New York · Private foundation
Laurence & Bernice Kaperst Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $11k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2026
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 18
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 5
- Total assets, FY2026
- $201k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 29% of the organizations Laurence & Bernice Kaperst Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 11 | $10k | 27% |
| FY2025 | 7 | $9k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $8k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $10k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $10k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chabad Jewish Center of Jupiter Inc | $4,860 | 5 | n/a |
| Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun | $4,393 | 6 | n/a |
| Chabad of Palm Beach Gardens Inc | $3,664 | 3 | n/a |
| Kind Kitchen of Palm beach Inc | $3,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Northern Palm Beach County Jewish Community Center Inc | $3,096 | 3 | n/a |
| Upper East Side Hatzolah Inc | $2,720 | 6 | 0% |
| National Yiddish Book Center Inc | $1,562 | 5 | 0% |
| Belev Echad Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty | $980 | 3 | 0% |
| The Learning Experience School | $814 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chabad Jewish Center of Jupiter Inc | $4,860 | 5 | n/a |
| Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun | $4,393 | 6 | n/a |
| Chabad of Palm Beach Gardens Inc | $3,664 | 3 | n/a |
| Kind Kitchen of Palm beach Inc | $3,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Northern Palm Beach County Jewish Community Center Inc | $3,096 | 3 | n/a |
| Upper East Side Hatzolah Inc | $2,720 | 6 | 0% |
| National Yiddish Book Center Inc | $1,562 | 5 | 0% |
| Belev Echad Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty | $980 | 3 | 0% |
| The Learning Experience School | $814 | 4 | 0% |
| Icivics Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Stanford Jewish Center Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Escala Initiative Inc | $360 | 1 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $320 | 2 | 0% |
| Americans for a Safe Israel Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $115 | 1 | 0% |
| Best Buddies International Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Prager University Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Morikami Inc | $95 | 1 | 0% |
| Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club | $60 | 1 | 0% |
| Loxahatchee River Historical Society Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($29k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Laurence & Bernice Kaperst Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 Federation of Palm Beach County Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Laurence & Bernice Kaperst Foundation
- How much does Laurence & Bernice Kaperst Foundation give?
- Laurence & Bernice Kaperst Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $10,878 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 18 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Laurence & Bernice Kaperst Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Religion (28%), Health (22%), Philanthropy (18%).
- Who are Laurence & Bernice Kaperst Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Chabad Jewish Center of Jupiter Inc ($5k), Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun ($4k), Chabad of Palm Beach Gardens Inc ($4k).
- Does Laurence & Bernice Kaperst Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Laurence & Bernice Kaperst 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 Laurence & Bernice Kaperst Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Laurence & Bernice Kaperst Foundation based?
- Laurence & Bernice Kaperst Foundation is based in NY.
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