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The Robert Goelet Foundation

Accepts applications Chicago, Illinois · EIN 136146654

The Robert Goelet Foundation is a private foundation in Chicago, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $146,000 in 14 grants; the typical grant was $8,000 and the largest $30,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $128,000 the year before.

36% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$140,00011$3.2 million
2024$128,00015$3.6 million
2025$146,00014$4.0 million

How to apply

ContactJP Morgan Chase Bank N A
10 S Dearborn IL1-0111, Chicago, IL 60603
Phone or email(800) 496-2583
What to submitwww.jpmorgan.com/onlinegrants
Restrictionslimited to IRC Section 501 C 3 organization chosen by the trustee

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Robert Goelet Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York14$146,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 14 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Calvary Fund
Bronx, NY
General operating$30,000
Metropolitan Opera Association Inc
New York, NY
General operating$20,000
Pelham Art Center
Pelham, NY
General operating$18,000
Harmony Foundation
Rye, NY
General operating$16,000
New York City Ballet Inc
New York, NY
General operating$14,000
New Rochelle Council on the Arts
New York, NY
General$10,000
America Needs You
New York, NY
General operating$8,000
Pelham Civic Association
Pelham, NY
General operating$8,000
Gigi's Playhouse-Westchester
Ardsley, NY
General$5,000
Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson
Pleasantville, NY
General$5,000
Huguenot Memorial Church
Pelham, NY
General operating$5,000
The Picture House Regional Film Center
Pelham, NY
General$3,000
Province of St Mary of the Capuchin
White Plains, NY
General$2,000
Humane Society of Westchester
New Rochelle, NY
General operating$2,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Robert Goelet Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Robert Goelet Foundation give?

$146,000 in tax year 2025, across 14 grants, with a typical grant of $8,000.

Who runs The Robert Goelet Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists JP Morgan Chase Bank NA (Trustee) and Anne D Frost (Co-Trustee).

What does The Robert Goelet Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture.

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