Northwell Foundation

What Northwell Foundation does

Northwell Foundation is the 501(c)(3) philanthropic arm of Northwell Health, New York's largest nonprofit healthcare system. Operating from headquarters at 2000 Marcus Avenue in New Hyde Park, NY with a 48-person staff, the Foundation raises and stewards charitable contributions that fund patient care, medical research, and community health programs across Northwell Health's 19+ hospitals and specialty institutes, including the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Cohen Children's Medical Center, North Shore University Hospital, the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, and the Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine. It supports flagship programs in pediatric and adolescent mental health, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, women's health, and health equity, anchored by the multi-year 'Outpacing the Impossible' campaign that has raised more than $256 million toward endowment since its 2020 launch.

The Foundation operates a portfolio of fundraising programs and digital platforms: the 'What Matters Most' employee giving program (17,000+ Northwell team members, $20M+ cumulative), Team Northwell charity endurance athletics (TCS NYC Marathon, United Airlines NYC Half Marathon, BMW Berlin Marathon), the Constellation Society planned-giving program, endowment and corporate/foundation giving, grateful-patient and tribute donations, and large-scale community events including the annual Feinstein Summer Concert (20+ years, $40M+ cumulative) and the multi-site Northwell Health Walk. Underlying technology is a set of standard digital donation portals (give.northwell.edu, support.northwell.edu) plus a community fundraising platform (northwellcommunity.org) supporting peer-to-peer campaigns and event registration, with preset giving tiers ranging from $50 to $5,000.

The revenue model is donation-based across six streams: individual giving (one-time and recurring), employee payroll/point donations, corporate and foundation grants, endowed gifts, planned/legacy giving, and event-based fundraising. The Foundation does not charge fees for services; rather, it directs all contributions to programmatic spend across research, capital improvements, equipment, scholarships, fellowships, and endowed chairs. Go-to-market combines event-driven (marathons, walks, concerts), community-led (employee ambassador mobilization), and direct-to-consumer (digital donation portals) motions, with marketing reach through social channels, email, earned media, and editorial gratitude-story content on the Foundation's websites.

Name

Northwell Foundation

Legal name

Northwell Health Foundation

Website

https://give.northwell.edu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Northwell Foundation is the 501(c)(3) fundraising arm of Northwell Health, raising charitable dollars from individuals, employees, and institutions to support New York hospitals, the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Cohen Children's Medical Center, and the Zucker School of Medicine.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Philanthropy and Nonprofit Fundraising

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

Keywords

• Healthcare philanthropy
• Nonprofit fundraising
• Employee giving programs
• Charity marathon fundraising
• Endowment giving

Headquarters

HQ city

New Hyde Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring gifts from individual donors made via website donation portals (give.northwell.edu, support.northwell.edu) with preset tiers ranging from $50 to $5,000+. Also includes tributes and memorials.
2. Employee Giving Program: Payroll deduction giving, one-time gifts, and myRecognition point contributions from Northwell Health's 68,000+ team members. Since inception, 17,000+ team members have donated over $20 million.
3. Corporate and Foundation Giving: Program support, research grants, scholarships, fellowships, capital improvements, equipment, seed funding, and employee matching gifts from corporations and foundations. Office oversees relationships with institutional funders.
4. Endowment Gifts: Endowed chairs and professorships funded by major donors. Since launching the Outpacing the Impossible campaign, more than $256 million has been raised toward endowment.
5. Planned Giving: Bequests and legacy planned giving through northwell.giftplans.org for donors making long-term charitable commitments.
6. Event-Based Fundraising: Revenue from events including Feinstein Summer Concert (raised $40M+ over 20 years), NYC Marathon charity partnerships, and walks across Jones Beach, East End, and Staten Island.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Northwell Foundation is the fundraising arm of Northwell Health, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit healthcare system. It solicits and manages charitable contributions from individual donors, 68,000+ Northwell employees, grateful patients, corporations, and private foundations to fund hospitals, medical research (Feinstein Institutes), medical education (Zucker School of Medicine), pediatric and cancer care, and community health programs across New York. Offerings include the 'What Matters Most' Employee Giving Program, Team Northwell charity athlete program, the 'Outpacing the Impossible' campaign, endowment gifts, planned giving, and corporate/foundation giving.

Product overview

Northwell Foundation is a nonprofit healthcare philanthropy organization that operates a comprehensive fundraising platform supporting Northwell Health's hospitals and medical research. The core offerings include the 'What matters most' Employee Giving Program enabling payroll and point-based donations, Team Northwell charity athletic fundraising, and an Endowment Program supporting endowed chairs across medical specialties. The Foundation manages the 'Outpacing the Impossible' campaign with pillars spanning research, innovation, and health equity. Additional programs include Corporate and Foundation Giving services, the Constellation Society for planned giving, and dedicated fundraising for specialty areas like Cohen Children's Medical Center and the Cancer Institute.

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Products and services

• Endowment Program Program for endowed gifts that guarantee future funding for healthcare, supporting endowed chairs and professors who make groundbreaking discoveries across medical fields.
• What Matters Most (Employee Giving Program) Internal giving program enabling Northwell Health's 68,000+ team members to support facilities and initiatives of personal importance through payroll deduction, one-time gifts, and myRecognition points donations.
• Team Northwell (Charity Athlete Program) Charity athlete program where Northwell employees run marathons and races (NYC Half Marathon, TCS NYC Marathon, Berlin Marathon) to raise funds for pediatric and adolescent mental health initiatives and other Northwell programs.
• Corporate and Foundation Giving Office Strategic fundraising division that connects corporations and foundations with funding opportunities aligned with Northwell Health's priorities in patient care, research, education, and community health.
• Outpacing the Impossible Campaign Northwell's comprehensive fundraising campaign with pillars in Driven to Discover, Disruptive Thinking, Pioneering Solutions, and Seeing People Fully, supporting mental health, health equity, cancer, and Manhattan expansion.
• Constellation Society Planned-giving donor recognition society for donors making long-term charitable commitments through bequests and legacy gifts.
• Planned Giving Planned giving program for donors making long-term charitable commitments through bequests and legacy giving, accessed via northwell.giftplans.org.
• Grateful Patient Program Program enabling grateful patients and their families to donate to the hospitals and programs that provided their care.
• Tributes and Memorials Tribute and memorial giving program enabling donors to make gifts in honor or memory of loved ones.
• Cohen Children's Medical Center Fundraising Fundraising initiatives supporting New York's largest Level 1 pediatric trauma center and children's hospital, including mental health pavilion development.

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• United Airlines NYC Half MarathoncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerNorthwell Foundation is a proud charity partner of the United Airlines New York City Half Marathon. Team Northwell runners raise funds for pediatric and adolescent mental health initiatives through the employee giving program What Matters Most. The 2026 partnership raised over $42,000.
• TCS New York City MarathoncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerNorthwell is an official charity sponsor of the TCS NYC Marathon with guaranteed entries for employees. Team Northwell runners raise funds designating areas of personal importance. Runners must raise at least $3,000. A record $80,000 was raised for child and adolescent mental health programs.
• 2025 BMW Berlin MarathonminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFirst-time international charity partnership. Five Northwell team members represented Northwell Health at the 2025 BMW Berlin Marathon, raising more than $18,000 for pediatric and adolescent mental health initiatives.
• Cold Spring Harbor LaboratorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorthwell Health partners with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a world leader in cancer research, to bring clinical trials directly to patients and collect tissue samples for genomic analysis. Partnership supports NCI designation pursuit.
• Feinstein Institutes for Medical ResearchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeinstein Institutes for Medical Research is the research arm of Northwell Health, comprising 12 Centers of Excellence, more than 55 research programs, and 4,000+ scientists and staff making discoveries in cancer, sepsis, inflammation, autoimmune disorders, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, diabetes, and more.
• Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEstablished in 2008 with Hofstra University; named after $61M transformational donors in 2017. Students certified as NY State EMTs at 9 weeks; lowest graduating debt in New York State. $50M endowed scholarship gift, $10M for Barbara Hrbek Zucker Emerging Scientists Program.
• Children's Miracle Network HospitalminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCohen Children's Medical Center is a designated Children's Miracle Network Hospital, with 100% of funds raised staying local to support pediatric patients.
• 17 School Districts (Behavioral Health Partnership)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerNorthwell's Behavioral Health Partnership with 17 school districts provides easier access to mental health care, education, and professional development for faculty and staff in the region.
• Zucker Hillside Hospital Behavioral Health College PartnershipminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWorks with nearly 100 colleges and universities across New York to address behavioral health issues impacting undergraduate and graduate students through evidence-based evaluation and treatment.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Mount Sinai Health System Foundation: Philanthropy arm of Mount Sinai, another large New York hospital and research system. Competes with Northwell Foundation for the same NY-based HNW donors, corporate partners, and grateful-patient populations.
• NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Foundation: Fundraising arm of NewYork-Presbyterian, a major New York academic health system. Directly comparable to Northwell Foundation: 501(c)(3) philanthropy supporting hospitals, research, and medical education in the same NY metro donor pool with similar campaign structures.
• NYU Langone Health Foundation: Fundraising arm of NYU Langone Health, a major NY academic medical center with active endowment campaigns. Closely comparable in size, structure, and donor-competition profile.
• Montefiore Einstein Foundation: Philanthropy arm of Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the NY metro area. Directly comparable hospital-and-research fundraising model serving overlapping NY donor pools.
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Foundation: Cancer-focused philanthropy arm of MSK, a leading NY-based cancer center. Comparable in donor base and major-gift fundraising model, with particular overlap on cancer research funding (relevant to Northwell's Cancer Institute support).
• Hospital for Special Surgery Foundation: Philanthropy arm of HSS, a NY-based specialty hospital. Comparable in NY metro hospital-foundation structure and grateful-patient fundraising model, though narrower in clinical scope.

Broad incumbents

• Cleveland Clinic Foundation: Philanthropy arm of one of the largest U.S. health systems, with multi-billion-dollar fundraising campaigns. Comparable in operating model and endowed-chair programs, but national/international rather than NY-concentrated.
• Mass General Brigham Foundation: Philanthropy arm of Mass General Brigham, a major Boston-area integrated health system. Comparable in integrated hospital-research-education fundraising model and endowed-chair flywheel, with a similarly large donor base.
• Cedars-Sinai Foundation: Philanthropy arm of Cedars-Sinai, a major LA-based academic health system with a large multi-specialty fundraising operation. Comparable in endowed-chair, grateful-patient, and major-gift models, but on the West Coast.

Regional players

• Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation: Philanthropy arm of Hackensack Meridian Health, a New Jersey-based health system adjacent to Northwell's NY metro service area. Comparable integrated hospital-research foundation model with overlap in regional donor pool.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/givetonorthwell
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCYMSeAvRuj5cSUZUeW72qlw
• Facebookfacebook.com/NorthwellFoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/northwell-foundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/northwellfoundation

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Profiles2 records

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