Frederick and Nancy Dematteis 2001 Charitable Trust

How to apply, from its 2025 IRS return

How to ask

The 2001 Frederick & Nancy DeMatteis Family Charitable Trust operates under the name "The DeMatteis Family Foundation." Applications require a one page abstract outlining: (1) organization's mission and services rendered; (2) description of the project for which funding is sought; (3) total cost of project; (4) sources and amounts of other support; and (5) copy of the IRS tax-exempt status letter.

Deadlines

The Board meets quarterly and takes action on all applications received. All decisions are final.

Limits on who can apply

The Foundation makes grants only to private, publicly supported, not-for-profit, approved 501(c)(3) tax-exempt agencies, institutions, and organizations. The Foundation makes grants to eligible institutions whose mission involves: education, health and human services, medical research, and the arts with a focus on the New York metropolitan area. Applicants are asked not to request a specific grant amount; the Board of Trustees decides on the approved grant level.

Grants paid in 2025

$1.1 million, to organizations

This is what the foundation told the IRS on Form 990-PF. It isn’t a confirmed open grant round, and details may have changed, so contact the foundation before applying. Its mailing address is on the full return: see it on ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer.