OVERVIEW: Established in 2006 as The Alec Baldwin Foundation, the Hilaria & Alec Baldwin Foundation focuses its grantmaking in New York City and Long Island. Grants go to a wide variety of causes, including arts and culture, health, and the environment.
IP TAKE: The foundation does not have a website or a clear way to get in touch. The Alec Baldwin Foundation, is, however, active on social media, and this is likely the best way to get in touch.
PROFILE: The Hilaria & Alec Baldwin Foundation was founded by actor Alec Baldwin in 2006. Alec Baldwin was born in 1958 in Amityville, New York and grew up on Long Island. He majored in political science at George Washington University, but later moved to Manhattan, where he enrolled at NYU with the intention of becoming an actor. Baldwin’s career began in television, then led him to Broadway and to film. Alongside Tina Fey, Baldwin starred on the television sitcom 30 Rock. Baldwin has received several awards, including several Screen Actors Guild Awards, Golden Globes, the Television Critics Award, and Emmy Awards.
The foundation changed its name to The Hilaria & Alec Baldwin Foundation in 2015. The foundation prioritizes arts and culture, environment, education, youth, and health causes.
Grants for Arts and Culture
Some of the foundation’s largest grantmaking supports arts and culture. Past grantees include the New York Philharmonic, which received grants of over $300,000 in 2016, and continues to see steady support. Baldwin’s ties to the Philharmonic are strong as he’s served as the Philharmonic’s radio host since 2008 and is also on the board of the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York.
Large sums also go to the Roundabout Theatre Company. Baldwin also supports Lincoln Center Theater, Symphony Space, Carnegie Hall Society, Ballet Theater Foundation, Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem, and more. Grants also support the New York Public Radio.
Grants for Civic Engagement and Human Rights
Past grantees include the Southern Poverty Law Center, RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights,and Death Penalty Focus.
Grants for Education
The Alec Baldwin Foundation broadly invests in education. The foundation supports Baldwin and Hilaria’s alma mater, NYU Grants also go to P.S. 41 in Greenwich Village (the neighborhood where he recently moved) and to various youth organizations such as Bent on Learning, “a nonprofit committed to teaching yoga to New York City public school children.”
Other grantees include Stony Brook University Foundation and Bent on Learning, “a nonprofit committed to teaching yoga to New York City public school children.” It is worth noting that Baldwin’s wife, Hilaria, is a yoga professional. Some grantmaking in this area also involves arts education.
Grants for Environment and Animal Welfare
The foundation supports the environment and animals. While much of this grantmaking has focused on Long Island, past grantees include the Central Park Conservancy.
Baldwin has long been critical of the country’s dependence on fossil fuels. Grantees include NRDC, Peconic Land Trust, and Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center.
Grants for Public Health and Access
Sums have also gone to health organizations, including the Elton John AIDS Foundation. A significant grantee in this area is Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund in Long Island which was founded by Baldwin’s mother, Carol.Other grantees have included Hole In The Wall Gang Camp, a “no-fee camp for youth with cancer and serious blood diseases, who reside in New England, New York or New Jersey”; and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Other Grantmaking
A component of the foundation’s philanthropy also involves human rights causes, though these tend to be on a national level, and LGBT organizations such as Gay Men’s Health Crisis, which “offers hands-on support services in New York City and education and advocacy for hundreds of thousands nationwide.”
Important Grant Details
The foundation does not have a traditional website or provide a clear way to get in touch. Grantseekers may want to try reaching out through social media. However, the foundation does not appear to accept unsolicited proposals or requests for funding.
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CONTACT:
The Alec Baldwin Foundation, Inc.
509 Madison Ave., 4th Fl.
New York, NY 10022
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