Grants awarded
Who does The Stairway Fund fund?
The Stairway Fund has awarded $2.8 million across 286 grants to 104 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $5,000, with most between $2,500 and $10,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $5,000 versus $4,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$2.8M
Typical grant
$5K
Grantees
104
Grants
286
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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Washington University
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$325K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| T Theatre for a New Audience INC (tfana) | $272K | 8 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T Trinity College Trustees | $222K | 8 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T Theatre for a New Audience (tfana) | $195K | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Madison Square Park Conservancy INC
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$157K | 9 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Share Our Strength
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$155K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
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$105K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
The Colorado College
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$100K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
Steep Rock Association INC
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$100K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
| M Museum of Modern Art - New York | $82K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N NYU Langone Health | $55K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Gramercy Park Block Association | $50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Washington Ambulance Association | $45K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence | $40K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Robin Hood Foundation | $38K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Madison Square Park Conservancy (mspc) | $33K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Studio Museum in Harlem
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$32K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Target Als Foundation INC
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$30K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Studio in a School Association INC
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$28K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Jacques Pepin Foundation
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$28K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | RI | |
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
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$25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| T Trinity College | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Type Media Center (fka the Nation Institute) | $25K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Brooklyn Museum | $25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Child Mind Institute INC
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$22K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Whitney Museum of American Art
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$22K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Chicken & Egg Pictures INC
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$20K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation
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$20K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Culinary Institute of America
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$20K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
City Harvest INC
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$20K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Careers Through Culinary Arts Program INC (c-Cap) | $16K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Spring Hill Arts Gathering INC
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$15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Lemontree Foods INC
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$15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$15K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
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$15K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| H Hudson Valley Writing Program Research Foundation for SUNY as Fiscal Spons | $15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Public Art Fund INC
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$15K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$15K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$14K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
The Apollo Theater Foundation INC
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$12K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$12K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$12K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Municipal Art Society of New York
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$12K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| W Washington Park Foundation - Judy Black Memorial Park & Gardens | $11K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Danbury Hospital & New Milford Hospital Foundation (nuvance) | $10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
How Institute for Society
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$10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
American Academy in Rome
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$10K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$10K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| P Penn State University | $10K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Hudson Valley Writing Project Via Research Foundation for SUNY (fs) | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| H Hudson Valley Writing Project Research Foundation for SUNY as Fiscal Sponso | $10K | 2 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N New York Public Radio Wnyc | $8K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Smithsonian Institution
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$8K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| T The Public Theater (new York Shakespeare Festival) | $8K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Hot Bread Kitchen Ltd
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$7K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| T The Mountain School of Milton Academy | $7K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Camperships for Nebagamon INC | $6K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
54 Below INC
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$6K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Sesame Workshop
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$5K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CT | |
| B Bantam Cinema & Arts Center INC | $5K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| B Barrow Street Nursery School (bsns) | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
American Jewish Committee
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$5K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
Lake Waramaug Friends INC
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CT | |
| L Lincoln Center for the Performing | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N NYU Langone Health - Vulnerable Brain Research Project (william R Slater MD | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
The Museum of Food and Drink
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| H Harlem Educational Activities Fund INC (heaf) | $5K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N NYU Langone Health - Vulnerable Brain Research Project (william R Slater M | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Grownyc | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Arts Connection | $4K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$4K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CT | |
| V Vineyard Theatre | $3K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Bronx Opera Company INC
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$3K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| N NYU Langone - Kids of NYU Foundation | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival INC
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MA | |
| E Eurasia Group Foundation (egf) | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Chicken & Egg Films | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N NYU Langone - Kids of NYU Foundationhassenfeld Childrens Hospital | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Jewish Board | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| G Girls of Leadership | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TN | |
Broadway Mall Association INC
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| N NYU Langone -Kids of NYU Foundationhassenfeld Childrens Hospital | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Trust for Public Land
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
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$2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CT | |
| T Theater for the New City Foundation | $2K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Gunn Memorial Library INC
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$2K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
Washington Scholarship Fund INC
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$2K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
| N NYU Langone Health - Faces | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I International Center of Photography (icp) | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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