Connecticut · Private foundation
Derek and Leora Kaufman Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $582k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
91% of Derek and Leora Kaufman Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Jewish Communal Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $531,959
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $531,959
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Derek and Leora Kaufman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $100k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $255k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Hood Foundation | $90,001 | 1 | 0% |
| Temple Sholom Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Shepherd Services | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Niskanen Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($350k), not named here.
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About Derek and Leora Kaufman Foundation
- How much does Derek and Leora Kaufman Foundation give?
- Derek and Leora Kaufman Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $581,959 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Derek and Leora Kaufman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (92%), Science & Tech (4%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Derek and Leora Kaufman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Robin Hood Foundation ($90k), Temple Sholom Inc ($60k), Good Shepherd Services ($40k).
- Does Derek and Leora Kaufman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Derek and Leora Kaufman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Derek and Leora Kaufman Foundation based?
- Derek and Leora Kaufman Foundation is based in CT.
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