Durst Family Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Durst Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to human services, arts, and culture.
IP TAKE: The foundation does not maintain a website, which restricts transparency about grantmaking strategies and guidelines. Tax filings show that this funder may support an organization for more than one year, which makes its grantmaking a crowded space. Its lack of public profile suggests it prefers to choose its own grantees to support, as indicated by its decision to not accept unsolicited proposals. However, call this foundation to introduce your work to them to get on their radar.
PROFILE: Established in 2000, the Durst Family Foundation is steered by Wendy Durst Kreeger, and family, who are associated with real estate giant Durst Organization in Manhattan. The foundation does not maintain a website, which restricts transparency about grantmaking strategies and guidelines. Tax filings suggest that the Durst Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to human services, arts, and culture.
Grants for Human Services
The Durst Family Foundation’s grantmaking strongly focuses on human services organizations, per tax filings. During the pandemic, the foundation has contributed to the New York City's Covid-19 Response and Impact Fund, targeting human services and arts organizations with less than $20 million in yearly non-governmental revenue. The foundation’s grantmaking also addresses immigrant advocacy groups, as well as housing and homelessness organizations like New York Immigration Coalition, City Harvest, and Partnership for the Homeless.
Important Grant Details:
Grants range from $25,000 to $100,000. In a recent year, the foundation gave away #700,000 Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on New York City. Past local grantees include The Door - A Center of Alternatives, Ballet Tech Foundation, American Museum of Natural History, and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
The foundation keeps a low profile and does not accept unsolicited proposals.
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CONTACT:
The Durst Family Foundation
1 Bryant Park
New York, NY 10036
(212) 257-6600
