OVERVIEW: The Joseph LeRoy and Ann C. Warner Fund supports organizations that assist children with disabilities and children in foster care through education, arts, sports, health care, family preservation, research, primary care services, and advocacy programs.
FUNDING AREAS: Children with disabilities, children in foster care
IP TAKE: This New York-focused funder supports a wide variety of programs as long as they benefit specific demographics of children.
PROFILE: Established in 1998, the Joseph LeRoy and Ann C. Warner Fund provides grants to organizations that serve children with disabilities and who are in foster care. The foundation is based in New York City. It aims to “develop and enhance programming by innovative organizations devoted to providing meaningful services to children with disabilities and children in foster care.”
This foundation’s grant program is designed to fill gaps that address the needs of vulnerable children. It does this through a wide variety of programs that touch on topics like education, arts, sports, health care, family preservation, research, primary care services, and advocacy. Foundation grants often go towards promoting new and creative ideas that can become sustainable and effective.
Warner Fund grants range between $2,500 and $75,000. Nonprofits can view a list of past grantees on the Supported Programs page of the funder’s website. Although grantmaking is not solely restricted to the New York metropolitan area, many of the funder’s grants stay in this region. The foundation awards grants for both program support and general operating support.
This foundation accepts unsolicited letters of inquiry on an ongoing basis. Details of what should be included in this letter of four pages or less are listed on the funder’s website. Nonprofits must submit letters of inquiry via online system. After an initial review period, the foundation contacts select inquirers to request a formal proposal, which is also accepted on an ongoing basis. Grantseekers should direct general questions to the staff at 646-751-8795 or to Executive Director Joseph Madonia at jmadonia@warnerfund.org.
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