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Anita B and Howard S Richmond Foundation Inc

Accepts applications New York, New York · EIN 136180873

Anita B and Howard S Richmond Foundation Inc is a private foundation in New York, New York. In tax year 2025 it gave $1.1 million in 80 grants; the typical grant was $1,500 and the largest $500,000. 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 $798,250 the year before.

9% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2021$61,0006$21.4 million
2023$774,75075$18.6 million
2024$798,25080$25.8 million
2025$1.1 million80$29.2 million

How to apply

ContactLawrence Richmond
266 West 37th St, New York, NY 10018
Phone or email(212) 594-9518
What to submitNo formal applications / individual letters of solicitation
DeadlinesNone - unanswered letters are discarded

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Anita B and Howard S Richmond Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its US grants went to recipients in 15 states, the most to California. It also paid $27,000 in 2 grants to recipients outside the US.

StateGrantsAmount
California31$719,250
Connecticut1$175,000
New York20$65,000
Texas3$36,500
District of Columbia3$28,000
Maryland2$26,500
Massachusetts2$16,500
Illinois3$8,000
Virginia5$7,500
Michigan2$6,500

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 80 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Fireaid
Inglewood, CA
Contribution$500,000
Loomis Chafee School Annual Fund
Windsor, CT
Contribution$175,000
Ma Center
San Ramon, CA
Contribution$50,000
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA
Contribution$45,000
Children's Discovery Museum
San Jose, CA
Contribution$30,000
Doctors Without Borders
Hagerstown, MD
Contribution$25,000
Menlo School
Atherton, CA
Contribution$25,000
SMU Women's Golf Excellence Fund
Dallas, TX
Contribution$25,000
World Central Kitchen
Washington, DC
Contribution$25,000
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
Beacon, NY
Contribution$25,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Springs & Desert Area
Rancho Mirage, CA
Contribution$15,000
Williston Northampton School
Easthampton, MA
Contribution$15,000
San Miguel Community FoundationContribution$15,000
Centro Infantil de Los AngelesContribution$12,000
Baylor Women's Golf Excellence Fund
Waco, TX
Contribution$10,000
Huntington's Disease Society of America
New York, NY
Contribution$7,500
The Bighorn Institute
Palm Desert, CA
Contribution$7,500
Angel View Crippled Children's Foundation
Palm Springs, CA
Contribution$5,000
Arthritis Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
Contribution$5,000
Family YMCA of the Desert
Palm Desert, CA
Contribution$5,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Interlochen, MI
Contribution$5,000
Israel Parasport Center
Northfield, IL
Contribution$5,000
Nicholas Center
Port Washington, NY
Contribution$5,000
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Contribution$4,000
American Lung Association
New York, NY
Contribution$3,000
Girl Scouts of Nassau County Inc
Garden City, NY
Contribution$2,500
The Ed Foundation
Port Washington, NY
Contribution$2,500
Woody Gothrie Center
Tulsa, OK
Contribution$2,500
Alzheimers Association
Chicago, IL
Contribution$1,500
American Cancer Society
New York, NY
Contribution$1,500
American Diabetes Association
Alexandria, VA
Contribution$1,500
American Heart Association
Dallas, TX
Contribution$1,500
American Red Cross
New York, NY
Contribution$1,500
American Society for Technion
New York, NY
Contribution$1,500
Barbara Sinatra Childrens
Rancho Mirage, CA
Contribution$1,500
Braille Institute of America Inc
Los Angeles, CA
Contribution$1,500
Care Inc
Baldwin, MI
Contribution$1,500
Center for Biological Diversity
Tucson, AZ
Contribution$1,500
College of the Desert Foundation
Palm Desert, CA
Contribution$1,500
Compassion & Choice
New York, NY
Contribution$1,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Anita B and Howard S Richmond Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: None - unanswered letters are discarded.

How much does Anita B and Howard S Richmond Foundation Inc give?

$1.1 million in tax year 2025, across 80 grants, with a typical grant of $1,500.

Who runs Anita B and Howard S Richmond Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Elizabeth Richmond Schulman (Dir/President), Lawrence S Richmond (Dir/Secretary), Phillip Richmond (Dir/Vice President) and Robert M Richmond (Dir/President).

What does Anita B and Howard S Richmond Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, arts and culture and international.

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