· Private foundation
Ellen S Jaffe Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $57k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC | $35,000 |
| MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON | $12,000 |
| PALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION | $7,500 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH | $6,000 |
| ISRAEL TENNIS AND EDUCATION CENTER | $5,000 |
| BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES | $1,800 |
| UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK | $1,000 |
| NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $203k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC6× · 2017–2022 · $196k · revenue +101%- RFRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC5× · 2020–2024 · $100k · revenue +27%
- PFPROMISE FUND OF FLORIDA INC3× · 2021–2023 · $30k · revenue +225%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $15k
- NLNYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTERone grant, 2021 · $5k
- TPThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Incgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +41%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…
North shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…
Lenox hill hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future generations…
Northwell health is the parent company of a fully integrated health system that is committed to promote clinical care, health education, conduct biomedical research, and caring for the community regardless of ability to pay.
Phelps memorial hospital association ("pmha") is part of northwell health, inc ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the…
Plainview hospital is part of northwell health, inc ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…
Northwell healthcare inc. coordinates policy making and strategic planning by providing advisory and administrative support services to affiliated health care organizations within northwell health; whose mission is to improve the health of…
South shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…
Glen cove hospital is part of northwell health, inc. ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality geriatric care; educating the current and future…
The feinstein institute for medical research ("the institute") is the research branch of northwell health ("northwell"). through its affiliation with northwell, the institute's mission is to bridge the gap between biomedical research and…
Northern westchester hospital association is an affiliate within northwell health, inc. ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care;…
John t. mather memorial hospital ("mather") is a non-profit community hospital that is part of northwell health. mather strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical…
How this is measured
21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 43 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds MORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds PROMISE FUND OF FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds PALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds National Liberty Museum ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
- Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds The Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LEO'S LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Palm Beach Civic Association Inc ↗
- Who funds THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF HOPE ↗
- Who funds NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ellen S Jaffe Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ellen S Jaffe Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
- South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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