The James Marston Fitch Charitable | Foundation Profile

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EIN: 13-3993856

Foundation Overview

Based in Millwood, NY, The James Marston Fitch Charitable has awarded 55 grants totaling $373,725 to organizations in District of Columbia, New York and 9 other states across the US. Individual grants range from $2,000 to $17,500, with a median award of $5,000.

Latest Tax Year
2024
Total Giving (all years)
$373,725
Total Assets
$993,128
Median Grant (all grants)
$5,000

Latest Form 990-PF Snapshot

Total Grants
8
Median Grant
$6,250
% Median Grant Growth
+25% (vs previous year)
Data extracted from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Last filing year: May 2026

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New Applicant Friendliness
Balanced Approach: 50%

4 of 8 recipients (50%) were new grantees. Foundation maintains loyal partnerships while remaining open to qualified new applicants with strong proposals.

Geographic Focus
New York

51% of grants are awarded in New York, with additional funding distributed across 10 other locations. The foundation balances regional focus with broader geographic diversity. Within New York, funding concentrates in New York (75%), Newburgh (14%), Brooklyn (11%).

Funding Trajectory
+81%

Strong 81% growth in annual giving over 6 years indicates expanding philanthropic capacity and increasing opportunities for grant seekers. This upward trajectory suggests growing foundation resources and commitment.

Program Areas
Education + 4 others

Diversified giving across multiple program areas with primary emphasis on education (59%). This broad approach suggests openness to various causes and innovative cross-sector solutions.

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Grants & Funding

Analyzing past grantees provides valuable insights into The James Marston Fitch Charitable's funding preferences, organizational priorities, and grant making patterns. This historical data helps potential applicants understand the foundation's strategic focus and identify successful funding approaches.

Name Amount Location Purpose Year
National Trust For Historic Preservation $5,000 Washington, DC, US Support Undergraduate Student Pursuing Fields Related To Historic Preservation. 2024
Docomomo Us $7,500 New York, NY, US Support The Creation Of The Theodore Prudon Educational Fund Grant By A Leading Organization Focused On Preservation Of Modern Buildings. 2024
Justin Den Herder $5,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Study Logistics And Impact Of Lumber Reuse. 2024
Amy C Hetletvedt $7,500 Belmont, MI, US Complete Pre-publication Process For Monograph That Uses Case Studies To Catalog Approaches To Historic Buildings In Disinvested Communities. 2024
Tonika Johnson $17,500 Chicago, IL, US Award Recognizes Significant Innovation In The Field Of Historic Preservation Through The Lens Of Diversifying Representation And Neglected Heritage. 2024
Sean Denniston $5,000 Vancouver, WA, US Study The Impact Of Sustainability Tools Such As Building Performance Standards On Historic Buildings And Produce A Historic Buildings Toolkit That Provides Guidance Policy Development And Implementation 2024
Katherine Wonson $10,000 Wilson, WY, US Study And Propose Solutions For The Problem Of Ineffective Preservation Maintenance Planning For National Park Service Historic Assets 2024
Gorham Bird $5,000 Auburn, AL, US Measure And Represent The Environmental And Economic Benefits Of Historic Preservation And Adaptive Reuse Of Historic Buildings Through A Detailed Study Of The Rosenwald School Site In Bullock County, Al. 2024
Naomi Hersson-ringskog $7,500 Newburgh, NY, US Supported A Pilot Project To Reactivate A Building Shell For Interim Use, With And For The Community, Located In Newburgh, Ny 2023
Katherine Wonson $5,000 Wilson, WY, US Study And Propose Solutions For The Problem Of Ineffective Preservation Maintenance Planning For National Park Service Historic Assets 2023
Gorham Bird $5,000 Auburn, AL, US Measure And Represent The Environmental And Economic Benefits Of Historic Preservation And Adaptive Reuse Of Historic Buildings Through A Detailed Study Of The Rosenwald School Site In Bullock County, Al 2023
Liz Mcenaneyfullerton Center $2,500 Newburgh, NY, US Supported A Pilot Project To Reactivate A Building Shell For Interim Use, With And For The Community, Located In Newburgh, Ny 2023
Naomi Hersson-ringskog $7,500 Newburgh, NY, US Supported A Pilot Project To Reactivate A Building Shell For Interim Use, With And For The Community, Located In Newburgh, Ny 2023
Katherine Wonson $5,000 Wilson, WY, US Study And Propose Solutions For The Problem Of Ineffective Preservation Maintenance Planning For National Park Service Historic Assets 2023
Gorham Bird $5,000 Auburn, AL, US Measure And Represent The Environmental And Economic Benefits Of Historic Preservation And Adaptive Reuse Of Historic Buildings Through A Detailed Study Of The Rosenwald School Site In Bullock County, Al 2023
Liz Mcenaneyfullerton Center $2,500 Newburgh, NY, US Supported A Pilot Project To Reactivate A Building Shell For Interim Use, With And For The Community, Located In Newburgh, Ny 2023
Laura Blokker $5,975 Greensburg, LA, US To Create A Website To Index And Survey Segregated Schools In Louisiana. 2022
Heidi Hohmann $9,900 Ames, IA, US Conduct Research On Ecological And Sociological Changes In The Minneapolis Wetlands. 2022
Bonnie Mcdonald $7,975 Chicago, IL, US Conduct Major Survey Of Preservation Professionals To Evaluate The Efficacy Of The Field At Large. 2022
Jobie Hall $2,000 Iowa City, IA, US Complete A Documentary Short On Slave Dwellings. 2022
Suzana Radivojevic $5,000 Eugene, OR, US Study Of Architectural Plywood. 2022
Justin Den Herder $5,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Study Logistics And Impact Of Lumber Reuse. 2022
Michael Holleran $10,000 Austin, TX, US Historical Survey Of Water Infrastructure Systems In Texas. 2022
National Trust For Historic Preservation $15,000 Washington, DC, US Support 3 Undergraduate Students Pursuing Fields Related To Historic Preservation. 2022
Laura Blokker $5,975 Greensburg, LA, US To Create A Website To Index And Survey Segregated Schools In Louisiana. 2022
Heidi Hohmann $9,900 Ames, IA, US Conduct Research On Ecological And Sociological Changes In The Minneapolis Wetlands. 2022
Bonnie Mcdonald $7,975 Chicago, IL, US Conduct Major Survey Of Preservation Professionals To Evaluate The Efficacy Of The Field At Large. 2022
Jobie Hall $2,000 Iowa City, IA, US Complete A Documentary Short On Slave Dwellings. 2022
Suzana Radivojevic $5,000 Eugene, OR, US Study Of Architectural Plywood. 2022
Justin Den Herder $5,000 Brooklyn, NY, US Study Logistics And Impact Of Lumber Reuse. 2022
Michael Holleran $10,000 Austin, TX, US Historical Survey Of Water Infrastructure Systems In Texas. 2022
National Trust For Historic Preservation $15,000 Washington, DC, US Support 3 Undergraduate Students Pursuing Fields Related To Historic Preservation. 2022
National Trust For Historic Preservation $15,000 Washington, DC, US General Support 2021
Jobie Hill $6,500 New York, NY, US The Silenced Voices In Interpreting Sites Of Slavery Project (silenced Voices) Is Designed To Transform Public Perspectives And Set New Interpretation Standards For Historic Sites Of Slavery. The Missing Voices From Contemporary Interpretations Are Those From Descendants Of Enslaved Communities. Working At One Of The Busiest Historic Sites Of Slavery In The United States Reminded Me That For Far Too Long The Histories Of Many Non-white Americans Have Been Told To Us And Not By Us; And That The Interpretation And Preservation Of The Living And Working Environments Of Enslaved People Need To Be Challenged And The Methodologies Used To Research And Interpret Those Environments Need To Be Updated. 2021
National Trust For Historic Preservation $15,000 Washington, DC, US General Support 2021
Jobie Hill $6,500 New York, NY, US The Silenced Voices In Interpreting Sites Of Slavery Project (Silenced Voices) Is Designed To Transform Public Perspectives And Set New Interpretation Standards For Historic Sites Of Slavery. The Missing Voices From Contemporary Interpretations Are Those From Descendants Of Enslaved Communities. Working At One Of The Busiest Historic Sites Of Slavery In The United States Reminded Me That For Far Too Long The Histories Of Many Non-white Americans Have Been Told To Us And Not By Us; And That The Interpretation And Preservation Of The Living And Working Environments Of Enslaved People Need To Be Challenged And The Methodologies Used To Research And Interpret Those Environments Need To Be Updated. 2021
National Trust For Historic Preservation $15,000 Washington, DC, US General Support 2021
Jobie Hill $6,500 New York, NY, US The Silenced Voices In Interpreting Sites Of Slavery Project (Silenced Voices) Is Designed To Transform Public Perspectives And Set New Interpretation Standards For Historic Sites Of Slavery. The Missing Voices From Contemporary Interpretations Are Those From Descendants Of Enslaved Communities. Working At One Of The Busiest Historic Sites Of Slavery In The United States Reminded Me That For Far Too Long The Histories Of Many Non-white Americans Have Been Told To Us And Not By Us; And That The Interpretation And Preservation Of The Living And Working Environments Of Enslaved People Need To Be Challenged And The Methodologies Used To Research And Interpret Those Environments Need To Be Updated. 2021
Laura Blokker $9,000 New York, NY, US This Project Will Examine The Potential To Reclaim The Legacy Of African American Educational Excellence And Community Pride Through Preservation And Design Innovation. Across The State Of Louisiana -as In Other Southern States -sit Many Long-vacant School Plants That Tell The Story Of African American Education In The First Half Of The Twentieth Century. These Once Thriving Educational Facilities Are Embodied Energy Waiting For A Twenty-first Century Life. 2020
Paul Kapp $3,750 New York, NY, US During The Great Depression, Architects, Politicians, And Entrepreneurial Women In The Deep South Collaborated To Redefine The Aging, Dilapidated Buildings Of Their Cities And Towns By Designating Them As Historic Landmarks. Seizing On An Opportunity Provided By New Deal Programs, They Did This Not Necessarily To Preserve Their Ancestors' Legacies, But To Improve Their Present And Future Economic Status And To Creat - Intentionally - A Thriving New Industry: What We Know Today As Cultural Tourism. This Research And Subsequent Book Will Tell The Story Of This Remarkable Transformation And Analyze Its Cultural Significance. Total Grant Amount: $15,000 2020
Margaret Lester $3,750 New York, NY, US Focusing On The Portfolio Of Architect Minerva Parker Nichols, Margaret Lesters Research Examines The Histories We Dont Preserve, Towards The Goal Of Testing New Methodologies To Identify, Evaluate And Commemorate A Body Of Work That Defies Traditional Preservation Frameworks. As The First Woman In The Country To Practice Independently, And The Architect For Dozens Of Female-driven And -funded Commissions In The Late 19th Century, Nichols Is Both Socially And Architecturally Significant In American History. Yet, Like Many Notable Women, She Is Consistently Omitted From Historical Records. Thus, Minerva Parker Nichols Career Presents An Opportunity To Prototype New Ways To Talk About Non-traditional Narratives And Sustain Unconventional Historic Places. Lesters Project Uses Storytelling In Various Forms And Scales To Fuel A Forward-looking Conversation About The Past. Total Grant Amount: $15,000 2020
Todd Lawson $5,000 New York, NY, US The Clatsop-nehalem Confederated Tribes (cnct) People Inhabited The Oregon Coast For Centuries But Sadly The Cnct Lost All Built Architecture, Symbolic Ties And Ownership In The Seaside Area Due To Government Termination Policy, Racism, And Disease. For Over A Century, The Tribe Has Been Without Any Land And Now There Isn't Even A Trace Of A Traditional Home. In 2020, However, The Coastal Land Conservancy Transferred 18.6 Acres Of Salt Marsh And Forest Back To The Tribe's Ownership. As A Member Of The Tribe, Lawson Has Been Charged With Researching The Preservation Of Traditional Building Methods, Design, And Facilitate The Creation Of A New Cultural Center And Longhouse. 2020
Bonnie Mcdonald $6,275 New York, NY, US The Historic Preservation Movement Is Facing A Relevancy Crisis In The United States. Twenty Years Of Experience In The Field And Dozens Of Recent Interviews With Peers And Other Preservation Professionals From Around The Nation Has Led Bonnie Mcdonald To Firmly Believe In This Bold Statement. To Be Applicable In The Modern World, Preservation Must Be Inclusive And Be A Part Of The Solution To Tackling Today's Toughest Challenges Such As Climate Change, Housing And Equity, Diversity And Inclusion. Practitioners Must Position Preservation As A Solution-based Movement That The Larger Population - Not Just Those Inside Our Niche Field - Can Support. Additionally, If Mcdonald Believes That To Remain Relevant As A Movement, Historic Preservation Must Provide Practical, Implementable Solutions For Those Working On The Ground. 2020
Jobie Hill $6,500 New York, NY, US The Silenced Voices In Interpreting Sites Of Slavery Project (silenced Voices) Is Designed To Transform Public Perspectives And Set New Interpretation Standards For Historic Sites Of Slavery. The Missing Voices From Contemporary Interpretations Are Those From Descendants Of Enslaved Communities. Working At One Of The Busiest Historic Sites Of Slavery In The United States Reminded Me That For Far Too Long The Histories Of Many Non-white Americans Have Been Told To Us And Not By Us; And That The Interpretation And Preservation Of The Living And Working Environments Of Enslaved People Need To Be Challenged And The Methodologies Used To Research And Interpret Those Environments Need To Be Updated. 2020
Ian Baldwin $5,000 New York, NY, US An Occupied Building Strengthens The Social And Economic Fabric Of The City, But The Resources Needed To Reactivate Abandoned Or Underused Buildings Are Substantial. With Slice, Ian Baldwin And His Coresearcher Jonathan Bell Will Investigate If A Large Building Awaiting Preservation Could Be Downsized To Focus On Its Most Important Resource - Its Urban Facade. By Building Out The Area Right Behind The Facade, A Slice Is Created: A Vertical Stack Of Rehabilitated Space Just Big Enough For Useful Occupancy That Brings The Exterior Alive. Baldwin And Bell's Work Will Result In A Portfolio Of Research Into Current Practices And Technologies To Apply The Slice Methodology To Other Buildings, Anticipating A Broad, Flexible Range Of Applications To Encourage Slice Implementation Beyond The Northeastern United States, Where Different Outcomes Will Surely Exist. Total Grant Amount: $15,000 2019
Laura Buchner $3,750 New York, NY, US Modern Architectural Heritage Is Increasingly The Subject Of Preservation Efforts, As Innovative Mid-century Structures Face On-going Deterioration And Risk Of Demolition. Understanding The Technical Evolution And Performance Of The Unique Materials Comprising Modern Architecture Is Paramount To Safeguarding These Structures. Daile De Verre, Also Known As Faceted Glass, Is Among These Unique Materials. Conservator Laura Buchner Will Research The Fabrication Methods, Deterioration Patterns And Conservation Techniques Of Dalle De Verre, Focusing On Panels Designed By The Prolific French Stained Glass Artist Gabriel Loire. Through Her Fitch-funded Research, Buchner Will Be Able To Effectively Characterize Decay Mechanisms Towards The Goal Of Informing Conservation Decisions Associated With Dalle De Verre, A Hand-crafted Material. Total Grant Amount: $15,000 2019
Paul Kapp $3,750 New York, NY, US During The Great Depression, Architects, Politicians, And Entrepreneurial Women In The Deep South Collaborated To Redefine The Aging, Dilapidated Buildings Of Their Cities And Towns By Designating Them As Historic Landmarks. Seizing On An Opportunity Provided By New Deal Programs, They Did This Not Necessarily To Preserve Their Ancestors' Legacies, But To Improve Their Present And Future Economic Status And To Creat - Intentionally - A Thriving New Industry: What We Know Today As Cultural Tourism. This Research And Subsequent Book Will Tell The Story Of This Remarkable Transformation And Analyze Its Cultural Significance. Total Grant Amount: $15,000 2019
Margaret Lester $3,750 New York, NY, US Focusing On The Portfolio Of Architect Minerva Parker Nichols, Margaret Lesters Research Examines The Histories We Dont Preserve, Towards The Goal Of Testing New Methodologies To Identify, Evaluate And Commemorate A Body Of Work That Defies Traditional Preservation Frameworks. As The First Woman In The Country To Practice Independently, And The Architect For Dozens Of Female-driven And -funded Commissions In The Late 19th Century, Nichols Is Both Socially And Architecturally Significant In American History. Yet, Like Many Notable Women, She Is Consistently Omitted From Historical Records. Thus, Minerva Parker Nichols Career Presents An Opportunity To Prototype New Ways To Talk About Non-traditional Narratives And Sustain Unconventional Historic Places. Lesters Project Uses Storytelling In Various Forms And Scales To Fuel A Forward-looking Conversation About The Past. Total Grant Amount: $15,000 2019
Rebecca Ward $3,750 New York, NY, US Ms. Ward Received A Richard L. Blinder Award For Architecture To Create An Action Plan For The Revitalization Of The Now-vacant Broadway Theater, A Historic Vaudeville Theater That Opened In 1921 In Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Following The Completion Of A Site Assessment, Ms. Ward Will Engage The Local Community In Their Vision For The Future Of The Theater, Hoping To Create A Major Catalytic Impact On The Downtown's Revitalization, Restoring A Sense Of Place. Total Grant Amount: $15,000 2018
Frampton Tolbert $4,500 New York, NY, US Mr. Tolbert's Project, Queens Modern, Will Be A Definitive Case Study Of How High Style Mid-century Modernism Filtered Down To The Masses And Defined The New York City Borough Of Queens. The Borough Is The Largest Geographically And, If Independent, Would Be The Fourth Most Populous City In The Country. Yet Its Architecture, Including Its Significant Collection Of Regional Mid-century Architecture, Remains Unstudied And Unappreciated. Queens Modern, The First Examination Of The Borough's Modern Heritage, Seeks To Address This Longstanding Discrepancy. Mr. Talbert's Work Will Result In A Robust Website For Researchers And Preservation Professionals. Total Grant Amount: $13,000 2018
Mark Rakatansky $5,000 New York, NY, US Through Innovative Digital Methods, Mr. Rakatansky Seeks To Merge The Often-divergent Analytical Systems Of Discovery Employed By The Fields Of Architecture, Art History, And Preservation. Archival Evidence, Ranging From Original And Secondary Drawings To Documentary Etchings And Photographs To Building Records And Cultural Accounts, Is Brought Together To Facilitate The Restoration Of Complex Architectural And Art Historical Artifacts With A Profound Depth Of Historical Perspective. At Giulio Romano's Palazzo Stati Maccarani (1522-1524) In Rome, Italy, Mr. Rakatansky Is Unlocking A New Fundamental Understanding Of The Larger Romano Oeuvre, Demonstrating Links Between The Built Environment And Fine And Decorative Artworks By The Italian Architect And Artist. Mr. Rakatansky's Visualizaition Model And Application Has The Potential To Open The Door To A Rich Understanding Of Complex Sites From Across History. Total Grant Amount: $15,000 2018
Ian Baldwin $5,000 New York, NY, US An Occupied Building Strengthens The Social And Economic Fabric Of The City, But The Resources Needed To Reactivate Abandoned Or Underused Buildings Are Substantial. With Slice, Ian Baldwin And His Co-researcher Jonathan Bell Will Investigate If A Large Building Awaiting Preservation Could Be Downsized To Focus On Its Most Important Resource - Its Urban Facade. By Building Out The Area Right Behind The Facade, A Slice Is Created: A Vertical Stack Of Rehabilitated Space Just Big Enough For Useful Occupancy That Brings The Exterior Alive. Baldwin And Bell's Work Will Result In A Portfolio Of Research Into Current Practices And Technologies To Apply The Slice Methodology To Other Buildings, Anticipating A Broad, Flexible Range Of Applications To Encourage Slice Implementation Beyond The Northeastern United States, Where Different Outcomes Will Surely Exist. Total Grant Amount: $15,000 2018
Laura Buchner $3,750 New York, NY, US Modern Architectural Heritage Is Increasingly The Subject Of Preservation Efforts, As Innovative Mid-century Structures Face On-going Deterioration And Risk Of Demolition. Understanding The Technical Evolution And Performance Of The Unique Materials Comprising Modern Architecture Is Paramount To Safeguarding These Structures. Daile De Verre, Also Known As Faceted Glass, Is Among These Unique Materials. Conservator Laura Buchner Will Research The Fabrication Methods, Deterioration Patterns And Conservation Techniques Of Dalle De Verre, Focusing On Panels Designed By The Prolific French Stained Glass Artist Gabriel Loire. Through Her Fitch-funded Research, Buchner Will Be Able To Effectively Characterize Decay Mechanisms Towards The Goal Of Informing Conservation Decisions Associated With Dalle De Verre, A Hand-crafted Material. Total Grant Amount: $15,000 2018
Michael Holleran $5,000 New York, NY, US Changing Climate And Urban Growth Place Stress On Our Global Water Systems And Alter The Means By Which We Receive And Manage Water. In The Arid West And Southwest, Americans Have Historically Relied On Acequias, Zanjas And Canals For Life-giving Water. These Were Not Agricultural Oddities But, Rather, Part Of Urban Development. These Waterways Created Distinct Cultural Landscapes With Specific Material Expressions Of The Technologies And Social Arrangements Of Water Distribution. As New Technologies And Systems Are Developed, Some Consider These Former Waterways Obsolete. The History And Future Of Waterways Brings Forth A Complex Interlocking Of Issues: Hydrology, Ecology, Climate, Technology, Law, Economics And Politics. Michael Hollerans Research Will Examine Their Persistence As Landscapes, Providing A Foundation Of Understanding For The Important Preservation Task Of Managing Change, Considering Adaptation For New Uses, And More. Total Grant Amount: $15,000 2018
Margaret Lester $7,500 New York, NY, US Focusing On The Portfolio Of Architect Minerva Parker Nichols, Margaret Lesters Research Examines The Histories We Dont Preserve, Towards The Goal Of Testing New Methodologies To Identify, Evaluate And Commemorate A Body Of Work That Defies Traditional Preservation Frameworks. As The First Woman In The Country To Practice Independently, And The Architect For Dozens Of Female-driven And -funded Commissions In The Late 19th Century, Nichols Is Both Socially And Architecturally Significant In American History. Yet, Like Many Notable Women, She Is Consistently Omitted From Historical Records. Thus, Minerva Parker Nichols Career Presents An Opportunity To Prototype New Ways To Talk About Non-traditional Narratives And Sustain Unconventional Historic Places. Lesters Project Uses Storytelling In Various Forms And Scales To Fuel A Forward-looking Conversation About The Past. Total Grant Amount: $15,000 2018

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Contact Information

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EIN 13-3993856
Website http://www.fitchfoundation.org
Address 488 MADISON AVE STE 1900 New York, NY 10022-5706

Key People (18)

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Trustee Angel Ayon
Trustee Elizabeth Olsen
Trustee Fred Bland
Trustee Glenn Boornazian
Trustee Holly Leicht

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Data Currency: Last updated May 2026 based on IRS Form 990-PF filings. Foundation information reflects most recent available tax year data.