Marty & Dorothy Silverman Foundation
Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 22-2777449 · reported 2023–2025 · files as Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation
714grants reported
$50Kmedian award
$15Klower quartile
$250smallest grant
$80.8Mtotal paid
28states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 10 of its 714 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $569K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
130 E 59TH St Ste 1102
New York, NY 10022-1384
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Albany Medical Center Foundation GENERAL DONATION | Albany, NY | $2,000,000 |
| City Harvest Inc GENERAL DONATION | Brooklyn, NY | $1,550,000 |
| Citizens for Resp & Ethics in Washington (crew) GENERAL DONATION | Washington, DC | $1,250,000 |
| Earthjustice GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $1,250,000 |
| American Civil Liberties Union GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $1,100,000 |
| Brennan Center for Justice GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $1,100,000 |
| PBS Newshour GENERAL DONATION | Arlington, VA | $1,100,000 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America GENERAL DONATION | Washington, DC | $1,100,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $1,005,000 |
| National Public Radio (NPR) GENERAL DONATION | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 |
| Sustainable Neighborhoods GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $1,000,000 |
| New Israel Fund GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $900,000 |
| Citizens for Resp & Ethics in Washington GENERAL DONATION | Washington, DC | $850,000 |
| Earthjustice GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $850,000 |
| Reset Tech GENERAL DONATION | Washington, DC | $600,000 |
| Sustainable Neighborhoods GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $580,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $576,000 |
| Grow NYC GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $575,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater New York GENERAL DONATION | Brooklyn, NY | $575,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $575,000 |
| State Infrastructure Fund GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $575,000 |
| Abortion Care Network GENERAL DONATION | Washington, DC | $570,000 |
| Southern Environmental Law Center GENERAL DONATION | Charlottesville, VA | $550,000 |
| Vera Institute of Justice Inc GENERAL DONATION | Brooklyn, NY | $550,000 |
| Citizens for Resp & Ethics in Washington GENERAL DONATION | Washington, DC | $505,000 |
| National Resources Defense Council GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $500,000 |
| Natural Resource Defense Council GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $500,000 |
| New York Lawyers for the Public Interest GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $500,000 |
| Power Forward Communities GENERAL DONATION | Columbia, MD | $500,000 |
| State Infrastructure Fund GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $500,000 |
| Irc Center for Economic Oppty GENERAL DONATION | San Diego, CA | $500,000 |
| Natural Resource Defense Council GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $500,000 |
| Voter Participation Center GENERAL DONATION | Washington, DC | $500,000 |
| Government Accountability Project GENERAL DONATION | Washington, DC | $480,000 |
| Human Rights First GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $475,000 |
| Human Rights Watch GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $475,000 |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $450,000 |
| Earthjustice GENERAL DONATION | San Francisco, CA | $450,000 |
| New Israel Fund GENERAL DONATION | Philadelphia, PA | $450,000 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $400,000 |
| Farmstand GENERAL DONATION | Washington, DC | $400,000 |
| Natural Resource Defense Council GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $400,000 |
| Voter Participation Center GENERAL DONATION | Washington, DC | $400,000 |
| Brennan Center for Justice GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $400,000 |
| International Medical Corps GENERAL DONATION | Los Angeles, CA | $382,000 |
| Government Accountability Project GENERAL DONATION | Washington, DC | $380,000 |
| Envision Freedom (fka Bklyn Commbail ) GENERAL DONATION | Brooklyn, NY | $375,000 |
| Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Ctr GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $375,000 |
| Common Cause Education Fund GENERAL DONATION | Washington, DC | $375,000 |
| Pro Publica GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $350,000 |
| Public Empl for Environ Respons (peer) GENERAL DONATION | Silver Springs, MD | $350,000 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists GENERAL DONATION | Cambridge, MA | $350,000 |
| Voter Participation Center GENERAL DONATION | Washington, DC | $350,000 |
| American Civil Liberties Union GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $325,000 |
| Blue Mountain Clinic GENERAL DONATION | Missoula, MT | $315,000 |
| National Abortion Federation GENERAL DONATION | Washington, DC | $302,500 |
| Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $300,000 |
| Common Cause Education Fund GENERAL DONATION | Washington, DC | $300,000 |
| Indivisible Civics GENERAL DONATION | Washington, DC | $300,000 |
| International Refugee Assistance Project GENERAL DONATION | New York, NY | $300,000 |
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