BERNARD F. AND ALVA B. GIMBEL FOUNDATION, INC.

Financial Information

Total Assets: $41,208,160

Total Giving: $3.55 million

Area of Service:

New York

Areas of Interest:

Not Available

Programs

None

Grants

The following grants were reported in recent years:
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
New York, New York – $100,000 in 2012
YALE UNIVERSITY
New Haven, Connecticut – $19,000 in 2012
PRATT INSTITUTE
New York, New York – $40,000 in 2012
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL BOSTON
Boston, Massachusetts – $7,000 in 2012

Limitations

The foundation does not make grants to: Individuals, direct service to program outside of New York City; Individual Schools; Short term educational programs & workshops; Mentoring programs; After school & summer programs; Youth development programs; film projects

Application submission deadlines are: Letters of Inquiry – None, Letters are accepted on an ongoing basis

Summary

Support for education, workforce/economic development, criminal justice, civil legal services, reproductive rights, the environment, and for advocacy in these areas.

Additional

Type of Grantmaker: Independent foundation
Incorporated in 1943 in NY.

Quick Facts Sheet

URL:

http://www.gimbelfoundation.org/

Located in:

New York,

New York

United States

Contact Information / Process

Tel: (212) 895-8050

Fax: (212) 895-8052

Email: [email protected]

Address:
BERNARD F AND ALVA B GIMBEL FOUNDATION INC
271 MADISON AVE STE 605
NEW YORK , New York 10016

Contact: Sabtina Singh, Senior Program Officer

Procedure:
Full proposals accepted by invitation only following review of a letter of inquiry. Please Note that the foundation will be making very few, if any, new grants in the coming year. For this reason, interested applicants are asked to contact the offices before submitting a letter of inquiry. Application form not required. Applicants should submit the following:
1. Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested
2. Statement of problem project will address
3. Population served
4. Copy of current year’s organizational budget and/or project budget
Initial approach: Prospective applicants should submit a two- to three-page letter of inquiry
Copies of proposal: 1
Board meeting date(s): June and Dec.
Deadline(s): Feb. 3rd and Aug. 4th for letters of inquiry
Final notification: Varies

Donors & Leadership

Directors:
Leslie Gimbel, President
Lynn S Stern, Vice President
Hope G Solinger, Honorary Chair
Stephen D Greenberg, Treasurer
Alva G Greenberg, Director
Judith Mendelsund, Director
Nicholas S G Stern, Director
Thomas S T Gimbel, Director

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