range from small awards like $128 to larger grants of $34,500.
It gives most often in New York. The supplied data says 75% of grants go to recipients in NY, and the top state by grant count is NY.
No. The fund is marked as not funding individuals, and the recent grants list is made up of organizations and named grantees within its education and arts-related focus.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DREW UNIVERSITY | MADISON, NJ | $34,500 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| THE CLASSICAL THEATER OF HARLEM | NEW YORK, NY | $30,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE | NEW YORK, NY | $24,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| EXPERIMENTS IN OPERA | BROOKLYN, NY | $4,500 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| SPARKS & WIRY CRIES | BROOKLYN, NY | $2,500 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK | NEW YORK, NY | $1,500 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| YALE ALUMNI NONPROFIT ALLIANCE | HAMDEN, CT | $1,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| DREW UNIVERSITY | MADISON, NJ | $34,500 | 2024 | EDUCATION |
| THE CLASSICAL THEATER OF HARLEM | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2024 | EDUCATION |
| HARLEMS CHILDREN'S ZONE | NEW YORK, NY | $12,000 | 2024 | EDUCATION |
| TIME FLIES CIRCUS | FRANKLIN LAKES, NJ | $5,000 | 2024 | EDUCATION |
| EXPERIMENTS IN OPERA | BROOKLYN, NY | $4,500 | 2024 | EDUCATION |
| ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK | NEW YORK, NY | $1,500 | 2024 | EDUCATION |
| WAYNE ESCOFFERY | NEW YORK, NY | $1,000 | 2024 | EDUCATION |
| HEAR YOUR SONG INC | NEW YORK, NY | $1,000 | 2024 | EDUCATION |
| YALE ALUMNI NONPROFIT ALLIANCE | HAMDEN, CT | $520 | 2024 | EDUCATION |
| DREW UNIVERSITY | MADISON, NJ | $34,500 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
| THE CLASSICAL THEATER OF HARLEM | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
| HARLEMS CHILDREN'S ZONE | NEW YORK, NY | $12,000 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
| EXPERIMENTS IN OPERA | BROOKLYN, NY | $5,500 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
| ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK | NEW YORK, NY | $1,500 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
| ON SITE OPERA | NEW YORK, NY | $600 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
| DANA LYN | BROOKLYN, NY | $500 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
| ROBINSON MORSE | NEW YORK, NY | $500 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
| CARRINGTON VILMONT | NEW YORK, NY | $500 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
| PROTOTYPE | NEW YORK, NY | $500 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
| INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE | BROOKLYN, NY | $500 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
| BEZA TESSEMA | BRIDGEPORT, CT | $128 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
DREW UNIVERSITY
$34,500EDUCATION
THE CLASSICAL THEATER OF HARLEM
$30,000EDUCATION
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE
$24,000EDUCATION
EXPERIMENTS IN OPERA
$4,500EDUCATION
SPARKS & WIRY CRIES
$2,500EDUCATION
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
$1,500EDUCATION
YALE ALUMNI NONPROFIT ALLIANCE
EDUCATION
DREW UNIVERSITY
$34,500EDUCATION
THE CLASSICAL THEATER OF HARLEM
$15,000EDUCATION
HARLEMS CHILDREN'S ZONE
$12,000EDUCATION
TIME FLIES CIRCUS
$5,000EDUCATION
EXPERIMENTS IN OPERA
$4,500EDUCATION
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
$1,500EDUCATION
WAYNE ESCOFFERY
$1,000EDUCATION
HEAR YOUR SONG INC
$1,000EDUCATION
YALE ALUMNI NONPROFIT ALLIANCE
$520EDUCATION
DREW UNIVERSITY
$34,500EDUCATION
THE CLASSICAL THEATER OF HARLEM
$15,000EDUCATION
HARLEMS CHILDREN'S ZONE
$12,000EDUCATION
EXPERIMENTS IN OPERA
$5,500EDUCATION
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
$1,500EDUCATION
ON SITE OPERA
$600EDUCATION
DANA LYN
$500EDUCATION
ROBINSON MORSE
$500EDUCATION
CARRINGTON VILMONT
$500EDUCATION
PROTOTYPE
$500EDUCATION
INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE
$500EDUCATION
BEZA TESSEMA
$128EDUCATION