Private foundation · New York, NY

Appleman Foundation Inc

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Typical grant size
$3K – $8K – $15K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
112
Repeat grantees
67
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Susan Unterberg
PRESIDENT
Ellen Unterberg Celli
VICE PRESIDENT
James Satloff
SECRETARY & TREASUER

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
6.7%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
451
Total grants awarded
$9.9M
Total amount
$22K
Average grant
$1.0M
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$2.1M
134 grants
2023
$2.6M
102 grants
2022
$2.1M
97 grants
2021
$1.8M
85 grants
2020
$1.4M
33 grants

Top recipients

4 grants · NY · ≈ likely match
$1.6M
3 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$1.2M
Anonymous Was a Woman
1 grant · NY
$1.0M
3 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$610K
4 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$295K
5 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$265K
4 grants · ME · ≈ likely match
$183K
Grey Art Musem NYU
1 grant · NY
$166K
Public Arts Fund
2 grants · NY
$150K
5 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$138K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

New York Foundation for the Arts
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$218K
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
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$200K
American Red Cross of Greater Ny
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$100K
Public Arts Fund
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$75K
Colby College
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
ME · TY 2024
$65K
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ny
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$60K
The 92nd Street Y
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$50K
Metropolitan Opera
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$50K
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$40K
Metropolitan Museum of Art
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$40K
The Bogliasco Foundation
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$35K
Citizens Committee for Children
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$35K
Artists and Mothers
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$30K
Sarah Lawrence College
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$30K
Yaddo
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Madison Square Park Conservancy
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Astrea Media
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics Mt Sinai
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$25K
League of Woman Voters NYC
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Protect Democracy
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
DC · TY 2024
$25K
Wnet Thirteen
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Free Speech for People
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
TX · TY 2024
$25K
Voter Participation Center
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
DC · TY 2024
$25K
Dia Art Foundation
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Anti-defamation League
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Southern Methodist University
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
TX · TY 2024
$25K
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
CT · TY 2024
$25K
Park Avenue Amory
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Center for Reproductive Rights
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
VA · TY 2024
$20K
Feeding America
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
DC · TY 2024
$20K
Project Eats
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$20K
The Drawing Center
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$20K
Chicken & Egg Pictures
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$20K
Central Park Conservancy
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$20K
Macdowell
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NH · TY 2024
$20K
International Rescue Committee
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
MN · TY 2024
$20K
The Humane Society of New York
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$15K
The Landmark Public Arts Program
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
TX · TY 2024
$15K
Via Art Fund
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$15K
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$15K
Unlocal Inc
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$15K
Pregnancy Justice
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$15K
Colby College Museum of Art
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
ME · TY 2024
$15K
Skowhegan School of Painting
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$15K
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$15K
The People for the American Way
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
DC · TY 2024
$12K
Whitney Museum of American Art
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$11K
NYC Coalition for the Homeless
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$11K
Congregation Rodeph Shalom
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Nyclu Foundation
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
NY · TY 2024
$10K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.