OVERVIEW: The Hyde and Watson Foundation funds education, social services, arts, health, religion, and humanities in the five boroughs of New York City and the New Jersey counties of Essex, Morris, and Union.
FUNDING AREAS: Education, social services, arts, health, religion, humanities
IP TAKE: This is a great Tri-State funder that provides broad support and one that New Jersey and New York nonprofits should get familiar with.
PROFILE: Established in 1983, the Hyde and Watson Foundation was formed when the Lillia Babbitt Hyde Foundation and the John Jay and Eliza Jane Watson Foundation consolidated to become one single funder. The foundation is based in Warren, New Jersey. Lillia Babbitt Hyde was the daughter of an entrepreneur and inventor who was successful in business and married a New York lawyer. John Jay Watson was successful in his career with the United States Rubber Company, and his surviving wife established a foundation to continue their philanthropic works. Grantmaking areas of interest are education, social services, arts, health, religion, and humanities.
This foundation awards grants broadly across program areas and often supports capital projects that are related to new building purchases, renovations, equipment, new facilities, and one-time capital needs. Additionally, the funder provides limited support for medical research. Past support has gone to groups including ALFRE. in Morristown, New Jersey, All Stars Project in New York City, and the American Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York.
Many foundation grants are between $5,000 and $25,000 each. The average grant is $10,000. Grantseekers can learn more about how much this funder gives and past grantees by examining recent financial records. The funder also shares details about past grantees on its website. Grantmaking largely takes place in the Tri-State area and in various places in New Jersey and New York. More specifically, the funder focuses on the five boroughs of New York City and the New Jersey counties of Essex, Morris, and Union.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. It utilizes an online grants management system and outlines its application procedures on its website. The application deadlines are February 15 for the spring grant cycle and September 15 for the fall grant cycle. Grantseekers can get in touch with the staff via email at info@hydeandwatson.org or by phone at 908-753-3700. Direct correspondence and applications to the foundation president, Brulinda Moriarty.
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