Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Julius H Caplan Charity 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.
- $514k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
97% of Julius H Caplan Charity Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 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, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Julius H Caplan Charity Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 3 | $14k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $16k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $17k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $17k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $18k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $19k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $21k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $27k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casa of Lancaster and Lebanon Counties | $57,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Franklin & Marshall College | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Crispus Attucks Community Center Inc | $16,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Philly Tools for School | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
| World Blindness Outreach Inc | $4,025 | 4 | 3% |
| Lancaster County Therapeutic Riding Inc D/B/A Greystone Manor Therapeutic Riding | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of America | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Lancaster Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | $2,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Philadelphia University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lancaster Day Care Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casa of Lancaster and Lebanon Counties | $57,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Franklin & Marshall College | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Crispus Attucks Community Center Inc | $16,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Philly Tools for School | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
| World Blindness Outreach Inc | $4,025 | 4 | 3% |
| Lancaster County Therapeutic Riding Inc D/B/A Greystone Manor Therapeutic Riding | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of America | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Lancaster Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | $2,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Philadelphia University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lancaster Day Care Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lebanon Valley Economic Development Corporation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Creative Pursuits Academy | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Germantown Residents for Economic Alternatives Together | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lancaster General Health | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Developmental & Disability Services of Lebanon Valley | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($37k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Julius H Caplan Charity Foundation supplied at peak.
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: Lancaster County Community Foundation · United Way of Lancaster County · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Julius H Caplan Charity Foundation
- How much does Julius H Caplan Charity Foundation give?
- Julius H Caplan Charity Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $514,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Julius H Caplan Charity Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (98%), Human Services (2%), Health (0%).
- Who are Julius H Caplan Charity Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Casa of Lancaster and Lebanon Counties ($57k), Franklin & Marshall College ($30k), Crispus Attucks Community Center Inc ($16k).
- Does Julius H Caplan Charity Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Julius H Caplan Charity 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 Julius H Caplan Charity Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lancaster County Community Foundation, United Way of Lancaster County, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Julius H Caplan Charity Foundation based?
- Julius H Caplan Charity Foundation is based in PA.
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