Funders › NY › Carson Family Charitable Trust › 2021
Grants paid by Carson Family Charitable Trust, tax year 2021
EIN 13-6957038 · New York, NY · Form 990-PF, Part XV
In tax year 2021, Carson Family Charitable Trust (EIN 13-6957038) reported 170 grants paid totaling $62,207,870. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2021
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Columbia Business School NY, NY | U | $4,000,000 | paid | Capital Campaign | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Rockefeller University NY, NY | C | $3,000,000 | paid | unrestricted use as part of the University's Capital Campaign | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Thorne Building Community Center Millbrook, NY | U | $2,900,000 | paid | Campaign for Millbrook | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Marymount Manhattan College NY, NY | U | $2,800,000 | paid | Judith Mara Carson Center for Visual Arts | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Central Park Conservancy NY, NY | B | $2,124,800 | paid | Harlem Meer Project: North End of Central Park Paid by stock transfer | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Rockefeller University NY, NY | C | $2,000,000 | paid | Presidents Fund in honor of Rick Lifton | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York-Presbyterian Hospital NY, NY | U | $2,000,000 | paid | construction, equipping and operation of the Hospital for Women and Newborns in the David H. Koch building | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Marymount Manhattan College NY, NY | U | $2,000,000 | paid | Unrestricted Scholarship Fund | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Breaking Ground Hdfc NY, NY | U | $2,000,000 | paid | The Paramount as Transitional and Supportive housing | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Uncommon Schools NY, NY | C | $2,000,000 | paid | Unrestricted Support and support of Computer Science program through 2023 | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Robin Hood Foundation NY, NY | B | $2,000,000 | paid | General Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Marymount Manhattan College NY, NY | U | $1,500,000 | paid | Judith Mara Carson Center for Visual Arts | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Marymount Manhattan College NY, NY | U | $1,200,000 | paid | Judith Mara Carson Center for Visual Arts | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Robin Hood Foundation NY, NY | B | $1,000,000 | paid | Covid Relief Fund | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | U | $1,000,000 | paid | to address the College's priorities at the discretion of the President of Dartmouth College | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | The Partnership Schools NY, NY | C | $1,000,000 | paid | general operating support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Rockefeller University NY, NY | C | $1,000,000 | paid | Campaign for the Convergence of Science and Medicine | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts NY, NY | B | $1,000,000 | paid | David Geffen Hall | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NY, NY | B | $750,000 | paid | Presidential Innovation Fund | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc NY, NY | B | $750,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Kipp New York NY, NY | B | $500,000 | paid | New York Operations | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Hall of Science Queens, NY | C | $500,000 | paid | Ida Recovery Relief | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | International Rescue Committee Inc NY, NY | B | $500,000 | paid | Unrestricted Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Central Park Conservancy NY, NY | B | $500,000 | paid | six-year pledge to the Woodlands and the Institute for Urban Parks | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Harlem Children's Zone NY, NY | B | $500,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | U | $500,000 | paid | Rosenwald Fellows | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Brooklyn Community Bail Fund Brooklyn, NY | B | $500,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Make the Road New York Brooklyn, NY | B | $500,000 | paid | Here To Stay Capital Campaign | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Public Radio NY, NY | B | $500,000 | paid | general operating support for WQXR Division | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New Classrooms NY, NY | U | $500,000 | paid | Campaign: Math as a Driver of Educational Equity | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Metropolitan Museum of Art NY, NY | B | $500,000 | paid | toward the renovation if the AAOA galleries. | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Public Library NY, NY | U | $500,000 | paid | Unrestricted gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | The New York City Center for Charter School Excellence NY, NY | B | $500,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Genome Center NY, NY | B | $416,667 | paid | 2020 Five year matching grant with the Simon Foundation | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Genome Center NY, NY | B | $416,667 | paid | 2020 Five year matching grant with the Simon Foundation | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Genome Center NY, NY | B | $416,667 | paid | 2020 Five year matching grant with the Simon Foundation | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Genome Center NY, NY | B | $416,667 | paid | 2020 Five year matching grant with the Simon Foundation | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Genome Center NY, NY | B | $416,667 | paid | 2020 Five year matching grant with the Simon Foundation | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Genome Center NY, NY | B | $416,667 | paid | 2020 Five year matching grant with the Simon Foundation | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Genome Center NY, NY | B | $416,667 | paid | 2020 Five year matching grant with the Simon Foundation | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Genome Center NY, NY | B | $416,667 | paid | 2020 Five year matching grant with the Simon Foundation | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Genome Center NY, NY | B | $416,667 | paid | 2020 Five year matching grant with the Simon Foundation | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Genome Center NY, NY | B | $416,667 | paid | 2020 Five year matching grant with the Simon Foundation | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Genome Center NY, NY | B | $416,667 | paid | 2020 Five year matching grant with the Simon Foundation | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Achievement First Brooklyn, NY | D | $350,000 | paid | NYC Operations and Expansion | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Justice Innovation Inc NY, NY | B | $350,000 | paid | One time costs for 501(c)3 transition | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Genome Center NY, NY | B | $344,900 | paid | 2020 Five year matching grant with the Simon Foundation | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Red Hook Initiative Brooklyn, NY | B | $333,333 | paid | Operating Grant | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Cooperate Inc NY, NY | U | $300,000 | paid | COOP Careers NYC Operations | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Central Park Conservancy NY, NY | B | $279,200 | paid | Harlem Meer Project: North End of Central Park: Overpayment crdited to 2022 | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Central Park Conservancy NY, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | Essential Central Park Fund | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Success Academy Charter Schools NY, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | general operating expenses | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Partners in Health Boston, MA | U | $250,000 | paid | restricted to Rwandan PIH site and allocated under the direction of Executive Director Joel Mubiligi | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Relay Graduate School of Education NY, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | NYC Operations | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Equal Justice Initiative Montgomery, AL | B | $250,000 | paid | General Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Goddard Riverside Community Center NY, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Center for Employment Opportunities NY, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | NY Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | International Rescue Committee Inc NY, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | Afganistan Relief Fund | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Neighborhood Trust NY, NY | U | $250,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Partners in Health Boston, MA | U | $250,000 | paid | Haiti Relief | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Excellence Community Schools Inc Bronx, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | NYC Operating support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | The World Trade Center Performing Arts Center NY, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | John Whitehead Lobby of The Perelman | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Breaking Ground Hdfc NY, NY | U | $250,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Seton Education Partners NY, NY | C | $250,000 | paid | Unrestricted support for NYC Operations | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | The Children's Health Fund NY, NY | C | $250,000 | paid | Bronx Health Collective | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Hospital for Special Surgery NY, NY | C | $200,000 | paid | Support of Dr. Laura Donlin Research | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts NY, NY | B | $200,000 | paid | Etienne Charles commission at Geffen Hall | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | National College Advising Corps Inc Chapel Hill, NC | C | $200,000 | paid | Growth of NY program to get to 100 advisors | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Bard Prison Initiative Annandaleon Hudson, NY | U | $200,000 | paid | Final three payments to be designated to the Endowment Campaign | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York STEM Cell Foundation NY, NY | B | $200,000 | paid | Five-year commitment for general operating support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Teach for America NY, NY | B | $200,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School Brooklyn, NY | B | $200,000 | paid | Capital Campaign | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Gotham Gives NY, NY | B | $200,000 | paid | Computer Science For All | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Student Sponsor Partners NY, NY | D | $200,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Sheffield, MA | B | $181,700 | paid | Mobile Case Management: Client Advocates | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Educators 4 Excellence NY, NY | C | $150,000 | paid | NYC Operations | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Upwardly Global NY, NY | B | $150,000 | paid | Unrestricted Operating Funds | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Exalt Youth Brooklyn, NY | C | $150,000 | paid | Expansion plans | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Peer Health Exchange NY, NY | U | $150,000 | paid | Impact Capital and their strategic plan | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Immigrant Defense Project NY, NY | U | $150,000 | paid | Unrestricted support in NYC | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter NY, NY | B | $150,000 | paid | General Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Brooklyn Public Library Brooklyn, NY | B | $150,000 | paid | Operating Expenses | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York-Presbyterian Hospital NY, NY | U | $140,000 | paid | Campaign for NYP: Dept of Client Relations | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Read to Lead (formerly Classroom Inc) New York, NY | U | $125,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Kipp New York NY, NY | B | $125,000 | paid | NY Next General Growth Campaign | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Kenyon College Gambier, OH | U | $125,000 | paid | to be used to provide financial aid to deserving students | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Cancer Research Institute NY, NY | B | $117,000 | paid | Support of CRI-Carson Family Fellows | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Hall of Science Queens, NY | C | $100,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | DNA Learning Center | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Metropolitan Opera Association NY, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | general operating support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Rockefeller University NY, NY | C | $100,000 | paid | year-end gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | National College Advising Corps Inc Chapel Hill, NC | C | $100,000 | paid | Push for 100 College Advisors in NYC | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Notre Dame School NY, NY | D | $100,000 | paid | Pandemic support and ICS 4 year student Scholarship | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Brooklyn Botanic Garden Brooklyn, NY | C | $100,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Public Radio NY, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | Trustee Annual Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | St John's Bread and Life Brooklyn, NY | D | $100,000 | paid | annual gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | The Partnership Schools NY, NY | C | $100,000 | paid | Year-end gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | American Museum of Natural History NY, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | general operating support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Beginning With Children Foundation Brooklyn, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | New York Operations | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Marymount Manhattan College NY, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | Support of annual benefit in honor of Jim Dow and Lucille Zanghi | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | The Partnership Schools NY, NY | C | $100,000 | paid | Covid Family Relief Cash Assistance | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Cristo Rey Miami High School Coral Gables, FL | C | $100,000 | paid | Cristo Rey Miami Start up | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | U | $100,000 | paid | Year-end gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | East Harlem School at Exodus House NY, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | Unrestricted support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | American Red Cross- Greater New York Region NY, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Make the Road New York Brooklyn, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | Operational Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Notre Dame School NY, NY | D | $100,000 | paid | general operating support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Philharmonic NY, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | general operating support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Cristo Rey New York High School NY, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | Support of College Placement and Guidance | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | The Foundation for Vassar Brothers Medical Center Poughkeepsie, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | Construction of new building | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Thorne Building Community Center Millbrook, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | Campaign for Millbrook | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Upwardly Global NY, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | Afghan Refugee Crisis | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Columbia Business School NY, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | Glenn Hubbard Scholarship Fund | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Braven Chicago, IL | C | $100,000 | paid | NYC Lehman Operations: Will increase another $100k if they add a new site | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service NY, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | Unrestricted gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Freeworld San Jose, CA | U | $100,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | The Children's Health Fund NY, NY | C | $100,000 | paid | Covid Relief-Bronx Health Collective | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Academy of Sciences NY, NY | C | $100,000 | paid | 5 year grant for NYC based Global STEM alliance program for After school STEM mentoring | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York-Presbyterian Hospital NY, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | year-end gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Friends of the High Line Inc NY, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | Covid Relief | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Safe Passage Project NY, NY | C | $100,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Graham Windham Brooklyn, NY | C | $100,000 | paid | Legacy Campaign | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Fisher House Foundation Inc Rockville, MD | B | $100,000 | paid | Bronx Fisher House | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Readworks Brooklyn, NY | C | $100,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | International Rescue Committee Inc NY, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | Virtual 2021 Global Rescue Dinner honoring Bryan Stevenson | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Robert a Toigo Foundation Oakland, CA | C | $100,000 | paid | General Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | The Education Trust NY, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | NY Operations | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | New York Public Radio NY, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | year-end gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center NY, NY | B | $75,000 | paid | year-end gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation Washington, DC | B | $75,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Greenlight Fund Boston, MA | C | $62,500 | paid | Expansion | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Beginning With Children Foundation Brooklyn, NY | B | $60,000 | paid | 30th Anniversary and HS Expansion | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Cancer Research Institute NY, NY | B | $58,500 | paid | Carson Family Fellow: Alice Cho at RU | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Innisfree Garden Millbrook, NY | D | $50,000 | paid | Operating support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Metropolitan Museum of Art NY, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | For Education Program | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Adrienne Arsht Center Foundation Inc Miami, FL | B | $50,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Columbia Business School NY, NY | U | $50,000 | paid | Programs for Social Enterprise in EE | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Brooklyn Children's Museum Brooklyn, NY | C | $50,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Central Park Conservancy NY, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | year-end gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Columbia Business School NY, NY | U | $50,000 | paid | Year-end Gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Community Help in Park Slope (chips) Brooklyn, NY | C | $50,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Columbia Business School NY, NY | U | $50,000 | paid | 2021 Program for Social Enterprise Executive Education | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Marymount Manhattan College NY, NY | U | $50,000 | paid | year-end gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Right to Play United States NY, NY | U | $50,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Exalt Youth Brooklyn, NY | C | $50,000 | paid | year-end gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Prospect Park Alliance Inc Brooklyn, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ | B | $50,000 | paid | Center for Spinal Stimulation | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Sheffield, MA | B | $50,000 | paid | Matching Grant to supplement NED Covid Emergency Response Fund | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | America Needs You NY, NY | C | $50,000 | paid | NY Operations | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Museum of Arts and Design NY, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | year-end gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Central Queens Academy Charter School Elmhurst, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Equity Project Charter School NY, NY | C | $25,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Brooklyn Public Library Brooklyn, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | year-end gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Miami Music Project Miami, FL | C | $25,000 | paid | General Operating | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Citizen Schools Inc Boston, MA | C | $25,000 | paid | NY operations | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Dutchess Land Conservancy Millbrook, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | year-end gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Exalt Youth Brooklyn, NY | C | $25,000 | paid | Five $5k Scholarships | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Rockefeller University NY, NY | C | $25,000 | paid | Celebrating Science Virtual Benefit | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Governors Island Corporation NY, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | 2021 Friends of Governors Island Gala | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Equity for Children New York, NY | U | $25,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Association to Benefit Children NY, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | year-end gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Millbrook, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | US Foundation for the Commemoration of World Wars Washington, DC | U | $25,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Read718 Brooklyn, NY | C | $20,000 | paid | Operating Support | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Sheffield, MA | B | $17,600 | paid | Matching grant for Covid-19 Cash Cards | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Cornell University Boone, IA | U | $15,000 | paid | year-end gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Kenyon College Gambier, OH | U | $15,000 | paid | year end gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Convent of the Sacred Heart NY, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | year-end gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Brooklyn Botanic Garden Brooklyn, NY | C | $10,000 | paid | year-end gift | 202321779349100122 |
| 2021 | Collegiate School Inc NY, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | year-end gift | 202321779349100122 |
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