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George Link Jr Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · EIN 133041396

George Link Jr Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2024 it gave $2.3 million in 54 grants; the typical grant was $37,500 and the largest $200,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $1.9 million the year before.

100% 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 yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2020$2.1 million1$40.9 million
2023$1.9 million1$40.9 million
2024$2.3 million54$42.5 million

How to apply

ContactThe Bank of New York Mellon
200 Park AVENUE-54TH Floor, New York, NY 10166
Phone or email(212) 922-8328, joseph.samulski@bnymellom.com
What to submitRequest by letter, briefly describing the project objective and the areas assistance is being requested for.
Restrictions501(c)(3)

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What George Link Jr Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 8 states, the most to New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York37$1.7 million
New Jersey10$420,000
California2$100,000
Alabama1$50,000
Illinois1$30,000
North Carolina1$25,000
South Carolina1$25,000
Virginia1$25,000

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 54 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
General operating$200,000
St Marys Foundation for Children
Bayside, NY
General operating$100,000
Inner-City Scholarship Fund
New York, NY
General operating$75,000
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
Newark, NJ
General operating$75,000
Student Sponsor Partnership Inc
New York, NY
General operating$75,000
The Brooklyn Hospital Foundation
Brooklyn, NY
General operating$75,000
Team Rubicon
Los Angeles, CA
General operating$75,000
Congregation Rodeph Sholom
New York, NY
General operating$70,000
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundati
Staten Island, NY
General operating$65,000
Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative
Hackensack, NJ
General operating$50,000
Ronald McDonald House New York
New York, NY
General operating$50,000
NJ Leep
Newark, NJ
General operating$50,000
Legal Outreach
Astoria, NY
General operating$50,000
The Campaign Against Hunger Inc
Brooklyn, NY
General operating$50,000
Feeding Westchester Inc
Elmsford, NY
General operating$50,000
Long Island Cares
Hauppauge, NJ
General operating$50,000
Center for Food Action
Englewood, NJ
General operating$50,000
Gods Love We Deliver
New York, NY
General operating$50,000
Includenyc
New York, NY
General operating$50,000
Women in Need Inc
New York, NY
General operating$50,000
Comprehensive Youth Development
New York, NY
General operating$50,000
Eternal World Television Network
Irondale, AL
General operating$50,000
Catholic Health Care System Operating
Woodbury, NY
General operating$50,000
The New York Foundling
New York, NY
General operating$50,000
Valley Hospital Foundation
Ridgewood, NJ
General operating$50,000
The Hope Program
Bronx, NY
General operating$40,000
English Speaking Union of the United Sta
New York, NY
General operating$40,000
Sage Eldercare
Summit, NJ
General operating$35,000
Summer Search NYC
Bronx, NY
General operating$30,000
Dorot
New York, NY
General operating$30,000
Home for the Aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor
Bronx, NY
General operating$30,000
Long Island Alzheimer's and Dementia Cen
Westbury, NY
General operating$30,000
Gigi's Playhouse
Hoffman Estates, IL
General operating$30,000
City Harvest
Brooklyn, NY
General operating$30,000
Oliver Scholars
New York, NY
General operating$25,000
Go Project
New York, NY
General operating$25,000
Association of Community Employment
Long Island City, NY
General operating$25,000
East Side House
Bronx, NY
General operating$25,000
Dancing Dreams
Bayside, NY
General operating$25,000
USC Educational Foundation
Columbia, SC
General operating$25,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does George Link Jr Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does George Link Jr Foundation Inc give?

$2.3 million in tax year 2024, across 54 grants, with a typical grant of $37,500.

Who runs George Link Jr Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Anne Marie Troiano (Secretary), Kerry M Link M D (Vice President), Joseph M Samulski (Treasurer) and John Ippolito (President).

What does George Link Jr Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health, education and faith communities.

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