Pelson Foundation TR 050197
Private foundation · Albany, NY · EIN 23-7880442 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Pelson Foundation
31grants reported
$5,622median award
$650lower quartile
$250smallest grant
$162Ktotal paid
3states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 6 of its 31 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $24K 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
100 Great Oaks Blvd Ste 128
Albany, NY 12203-7925
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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Metropolitan Musuem Organization needs | New York, NY | $10,750 |
| The Metropolitan Musuem Organization needs | New York, NY | $10,250 |
| Urban Arts Organization needs | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| College of New Jersey Organization needs | Ewing Township, NJ | $10,000 |
| Foundation of Defence ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| Urban Arts ORGANIZTION NEEDS | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center ORGANIZTIONAL NEEDS | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Urban Arts Organization needs | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Foundation for the Deaf Organization needs | Buffalo, NY | $10,000 |
| Congregation Emanu-El of New York Organization needs | New York, NY | $8,250 |
| Congregation Emanu-El of New York ORGANIZTIONAL NEEDS | New York, NY | $7,740 |
| Sound Start Foundation Organization needs | Mountain Lakes, NJ | $6,500 |
| Congregation Emanu-El of New York Organization needs | New York, NY | $6,150 |
| Chamber Music Society Organization needs | New York, NY | $6,000 |
| The Metropolitan Musuem ORGANIZATION NEEDS | New York, NY | $6,000 |
| Temple B'nai Abraham Organization needs | Livingston, NJ | $5,622 |
| College of New Jersey ORGANIZATION NEEDS | Ewing Township, NJ | $5,000 |
| College of New Jersey Organization needs | Ewing Township, NJ | $5,000 |
| Sound Start Foundation Organization needs | Mountain Lakes, NJ | $5,000 |
| Temple B'nai Abraham Organization needs | Livingston, NJ | $3,092 |
| Morris Museum Organization needs | Morristown, NJ | $1,000 |
| Morris Museum Organization needs | Morristown, NJ | $1,000 |
| Jewish Federation Organization needs | New York, NY | $650 |
| Jewish Federation ORGANZIOTNAL NEEDS | New York, NY | $650 |
| Jewish Federation Organization needs | New York, NY | $650 |
| The Seeing Eye Organization needs | Morristown, NJ | $600 |
| Arnold P Gold Foundation Organization needs | Fort Lee, NJ | $500 |
| The Seeing Eye Organization needs | Morristown, NJ | $500 |
| Arnold P Gold Foundation Organization needs | Fort Lee, NJ | $500 |
| Opera at Florham Organization needs | Covent Station, NJ | $300 |
| Foundation for Morristown Organization needs | Morristown, NJ | $250 |
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