The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial
Official website of The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation, Inc., a private grantmaking foundation (EIN 13-6159445) based in New York. The site documents the foundation's mission, program areas, and selected legacy grantees and states the foundation closed in December 2022 after awarding over $30 million. Program focuses included legal and human rights, environment/population/health, education, and arts and culture.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Established national or state-level organizations in legal/human-rights, civil rights, education, environment, or arts and culture — or fiscal intermediaries aligned with those legacy program areas.
Good Fit
- • Organization works in legal/human-rights, civil rights, education, environment, or arts and culture.
- • Established track record and national visibility or affiliation with recognized fiscal intermediaries.
- • Existing relationship or prior connection to the foundation's leadership or legacy grantees.
- • Capacity to receive unrestricted or general-use awards via an intermediary or donor-advised fund.
Geography
Recipients in the latest year were located across seven states, indicating multi-state reach, but the dollar distribution was heavily concentrated in New York (95% of dollars).
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows eight distinct recipients that appear independent (including a large intermediary and several national legal/civil-rights groups); however one very large grant created strong dollar concentration and only one year of history is available.
New Applicants
The foundation and its application notes indicate awards were only to preselected recipients and the website explicitly states it will not accept proposals, so unfamiliar applicants would not be able to enter the portfolio; direct turnover evidence cannot be tested because only one year is observed.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
