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The Prospect Hill Foundation
2013-2014
The Prospect Hill Foundation
The mission of
The Prospect Hill Foundation
is to advance
The Prospect Hill Foundation pursues this mission by
making grants in four program areas: Environment, Juvenile
Justice, Nuclear Disarmament & Nonproliferation, and
Reproductive Health and Justice; and with Sponsored Grants
supporting the philanthropic interests and activities of
Beinecke family members. The Foundation’s grants support
activities mainly in the northeastern United States.
William S. Beinecke, Director and Chairman
John B. Beinecke, Director and President
Frederick W. Beinecke, Director, Vice President and Secretary
Frances G. Beinecke, Director
Sarah Beinecke Richardson, Director
Benjamin B. Beinecke, Director
Jacob S. Beinecke, Director
Carrie Elston Tunick, Director
Elizabeth B. Elston, Director
Mary B. Elston, Director
Jesse W. Smith, Director (on leave)
Robert J. Barletta, Treasurer
the human experience
while ensuring
Penny Fujiko Willgerodt, Executive Director
Steffany Ballas, Grants Administrator
The Prospect Hill Foundation is a private foundation
established in New York in 1959 by the late Elizabeth G.
Beinecke and William S. Beinecke, then President and
now the retired Chairman of The Sperry and Hutchinson
Company. In 1983, The Prospect Hill Foundation merged
with the Frederick W. Beinecke Fund, which had been
established by the will of William S. Beinecke’s father and
was later augmented by the will of Carrie Sperry Beinecke,
his mother.
the well-being
of the earth.
The Prospect Hill Foundation
99 Park Avenue, Suite 2220
New York, New York 10016-1601
Phone (212) 370-1165
Fax (212) 599-6282
www.prospect-hill.org
From July 1, 2013-June 30, 2014, grants totaling $2,758,000
were awarded to 86 organizations. In addition, the Foundation’s
matching gifts program awarded $286,223 to 186 organizations.
As of June 30, 2014, the market value of The Prospect Hill
Foundation’s assets was approximately $65,800,000.
Environment
The Prospect Hill Foundation’s environmental program will target issues related to coastal waters and oceans in the mid-Atlantic and southern New England regions from 2010 to 2014.*
Juvenile Justice
The Prospect Hill Foundation seeks to reform the juvenile
justice system in New York. From 2010 to 2015, the Foundation
will fund 1) advocacy efforts that promote policies and practices
that are fair, effective, and appropriate for youth and 2) capacity
building and promotion of community-based alternatives in
New York.**
Nuclear Disarmament
& Nonproliferation
The Prospect Hill Foundation seeks to further nuclear arms control and ultimately abolish nuclear weapons through support for
policy analysis, research and advocacy. The program will focus
its funding to advance support for multi-lateral agreements and
the use of existing international institutions created to limit the
proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Reproductive Health
& Justice
The Prospect Hill Foundation seeks to increase access
to sexual and reproductive health services by supporting advocacy work and building the pipeline for new reproductive justice
leaders in the field. ***
Sponsored Grants
As a family foundation, The Prospect Hill Foundation has a long
history of support for causes and institutions that are personally important to the foundation’s directors and their families.
Grantmaking is directed towards arts and culture, environmental conservation, civic affairs and educational institutions. These
grants reflect the Foundation’s values and philanthropic goals.
* The Foundation’s commitment in this program will continue
beyond 2015.
** Starting in 2014, this program’s new name is Youth Justice.
*** In 2015, the Foundation will shift its funding focus to
address the intersection of reproductive health care access
and health care reform.
:: Environmental Conservation
Association to Preserve Cape Cod
Barnstable, MA (www.apcc.org)
$15,000 for general support
Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Association
North Chatham, MA (www.ccchfa.org)
$25,000 for general support
Connecticut Fund for the Environment
New Haven, CT (www.ctenvironment.org)
$25,000 (1:1 matching grant) for Save The Sound
and the new New York office
Conservation Law Foundation, Rhode Island
Boston, MA (www.clf.org)
$15,000 for Rhode Island Clean Water Advocacy
Natural Resources Defense Council
New York, NY (www.nrdc.org)
$40,000 for the NY Atlantic Ocean Protection Initiative
Save The Bay
Providence, RI (www.savebay.org)
$40,000 for advocacy initiatives
The University of Rhode Island Foundation
Narragansett, RI (www.urifoundation.org)
$50,000 for the Rhode Island Shellfish Management Plan
Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, NY (www.wcs.org)
$15,000 for the NY Seascape Program
:: Juvenile Justice
Center for Community Alternatives, Correctional
Association of NY, Youth Represent
New York, NY (www.communityalternatives.org,
www.correctionalassociation.org, www.youthrepresent.org)
$21,000 for the Youth Speakers Institute
Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions
Brooklyn, NY (www.centerfornuleadership.org)
$20,000 for the Alliance on Youth Justice & Public Safety
Center for NYC Affairs
New York, NY (www.newschool.edu/milano/nycaffairs)
$15,000 for Child Welfare Watch & juvenile
justice programing
Community Connections for Youth
Bronx, NY (www.cc-fy.org)
$40,000 for Reclaiming Our Youth
Correctional Association of New York New York, NY (www.correctionalassociation.org)
$45,000 for the Juvenile Justice Project
exalt youth Brooklyn, NY (www.exaltyouth.org)
$40,000 for general support
Institute for Juvenile Justice Reform and Alternatives Brooklyn, NY (www.centerfornuleadership.org/)
$30,000 for Raise the Youth, Raise the Bar, Raise the Age
New York Center for Juvenile Justice New York, NY (www.nycjj.org)
$30,000 for the Judges Training Program
New York Juvenile Justice Initiative (Fiscal Sponsor
FJC, A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds)
New York, NY (www.nyjji.wordpress.com)
$4,000 for Dr. Butts/Roman RTA Cost-Benefit
Analysis Project
$5,000 for general support
Vera Institute of Justice
New York, NY (www.vera.org)
$50,000 for the Center on Youth Justice to staff the
Commission on Youth, Public Safety, and Justice
:: Nuclear Disarmament
& Nonproliferation
Arms Control Association Washington, DC (www.armscontrol.org)
$50,000 for general support
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Washington, DC (www.carnegieendowment.org/npp)
$50,000 for the Nuclear Policy Program
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Washington, DC (www.armscontrolcenter.org)
$30,000 for general support
Institute for Science & International Security
Washington, DC (www.isis-online.org)
$35,000 for general support
National Security Archive Fund
Washington, DC (www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv)
$35,000 for the Nuclear Weapons
Documentation Project
Natural Resources Defense Council
New York, NY (www.nrdc.org)
$42,500 for the Nuclear Program
The Peace and Security Funders Group ( fiscal sponsor:
Fund for Constitutional Government)
Washington, DC (www.peaceandsecurity.org)
$7,500 for general support Ploughshares Fund
San Francisco, CA (www.ploughshares.org)
$40,000 (2:1 matching grant) for the Iran campaign
Union of Concerned Scientists
Cambridge MA (www.ucsusa.org)
$30,000 for the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy Project
:: Reproductive Health & Justice
Center for Reproductive Rights
New York, NY (www.reproductiverights.org)
$40,000 for the U.S. Program
Choice USA
Washington, DC (www.choiceusa.org)
$25,000 for the Student Journalist program
Groundswell Fund
Oakland, CA (www.groundswell.org)
$50,000 for The Catalyst Fund
The Guttmacher Institute
New York, NY (www.guttmacher.org)
$30,000 for the Immigrant Women and the Case
for SRH Coverage project
National Advocates for Pregnant Women
New York, NY (www.advocatesforpregnantwomen.org)
$30,000 for general support
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
New York, NY (www.latinainstitute.org)
$50,000 for general support
Planned Parenthood of NYC
New York, NY (www.ppnyc.org)
$40,000 for general support
:: Sponsored Grants
As a family foundation, The Prospect Hill Foundation has
a long history of support for causes and institutions that
are personally important to the foundation’s directors and
their families. These grants reflect the Foundation’s values
and philanthropic goals.
Arts and Culture
Adirondack Museum
Blue Mountain Lake, NY (www.adkmuseum.org)
$10,000 for general support
American Museum of Natural History
New York, NY (www.amnh.org)
$25,000 for the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation
Ballet Hispanico of New York
New York, NY (www.ballethispanico.org)
$15,000 for general support
Chatham Orpheum Theater
Chatham, MA (www.orpheumchatham.org)
$25,000 for the capital campaign
Chez Bushwick
Brooklyn, NY (www.chezbushwick.net)
$9,000 for the Center for Performance Research
Close Encounters with Music
Great Barrington, MA (www.cewm.org)
$4,000 for general support
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Williamstown, MA (www.clarkart.edu)
$15,000 for general support
$300,000 for the Beinecke Fellowship in the Research and
Academic Program
Education
Phillips Academy
Andover, MA (www.andover.edu)
$50,000 for Addison Gallery of American Art
Westminster School
Simsbury, CT (www.westminster-school.org)
$50,000 for new dormitory construction
Environment
Community Music Works
Adirondack Council
The Flea Theater
Adirondack Foundation
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Audubon South Carolina
Providence, RI (www.communitymusicworks.org)
$25,000 for the Regional Business Model Initiative
New York, NY (www.theflea.org)
$10,000 for general support
Lee, MA (www.jacobspillow.org)
$10,000 for general support
Lincoln Center Theater
New York, NY (www.lct.org)
$30,000 for Open Stages
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY (www.metmuseum.org)
$20,000 for the Department of Greek and Roman Art
$10,000 for the Department of Paintings Conservation
Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks
(d/b/a The Wild Center)
Tupper Lake, NY (www.wildcenter.org)
$10,000 for general support
New York City Ballet
New York, NY (www.nycballet.org)
$40,000 for general support
New York Philharmonic
New York, NY (www.nyphil.org)
$35,000 for general support
School of American Ballet
New York, NY (www.sab.org)
$5,000 for two Children’s Division scholarships
Elizabethtown, NY (www.adirondackcouncil.org)
$5,000 for SKDKnickerbocker consultancy
Lake Placid, NY (www.generousact.org)
$25,000 for the Northern Forest Atlas Project
Harleyville, SC (www.sc.audubon.org)
$25,000 for Francis Beidler Forest’s
boardwalk reconstruction
Bronx River Alliance
Bronx, NY (www.bronxriver.org)
$25,000 for general support to honor
Linda Cox’s leadership
Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School
Brooklyn, NY (www.bugsbrooklyn.org)
$15,000 for academic program administrative staff person
The Carrot Project ( fiscal sponsor: Third Sector
New England)
Somerville, MA (www.thecarrotproject.org)
$20,000 for the Greater Berkshire Agriculture Fund
Central Park Conservancy New York, NY (www.centralparknyc.org)
$20,000 for the Harlem Meer
Conservation Law Foundation
Boston, MA (www.clf.org)
$30,000 for the Rhode Island Landfill Advocacy Project
Corbin Hill Food Project
New York, NY (www.corbinhillfoodproject.org)
$20,000 for capacity building
Farm Fresh Rhode Island
Protect the Adirondacks!
Friends of the Hudson River Greenway
Rhode Island Natural History Survey
Pawtucket, RI (www.farmfreshri.org)
$10,000 for the Harvest Kitchen program
Bronx, NY (www.greenwaylink.org)
$5,000 for Riverdale Riverfest 2013
$5,000 for Riverdale Riverfest 2014
Global Greengrants Fund
Boulder, CO (www.greengrants.org)
$15,000 for general support
Harwich Conservation Trust
Harwich, MA (www.harwichconservationtrust.org)
$50,000 for the Pleasant Bay Woodlands Project
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association Kempton, PA (www.hawkmountain.org)
$75,000 for the Common Room capital campaign
Land Trust Alliance
Washington, DC (www.landtrustalliance.org)
$10,000 for scholarships to Rally 2014
Metcalf Institute (Fiscal Sponsor University
of Rhode Island Foundation)
Narragansett, RI (www.metcalfinstitute.org)
$50,000 for the endowment capital campaign
Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
New York, NY (www.waterfrontalliance.org)
$15,000 for general support
The New York Botanical Garden Bronx, NY (www.nybg.org)
$25,000 for the Geographic Information Systems Laboratory
New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
New York, NY (www.nylcvef.org)
$10,000 for the New York City Program
Natural Resources Defense Council
New York, NY (www.protectthepalisades.org)
$50,000 for the Protect the Palisades Coalition
Open Space Institute
New York, NY (www.osiny.org)
$30,000 for the historic Tahawus site in the Adirondacks
The Partnership Project
Washington, DC (www.saveourenvironment.org)
$15,000 for general support
Prospect Park Alliance Brooklyn, NY (www.prospectpark.org)
$10,000 for the Natural Resources Crew
Saranac Lake, NY (www.protectadks.org)
$15,000 for general support
Kingston, RI (www.rinhs.org)
$25,000 for the Rhody Native Program
Wave Hill Bronx, NY (www.wavehill.org)
$25,000 for general support
Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, NY (www.wcs.org)
$100,000 for the NY Aquarium capital campaign
World Resources Institute
Washington, DC (www.wri.org)
$25,000 for the Climate and Energy Program
Social Services
Centurion Ministries Princeton, NJ (www.centurionministries.org)
$30,000 for general support
exalt youth
Brooklyn, NY (www.exaltyouth.org)
$12,500 for board development and funding diversification
Haitian Education and Leadership Program
New York, NY (www.uhelp.net)
$10,000 for scholarships and supportive services
New York Law School New York, NY (www.nyls.edu)
$7,500 for the Center for New York City Law
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Providence, RI (www.plannedparenthood.org/ppsne)
$25,000 for the Fund for Access in Providence, RI
Riverdale Neighborhood House
Bronx, NY (www.riverdaleonline.org)
$10,000 for the Youth Internship Program
$30,000 for the capital campaign
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, NY (www.wehealny.org)
$25,000 for volunteer service uniforms and equipment
The Women’s Fund of Rhode Island
Providence, RI (www.wfri.org)
$25,000 for the gender equality project
Year Up Providence
Providence, RI (www.yearup.org)
$25,000 (1:1 matching grant) for individual donor
base development
Application Procedures
As a matter of course, unsolicited requests for support are not
considered. Invited applicants may submit proposals to:
The Prospect Hill Foundation
99 Park Avenue, Suite 2220
New York, New York 10016-1601
The proposal narrative should be no more than six pages and
include:
:: organization background and history
:: proposed grant activities, including timeframe
:: a description of how success will be measured
Proposals also should include the following as attachments:
:: completed proposal coversheet
:: a budget for proposed grant activities (or project
budget) for all years covered in the proposal
:: a budget for the organization for the year(s)
covered in the proposal
:: a list of major foundation and corporate donors
:: the organization’s most recent audited
financial statements
:: biographies of key staff members
:: a list of the organization’s board of directors
:: the organization’s 501(c)(3) IRS determination letter
Further application instructions and the proposal
coversheet may be found on www.prospect-hill.org.
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