Surdna Foundation Inc
Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 13-6108163 · reported 2023–2025
1,135grants reported
$75Kmedian award
$15Klower quartile
$314smallest grant
$169.9Mtotal paid
39states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 15 of its 1,135 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $1.2M 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
200 Madison Ave FL 25
New York, NY 10016-4001
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial | Yonkers, NY | $4,082,500 |
| John E Andrus Memorial Inc | Hastingsonhudson, NY | $4,022,500 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $2,971,945 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $2,280,500 |
| John E Andrus Memorial Inc | Hastingsonhudson, NY | $2,001,000 |
| Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial | Yonkers, NY | $2,001,000 |
| John E Andrus Memorial Inc | Hastingsonhudson, NY | $2,000,000 |
| Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial | Yonkers, NY | $2,000,000 |
| North Star Fund | New York, NY | $1,375,450 |
| Project South | Atlanta, GA | $1,375,000 |
| Accelerate 500-Black Gravity | Washington, DC | $1,370,600 |
| Center for Cultural Innovation | Los Angeles, CA | $1,030,000 |
| Rsf Social Finance | San Francisco, CA | $1,000,000 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $959,000 |
| Neighborhood Funders Group | Oakland, CA | $950,000 |
| Living Cities | New York, NY | $905,000 |
| One Fair Wage Inc | Cambridge, MA | $825,000 |
| Groundswell Fund | San Francisco, CA | $800,000 |
| Ndn Collective | Rapid City, SD | $775,000 |
| Ndn Collective | Rapid City, SD | $775,000 |
| Third Sector New England Inc | Boston, MA | $775,000 |
| Possibility Labs | San Francisco, CA | $750,005 |
| Neighborhood Funders Group | San Francisco, CA | $750,000 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $750,000 |
| Powerswitch Action | Oakland, CA | $700,000 |
| Jobs With Justice Education Fund | Washington, DC | $675,000 |
| Living Cities | New York, NY | $665,000 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation - Buildus | Washington, DC | $650,500 |
| Common Counsel Foundation | Oakland, CA | $650,000 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Norcross, GA | $647,000 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $630,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | $625,000 |
| Ndn Collective | Rapid City, SD | $625,000 |
| Otv Open Television | Chicago, IL | $605,000 |
| Fractured Atlas Productions Inc | New York, NY | $600,652 |
| Highlander Research & Education Center Inc | New Market, TN | $600,000 |
| Living Cities | New York, NY | $600,000 |
| Policylink | Oakland, CA | $600,000 |
| East Bay Community Foundation | Oakland, CA | $575,000 |
| Race Forward | New York, NY | $575,000 |
| Policylink | Oakland, CA | $553,750 |
| Common Counsel Foundcation-Movement for Black Live | Oakland, CA | $550,000 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs-Funders for | Calabasas, CA | $550,000 |
| Otv Open Television | Chicago, IL | $550,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | $520,500 |
| East Bay Community Foundation | Oakland, CA | $513,000 |
| Sustainable Economies Law Center | Oakland, CA | $500,000 |
| National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures | San Antonio, TX | $500,000 |
| Social Science Research Council | Brooklyn, NY | $500,000 |
| Fractured Atlas Productions Inc | New York, NY | $500,000 |
| Jobs to Move America | Los Angeles, CA | $500,000 |
| Sustainable Economies Law Center | Oakland, CA | $500,000 |
| National Performance Network | New Orleans, LA | $492,596 |
| Threewalls | Chicago, IL | $480,000 |
| Transforming Power Fund | Detroit, MI | $480,000 |
| Alternate Roots Inc | Atlanta, GA | $475,000 |
| Hester Street | New York, NY | $475,000 |
| Mississippi Center for Cultural Production | Utica, MS | $475,000 |
| National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures | San Antonio, TX | $475,000 |
| Threewalls | Chicago, IL | $475,000 |
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