Connecticut · Private foundation
Frank and Barbara Axel 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.
- $50k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $765k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Frank and Barbara Axel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 27 | $50k | 26% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $46k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $53k | 65% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $24k | 61% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $15,180 | 4 | 0% |
| MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Society for Yad Vashem Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ferguson Library | $3,600 | 5 | 0% |
| Connecticut Humane Society | $3,550 | 5 | 0% |
| Food Bank for New York City | $2,100 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($84k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Frank and Barbara Axel Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
About Frank and Barbara Axel Foundation
- How much does Frank and Barbara Axel Foundation give?
- Frank and Barbara Axel Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $50,076 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Frank and Barbara Axel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (22%), Health (20%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are Frank and Barbara Axel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ($15k), MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger ($11k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($10k).
- Does Frank and Barbara Axel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Frank and Barbara Axel 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 Frank and Barbara Axel Foundation based?
- Frank and Barbara Axel Foundation is based in CT.
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