Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation: Grants for Diseases

OVERVIEW: The Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation supports disease-related organizations with a strong focus on New York City’s MSK Ralph Lauren Cancer Center.

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PROFILE: The Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation was established in 2001 by fashion designer Ralph Lauren. The foundation focuses on cancer care and cancer education for underserved patients and communities. This funder does not maintain a website or appear to run a formal application program.

Polo Ralph Lauren’s main recipient is the Memorial Sloan Kettering Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care in New York City’s Harlem area. Since its founding in 2003, the center has offered a broad range of cancer related services to patients and their families. Other past disease-related grantees include the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Michael J. Fox Foundation. To learn more about the foundation’s grantees, explore its select list of nonprofits supported in the past.

In a recent year, the Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation gave away over $3 million in grants. Grants generally range from $10,000 to $50,000, and grantmaking tends to concentrate on the greater New York City area.

The Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation does not accept unsolicited grant applications or requests for funding. Although this funder does not impose geographic restrictions on its grantmaking, its tax filings indicate a strong support for organizations located in New York City and its boroughs.

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CONTACT:

Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation

1065 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10018

(212) 705-8276