Maine · Private foundation
J Blair & Tena Frank 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.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 47
- Grants FY2025
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 97%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $225,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 37
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $52M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 97% of the organizations J Blair & Tena Frank Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 78% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 45 | $2.0M | 71% |
| FY2024 | 37 | $2.0M | 97% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $1.5M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $2.2M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $1.6M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $750k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $85k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $200k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| President and Trustees of Bates College | $3,113,200 | 5 | 1% |
| The Louis D Brandeis Center Inc | $525,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Meto Inc | $508,425 | 2 | 42% |
| Amherst College Trustees | $360,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc | $225,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools Inc | $225,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Brothers for Life | $175,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Merona Leadership Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Ogen Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 45 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
J Blair & Tena Frank Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · William Davidson Foundation · Tina & Steven Price Charitable Foundation · The Newton D & Rochelle F Becker Foundation · Lisa & Michael Leffell Foundation · Hochberg Family Foundation · The Marcus Foundation Inc · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · Donors Trust Inc
How this is measured
About J Blair & Tena Frank Foundation
- How much does J Blair & Tena Frank Foundation give?
- J Blair & Tena Frank Foundation reported 47 grants totaling $2,007,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does J Blair & Tena Frank Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (38%), Philanthropy (23%), International (19%).
- Who are J Blair & Tena Frank Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: President and Trustees of Bates College ($3.1M), The Louis D Brandeis Center Inc ($525k), Meto Inc ($508k).
- Does J Blair & Tena Frank Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 97% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does J Blair & Tena Frank 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as J Blair & Tena Frank Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Jewish Communal Fund, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego.
- Where is J Blair & Tena Frank Foundation based?
- J Blair & Tena Frank Foundation is based in ME.
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