Intelligencer

Her Donor Role

A selected tally of money given by the Astor Foundation (1959–1997) and Brooke Astor herself.

Published Aug 19, 2007

➼ $30 million to the New York Public Library
➼ $25 million to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
➼ Fire escapes at a homeless shelter on Riverside Drive
➼ $500,000 to the Animal Medical Center
➼ $1 million to Columbia University to help 40 needy undergrads a year (1981)
➼ $6 million for a “Wild Asia” exhibit at the Bronx Zoo
➼ $500,000 to restore porches on Astor Row in Harlem
➼$1 million to the Merchant’s House Museum on East 4th Street
➼$250,000 to Literacy Partners to start a foundation in Liz Smith’s name
➼$50,000 to Channel 13 (1972)
➼ $60,000 for an athletic field on York Avenue at 90th Street
➼$60,000 for two “early-learner” programs for gifted children
➼$1 million to the American Museum of Natural History (1983)
➼$18 million to the Rockefeller Institute (1983)
➼$1 million to the Pierpont Morgan Library (1981)
➼$1 million to the Brooklyn Museum (1983)
➼ $50,000 to the Queens County Farm Museum (1982)
➼$30,000 to the Staten Island Children’s Museum (1976)
➼$1,150,000 to the Carnegie Hall Corporation (1981–1982)
➼$1 million to the Metropolitan Opera Association (1981)
➼Funds for the preservation of the Statue of Liberty (1986)
➼Money to the ASPCA to give animals to the elderly (1985)