Field Foundation of New York

Field Foundation of New York
PredecessorField Foundation; founded 1940 (1940)
Formation1960 (1960)
Founder(Field Foundation) Marshall Field III
(Field Foundation of NY) Ruth Field
Founded atNew York City
Dissolved1989 (1989)
Legal statusDefunct
PurposeGrants and assistance to non-profit organizations promoting civil rights
HeadquartersNew York City, New York, US
Director
Maxwell Hahn (1960–1965)
Leslie W. Dunbar (1965–1977)
Richard W. Boone (1977–1989)

The Field Foundation of New York was a charitable organization based in New York City. It was one of the two organizations that had split off from the original Field Foundation in 1960, the other being the Field Foundation of Illinois. The New York foundation focused on enacting social change on a more national scale than did the Illinois foundation; it had a history of supporting racial equality, researching hunger in the United States, and improving the lives of those stuck in poverty. It finally spent itself out of existence in 1989.