Van Ameringen Foundation Inc
Accepts applications
Van Ameringen Foundation Inc is a private foundation in New York, New York. In tax year 2024 it gave $9.0 million in 125 grants; the typical grant was $75,000 and the largest $1.0 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.
From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.
- Grants paid, 2024$9.0 million
- Number of grants125
- Typical grant$75,000
- Largest grant$1.0 million
- Assets$74.0 million
- New grantees44%
Giving in 2024 was up from $8.6 million the year before.
44% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Number of grants | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $8.6 million | 132 | $75.6 million |
| 2024 | $9.0 million | 125 | $74.0 million |
How to apply
| Contact | Marsha Cohen 505 Eighth Avenue Suite 2500, New York, NY 10018 |
|---|---|
| Phone or email | (212) 758-6221 |
| What to submit | See detailed instructions on foundation's website www.vanamfound.org/apply-for-a-grant |
| Deadlines | See detailed instructions on foundation's website |
| Restrictions | The foundation funds innovative and practical programs for early intervention, advocacy and increased accessibility of mental health services for people and communities with limited financial means and opportunities. |
Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica
What Van Ameringen Foundation Inc funds
Where it gives
Its grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to New York.
| State | Grants | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 66 | $6.1 million |
| Pennsylvania | 49 | $3.0 million |
| District of Columbia | 4 | $325,000 |
| California | 1 | $150,000 |
| Illinois | 2 | $125,000 |
| New Jersey | 2 | $40,000 |
| Connecticut | 1 | $25,000 |
Grants paid in 2024
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Fountain House Inc | Renewed general suport with a particular focus on the impact of the organizations employement and wellness programs. | $1.0 million |
| Children's Rights | Renewed support of class action litigation center seeking to compel new york to provide medicaid-eligible children with the community-based mental and behavioral health services they are entitled to under the law. | $200,000 |
| Disability Advocates Inc (DBA Disability Rights New York) | Renewed support for a new york public interest law center working to combat discrimination against justice-involved people living with serious mental illness in new york city. | $200,000 |
| NYC Coalition to End Youth and Family Homelessness | Continuing support of a philanthropic coalition to end youth and family homelessness in new york city. | $200,000 |
| International Documentary Association | First-time funding for the international documentary association to complete the documentary committed, depicting one town's attempt to treat justice-involved individuals suffering from serious mental illness. | $150,000 |
| New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation | First-time funding for new york's aclu to enforce state law prohibiting solitary confinement in new york's prisons and jails. | $150,000 |
| Abolitionist Law Center | Continued support for advocacy to curtail or abolish solitary confinement in pennsylvania. | $125,000 |
| Attic Youth Center | Renewed support to double the capacity of a culturally-competent counseling team serving philadelphias lgbtq youth. | $100,000 |
| Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law | Renewed support for national legal advocacy center to ensure that under-represented people with mental health disabilities live with autonomy, dignity and opportunity in welcoming communities that allow them to reach their full potential. | $100,000 |
| Blanton-Peale Institute | Renewed support for licensed mental health counseling and training center to fund a bipoc mental health fellowship program in new york city. | $100,000 |
| Citizens' Committee for Children of New York | Grassroots new york advocacy organization seeks renewed vaf funding for its campaign to advocate for urgently needed mental health services for the children of new york. | $100,000 |
| Disability Rights Advocates | First-time vaf funding for a national law center to bring new litigation against new york state to force implementation of the halt act, barring solitary confinement for justice-involved people with disabilities. | $100,000 |
| Education Law Center - Pa | Renewed support for pennsylvania's education law center to advocate at the state and local level for public schools to make culturally affirming mental health supports available for students. | $100,000 |
| Inseparable Inc | First-time vaf support for a national advocacy organization dedicated to driving policy change at the state and federal levels to improve americans' access to mental health care. | $100,000 |
| Juvenile Law Center | Continuing advocacy support for philadelphia-based public interest law firm fighting for the rights of children caught in juvenile justice and child welfare systems. | $100,000 |
| Katal Center for Health Equity and Justice | New support for organizing to ensure full implementation of #lessismoreny, the most comprehensive parole reform legislation in the u.s. | $100,000 |
| Make the Road New York | Renewed support for the mental health project at four community schools housed within the bushwick high school campus in brooklyn, ny. | $100,000 |
| Medical Justice Alliance Inc | New support to recruit and train physicians to provide expert testimony for incarcerated people with serious mental illness. | $100,000 |
| National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City | Renewed support for nyc advocacy organization that helps families and individuals affected by serious and persistent mental illness build better lives through education, support, and advocacy. | $100,000 |
| Nationalities Service Center | Renewed support for a holistic wellness program serving traumatized refugees and immigrants settling in philadelphia. | $100,000 |
| New York Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement | Continued support to monitor implementation of the halt bill curtailing the use of solitary confinement in new york state. | $100,000 |
| New York State Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare | First-time funding for albany-based advocacy entity to hire a policy director for its work to increase access to mental health care for all new yorkers seeking care through the states public mental health system. | $100,000 |
| Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project | First-time support for pennsylvania legal services agency seeking to end solitary confinement in state prisons and county jails for individuals with serious mental illness. | $100,000 |
| Puentes de Salud | New support to expand a community mental health program among indigenous immigrants living in philadelphia. | $100,000 |
| Seamaac | New support for roots of happiness, which provides culturally competent mental health support, cultural connection for isolated, often non-english speaking immigrant elders. | $100,000 |
| Supportive Housing Network of New York | Renewed support to advance supportive housing construction, service funding and improved safety in new york state. | $100,000 |
| Vocal-Ny (Voices of Community Activists and Leaders) | New york city grassroots organization is returning to vaf for continuing support of its campaign to make supportive housing safe, stable, and accessible for the most marginalized mentally ill new yorkers. | $100,000 |
| You Gotta Believe the Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement Inc (Ygb | Renewed support for full implementation of an adoption competent therapy program for foster youth. | $100,000 |
| Ackerman Institute for the Family | First-time grant funding for an established therapy institute to hire one clinician and one outreach worker to provide mental health care for low-income minority adolescents and their families in underserved new york communities. | $75,000 |
| African Services Committee | Renewed funding for a social service agency's mental health program serving the african immigrant community in new york city. | $75,000 |
| Albert Einstein Healthcare Network | Renewed vaf funding to support a full-time licensed clinical social worker and a part-time program director to facilitate a re-entry program for patients post-incarceration at a large teaching hospital located in north philadelphia. | $75,000 |
| Ali Forney Center | New support to launch new york citys first residential treatment model for lgbtq youth. | $75,000 |
| Alliance of Families for Justice | First-time support for new york city social services agency to engage culturally competent therapists for black and latinx youth whose loved ones are justice-involved. | $75,000 |
| Association to Benefit Children | Renewed support for nyc agency providing school-based mental health services for children. | $75,000 |
| Bethesda Project | Renewed support for social services agency providing shelter, housing, and compassionate supportive services for adults experiencing homelessness in philadelphia. | $75,000 |
| Breaking Ground | Renewed support to hire a clinical coordinator for an aging services team. | $75,000 |
| Broad Street Love (Aka Broad Street Ministry) | Renewed general operating support for day program serving chronically homeless, seriously mentally ill individuals with a myriad of trauma-informed social services in philadelphia. | $75,000 |
| Brooklyn Community Housing and Services Inc | Continuing vaf funding for a senior family clinician to treat the mental health and emotional needs of homeless mothers and their children in a brooklyn family shelter. | $75,000 |
| CH Pennsylvania UNDER-21 | Renewed general operating grant for mental health services and emergency supports for a local chapter of a national agency serving homeless youth in philadelphia. | $75,000 |
| Children of Promise NYC | First-time support for a new york city social services agency providing academic, mental health and mentorship services for children whose parents are incarcerated to launch a family engagement center. | $75,000 |
Officers and trustees
- Kenneth A Kind
- Maurizio J Morello
- Judith Beck
- Alexandra Herzan
- Christina Kind
- Andrew Kindfuller
- Valerie Kind-Rubin
- Laura McKenna
- Clarence J Sundram
- Eric Galloway
- Marsha Cohen
Questions people ask
Does Van Ameringen Foundation Inc accept grant applications?
Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: See detailed instructions on foundation's website.
How much does Van Ameringen Foundation Inc give?
$9.0 million in tax year 2024, across 125 grants, with a typical grant of $75,000.
Who runs Van Ameringen Foundation Inc?
Its 2024 filing lists Kenneth A Kind (President and Treasurer), Maurizio J Morello (Vice President and Secretary), Judith Beck (Director) and Alexandra Herzan (Director) among 11 officers and trustees.
What does Van Ameringen Foundation Inc fund?
Based on its grants, mainly health, human services and youth programs.