The Afia Foundation concentrates almost exclusively on supporting community health centers in New York City, prioritizing capital improvements and program support that expand access to primary care for low-income and immigrant populations (including asylum seekers). Nearly all giving is directed to a small number of safety-net clinics, reflecting a narrow, place-based health equity focus rather than broad national philanthropy.
Afia Foundation Inc’s largest recent grant was a $6,050,000 award in 2025 to William F Ryan Community Health Center Inc for emergency fund support. That single grant reflects the foundation’s larger pattern: sustained, high-dollar support for a small group of New York City community health centers serving low-income and immigrant communities. Across recent years, the foundation has backed both immediate operating needs and longer-term site investments, including support tied to asylum seekers, COVID-19 response, and facility expansion. One of the clearest examples is the $5,500,000 grant in 2023 to William F Ryan Community Health Center Inc for expansion and renovation of the 801 Amsterdam Avenue location. The foundation also supports the Ryan Chelsea-Clinton network, showing a repeated relationship with safety-net providers rather than one-time awards. Its giving is narrowly place-based and health-focused, centered on sustaining primary care capacity for neighborhood clinics in New York City.
A central theme in Afia Foundation Inc’s grantmaking is emergency and operating support for community health centers. In 2024, it gave $2,565,000 to William F Ryan Community Health Center Inc for COVID-19 operation support, following a $1,950,000 award in 2023 for the same purpose. The foundation also ties health funding to immigrant access. In 2025, it awarded $750,000 to William F Ryan Community Health Center Inc for support for asylum seekers, and $400,000 to Ryanchelsea-clinton Community Health Center Inc for the same purpose. Another repeated priority is national service. Ryanchelsea-clinton Community Health Center Inc received $254,231 in 2025, $87,504 in 2023, and $60,000 in 2024 to support the AmeriCorps program. Facility investment is another clear lane, including a 2023 grant for expansion and renovation of the 801 Amsterdam Avenue location.
Afia Foundation Inc’s recent grants are generally large: the 25th percentile is $186,714, the median is $900,000, and the 75th percentile is $2,257,500. The pattern is also highly concentrated. The same health centers appear across multiple years, with repeated awards to William F Ryan Community Health Center Inc and Ryanchelsea-clinton Community Health Center Inc. That repetition points to ongoing operating and program support rather than isolated project grants. The foundation is structured as a private foundation, and it also makes program-related investments. No individual-grant application process appears in the provided data.
$18.8M
$17.2M
$3.4M
$7.7M
Most grants fall between $187K and $2.3M, with a median of $900K.
25th Percentile
$187K
Median
$900K
75th Percentile
$2.3M
About 100% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Highly concentrated and repeat-focused: few large grants to a very small set of recurrent grantees (multiple grants to the William F. Ryan Community Health Center and the Ryan/Chelsea–Clinton clinic), including at least one very large capital grant; geographically concentrated in NYC.
Notable grantees: WILLIAM F. RYAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC., RYANCHELSEA–CLINTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC., Local Ryan Health network safety‑net clinics (representative of the foundation's grantee portfolio)
Afia Foundation Inc gives entirely in the United States, and every recent grant in the data went to recipients in New York. New York, NY is the recurring recipient city, including awards to William F Ryan Community Health Center Inc and Ryanchelsea-clinton Community Health Center Inc. The geography is tightly local: the top state by grant count is New York, and 100% of grants in the sample went to recipients in the HQ state. The recipient pattern points to New York City community health centers rather than a multi-state footprint.
The foundation supports New York City community health centers and related safety-net providers. Recent grants went to William F Ryan Community Health Center Inc and Ryanchelsea-clinton Community Health Center Inc for emergency support, COVID-19 operations, asylum seeker support, AmeriCorps, and facility expansion or renovation.
In the recent grants data, the 25th percentile grant is $186,714, the median is $900,000, and the 75th percentile is $2,257,500. That profile shows a preference for substantial awards rather than small grants.
Yes. William F Ryan Community Health Center Inc appears in multiple years for emergency support, expansion and renovation, COVID-19 operation support, and asylum seeker support. Ryanchelsea-clinton Community Health Center Inc also appears across multiple years for COVID-19 operation support, asylum seeker support, and AmeriCorps program support.
The recent grants in the data all went to recipients in the United States, specifically New York. The recipient city shown repeatedly is New York, NY, and the top state by grant count is New York.
The recent grants show several recurring areas: emergency fund support, COVID-19 operational support, support for asylum seekers, AmeriCorps program support, and expansion and renovation of a community health center location at 801 Amsterdam Avenue.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAM F RYAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC | NEW YORK, NY | $6,050,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY FUND SUPPORT |
| WILLIAM F RYAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC | NEW YORK, NY | $750,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS |
| RYANCHELSEA-CLINTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC | NEW YORK, NY | $400,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS |
| RYANCHELSEA-CLINTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC | NEW YORK, NY | $254,231 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE AMERICORPS PROGRAM |
| WILLIAM F RYAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC | NEW YORK, NY | $2,565,000 | 2024 | TO PROVIDE COVID-19 OPERATION SUPPORT |
| RYANCHELSEA-CLINTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC | NEW YORK, NY | $285,923 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR ASYLUM SEAKERS |
| RYANCHELSEA-CLINTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC | NEW YORK, NY | $60,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT THE AMERICORPS PROGRAM |
| WILLIAM F RYAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC | NEW YORK, NY | $5,500,000 | 2023 | TO ASSIST IN EXPANSION AND RENOVATION OF THE 801 AMSTERDAM AVENUE LOCATION |
| WILLIAM F RYAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC | NEW YORK, NY | $1,950,000 | 2023 | TO PROVIDE COVID-19 OPERATION SUPPORT |
| RYANCHELSEA-CLINTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC | NEW YORK, NY | $900,000 | 2023 | TO PROVIDE COVID-19 OPERATION SUPPORT |
| RYANCHELSEA-CLINTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC | NEW YORK, NY | $87,504 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT THE AMERICORPS PROGRAM |
WILLIAM F RYAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC
$6,050,000TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY FUND SUPPORT
WILLIAM F RYAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC
$750,000SUPPORT FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS
RYANCHELSEA-CLINTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC
$400,000SUPPORT FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS
RYANCHELSEA-CLINTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC
$254,231TO SUPPORT THE AMERICORPS PROGRAM
WILLIAM F RYAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC
$2,565,000TO PROVIDE COVID-19 OPERATION SUPPORT
RYANCHELSEA-CLINTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC
$285,923SUPPORT FOR ASYLUM SEAKERS
RYANCHELSEA-CLINTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC
$60,000TO SUPPORT THE AMERICORPS PROGRAM
WILLIAM F RYAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC
$5,500,000TO ASSIST IN EXPANSION AND RENOVATION OF THE 801 AMSTERDAM AVENUE LOCATION
WILLIAM F RYAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC
$1,950,000TO PROVIDE COVID-19 OPERATION SUPPORT
RYANCHELSEA-CLINTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC
$900,000TO PROVIDE COVID-19 OPERATION SUPPORT
RYANCHELSEA-CLINTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC
$87,504TO SUPPORT THE AMERICORPS PROGRAM