The Achelis and Bodman Foundation
2017 Grants
Arts and Culture
American Ballet Theatre $25,000 New York, New York For general operating support
American Museum of Natural History $50,000 New York, New York To support a new walk-up overhead scanner for the Research Library ($25,000) and to create archival records of temporary exhibits ($25,000)
Americas Society $15,000 New York, New York For an exhibition, The Metropolis in Latin America (1830-1930)
Bronx River Alliance $25,000 Bronx, New York For general operating support
Brooklyn Academy of Music $50,000 Brooklyn, New York To support BAM Theater
Brooklyn Botanic Garden $50,000 Brooklyn, New York For general operating support
Center for Jewish History $25,000 New York, New York To support an exhibition, 500 Years of Treasures from Oxford
Clarion Music Society $50,000 New York, New York To support the 2017-18 season
Drama League $15,000 New York, New York To support the Directors Project
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Glimmerglass Festival $50,000 Cooperstown, New York To support the 2017 season
Solomon Guggenheim Museum $25,000 New York, New York For general operating support
Cora Hartshorn Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary $15,000 Short Hills, New Jersey To support forest restoration
Hispanic Society Museum & Library $50,000 New York, New York For general operating support
Library of America $50,000 New York, New York To support the publication of The Diaries of John Quincy Adams: 1779-1848
Little Orchestra Society $20,000 New York, New York For general operating support
Metropolitan Museum of Art $50,000 New York, New York For general operating support
Metropolitan Opera Guild $50,000 New York, New York For general operating support
Mint Theater Company $15,000 New York, New York For general operating support
Montclair Orchestra $25,000 Upper Montclair, New Jersey For student fellowships
Morven Museum & Garden $15,000 Princeton, New Jersey To support an exhibition, Newark and the Culture of Art: 1900-1960
National Lighthouse Museum $20,000 Staten Island, New York For general operating support
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Naumburg Orchestral Concerts $15,000 New York, New York To the support the 2018 series of concerts at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park
New York City Ballet $25,000 New York, New York For general operating support
New-York Historical Society $125,000 New York, New York To support an exhibition, The Vietnam War
New York Preservation Archive Project $20,000 New York, New York For general operating support
New York Public Library $30,000 New York, New York To support the Shared Sacred Sites Project
Next Festival of Emerging Artists $5,000 Fiduciary: Fractured Atlas New York, New York To support the 2018 season
Noble Maritime Collection $20,000 Staten Island, New York To support the restoration of the Robbins Reef Lighthouse and related programming
Paley Center for Media $50,000 New York, New York For general operating support
Queens Botanical Garden $20,000 Queens, New York For general operating support
Queens Historical Society $15,000 Queens, New York For general operating support
Riverside Symphony $20,000 New York, New York For general operating support
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Salon de Virtuosi $15,000 New York, New York For general operating support
School of American Ballet $25,000 New York, New York For general operating support
Second Stage Theater $25,000 New York, New York For general operating support
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden $50,000 Staten Island, New York To support Snug Harbor 2020
Staten Island Children’s Museum $25,000 Staten Island, New York For general operating support
Symphony Space $25,000 New York, New York For general operating support
Target Margin Theater $25,000 Brooklyn, New York For general operating support
Wildlife Conservation Society $200,000 Bronx, New York For the Bronx Zoo: Public Engagement for Conservation
Education
All-Star Code $75,000 New York, New York To support the Summer Intensive in New York City
Audubon New York $20,000 Troy, New York To support the For the Birds! curriculum in New York City
Bill of Rights Institute $30,000 Arlington, Virginia For two Constitutional Seminars for teachers in New York City
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Cathedral High School $50,000 New York, New York For scholarships
Classical Charter Schools $50,000 Bronx, New York For the planning and first-year expenses of South Bronx Classical Charter School IV
Classroom, Inc. $50,000 New York, New York For general operating support
Cristo Rey New York High School $50,000 New York, New York For general operating support
Dominican Academy $50,000 New York, New York For scholarships
East Harlem School at Exodus House $50,000 New York, New York For general operating support
English-Speaking Union of the United States $30,000 New York, New York To support the 35th Annual National Shakespeare Competition
Grace Outreach $40,000 Bronx, New York For general operating support
Harlem Educational Activities Fund $40,000 New York, New York For general operating support
Heterodox Academy $100,000 Fiduciary: Leonard Stern School of Business, New York University New York, New York For general operating support
Newark Boys Chorus School $50,000 Newark, New Jersey For scholarships
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Reading Team $20,000 New York, New York To support the Preschool Program
Regis High School $50,000 New York, New York To support the REACH Program
Saint Ignatius School $35,000 Bronx, New York For general operating support
Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children $50,000 Newark, New Jersey To support the General Scholarship Program
School Sisters of Notre Dame Educational Center $20,000 Queens, New York For general operating support
Student Free Press Association $30,000 Hillsdale, Michigan For general operating support
Xavier High School $50,000 New York, New York For scholarships
Employment
Comprehensive Development, Inc. $50,000 New York, New York To support the Emergency Medical Technician Training Program
Getting Out and Staying Out $50,000 New York, New York For general operating support
Henry Street Settlement $50,000 New York, New York For the Workforce Development Center
HOPE Program $50,000 Brooklyn, New York To support job training and placement for ex-offenders
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Hot Bread Kitchen $50,000 New York, New York For the Bakers in Training program
New Jewish Home $50,000 New York, New York For the Geriatric Career Development Program for Older Youth
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute $50,000 Bronx, New York For the creation and piloting of specialty training curricula for homecare workers
Per Scholas $50,000 Bronx, New York To support programs in Brooklyn
Health
Arts Unbound $20,000 Orange, New Jersey To support the Artist Development Program
Healthcare Chaplaincy Network $50,000 New York, New York To support the Hospital On-Site Chaplaincy Program
INCLUDEnyc $50,000 New York, New York To support the Metrics Initiative
Musicians on Call $20,000 New York, New York To support the New York City Bedside Performance program myFace $50,000 New York, New York To support the Newman Family Support Center
Operation Homefront $25,000 San Antonio, Texas To support the Hearts of Valor care groups for the caregivers of severely wounded veterans in New York State and New Jersey
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Partnership for Drug-Free Kids $50,000 New York, New York To support the creation and distribution of an Opioid Guide for Parents
Patton Veterans Project $25,000 New York, New York To support two film workshops for veterans at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx
Rockefeller University $250,000 New York, New York For the High-Performance Computing Initiative
Public Policy
American Islamic Forum for Democracy $25,000 Phoenix, Arizona To support a social media campaign
Anglosphere Society $25,000 New York, New York To support a conference, Strengthening Communities of Faith in Europe and the Middle East
Atlas Network $50,000 Washington, DC To support the Global Policy Perspectives lecture series in New York City
Atlas Network $100,000 Washington, DC To create a fund to support think tanks in the Middle East and North Africa
Committee to Protect Journalists $25,000 New York, New York To support the Journalist Assistance Program
Competitive Enterprise Institute $75,000 Washington, DC To support the Labor Program ($50,000) and the Center for Class Action Fairness ($25,000)
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Encounter Books $50,000 Fiduciary: Encounter for Culture and Education New York, New York For general operating support
Ethics and Public Policy Center $35,000 Washington, DC For continued support of research on federally-funded art and architecture by senior fellow Bruce Cole
Federalist Society $25,000 Washington, DC To support debates at law school chapters in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
Foundation for Constitutional Government $50,000 New York, New York For general operating support
Freedom House $50,000 Washington, DC For general operating support
Freedom House $50,000 Washington, DC To support the development of new research, advocacy and communications strategies
Garden State Initiative $25,000 Morristown, New Jersey For general operating support
Hudson Institute $150,000 Washington, DC To support the Global Issues Discussion Series in New York City ($75,000) and the work of Walter Russell Mead ($75,000)
Hudson Institute $100,000 Washington, DC To support A New Conservative Internationalist Foreign Policy
Institute for Family Studies $50,000 Charlottesville, Virginia For the Educational Video Initiative
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Law and Economics Center, Antonin Scalia Law School $50,000 Fiduciary: George Mason University Foundation Arlington, Virginia To support the Federal Judges Initiative
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research $175,000 New York, New York To support: Stress-Testing New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut: The Pension Crisis, Its True Depth and Its Effects on Economic Resiliency ($75,000); Poverty and Progress in New York City: Analyzing Gotham in a Mayoral Election Year ($50,000); and the Severe Mental Illness Initiative ($50,000)
Mental Illness Policy Org $2,500 New York, New York To support the purchase and distribution of DJ Jaffe’s new book, Insane Consequences: How the Mental Health Industry Fails the Mentally Ill
Matthew H. Ornstein Memorial Foundation $100,000 Washington, DC For a documentary on Judge Steven Leifman
Benjamin Rush Institute $50,000 Dallas, Texas To support programs at medical schools in New York and New Jersey
Smart Approaches to Marijuana $75,000 Alexandria, Virginia To support an expanded report on the impact of marijuana legalization in Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska ($50,000) and to support public education efforts in New York State, New Jersey and Connecticut ($25,000)
Treatment Advocacy Center $75,000 Arlington, Virginia For a report, The Costs of Using Law Enforcement to Serve Individuals in Psychiatric Crisis
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Youth and Families
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth and Middlesex Counties $40,000 Asbury Park, New Jersey For general operating support
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern New Jersey $50,000 Mountain Lakes, New Jersey To support the 50 Years and Beyond capital campaign
Boy Scouts of America, Greater New York Councils $75,000 New York, New York To support the Scoutreach Program
Boy Scouts of America, Northern New Jersey Council $75,000 Oakland, New Jersey To support the Scoutreach Program
Boys and Girls Clubs of Hudson County $50,000 Jersey City, New Jersey For general operating support
Boys and Girls Club of Paterson and Passaic $50,000 Paterson, New Jersey For general operating support
Coalition for the Homeless $20,000 New York, New York To support Camp Homeward Bound
Connecticut Burns Care Foundation $20,000 Milford, Connecticut To support the Arthur C. Luf Children’s Burn Camp
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Hudson County $20,000 Jersey City, New Jersey For general operating support
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Union County $20,000 Elizabeth, New Jersey For general operating support
Dwelling Place of New York $20,000 New York, New York For general operating support
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Happiness is Camping $20,000 Hardwick, New Jersey For the 2017 summer camp
Girl Scouts of Greater New York $75,000 New York, New York To support Urban Day Camp and Girls in Action
Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club $75,000 Bronx, New York To support the Immigrant Outreach Project
NYC Parents in Action $20,000 New York, New York For general operating support
Supportive Children’s Advocacy Network $20,000 New York, New York To support the Violence Prevention Program
Thrive for Life Prison Project $15,000 New York, New York To support employment and education programs
Others
All Hands and Hearts $25,000 Mattapoisett, Massachusetts For the Puerto Rico Hurricane Response Fund in response to Hurricane Maria
Community Foundation of the Florida Keys $25,000 Key West, Florida For the Florida Keys Emergency Relief Fund in response to Hurricane Irma
Food Bank for New York City $20,000 New York, New York For general operating support
Fulfill $20,000 Neptune, New Jersey For general operating support
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Jersey Cares $25,000 Livingston, New Jersey For general operating support
Lunch Break $20,000 Red Bank, New Jersey For general operating support
New York Common Pantry $20,000 New York, New York For general operating support
OneStar Foundation $25,000 Austin, Texas For the Rebuild Texas Fund in response to Hurricane Harvey
St. John’s Bread and Life $20,000 Brooklyn, New York For general operating support
Taproot Foundation $50,000 New York, New York To provide Team-Based Projects for six grantees of the Foundation
Virgin Unite USA $35,000 New York, New York For the BVI Community Support Appeal in response to Hurricane Irma
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