Florida · Private foundation
Leonard L and Bertha U Abess 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.
- $342k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $322,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Leonard L and Bertha U Abess Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | $342k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $293k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $305k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $319k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $244k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $176k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $208k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $203k | 31% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation | $882,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Goodwill Industries of South Florida Inc | $333,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $245,000 | 7 | 0% |
| New York Botanical Garden | $150,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Temple Israel of Greater Miami | $66,510 | 6 | n/a |
| University of Miami | $52,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Storm King Art Center | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| New York Academy of Art | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation | $882,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Goodwill Industries of South Florida Inc | $333,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $245,000 | 7 | 0% |
| New York Botanical Garden | $150,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Temple Israel of Greater Miami | $66,510 | 6 | n/a |
| University of Miami | $52,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Storm King Art Center | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| New York Academy of Art | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Musicians Unite Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Dolphins Cycling Challenge Inc | $2,210 | 4 | 0% |
| Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Belev Echad Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| The Frederick Gunn School Inc | $1,700 | 4 | 0% |
| McCj Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Bereavement Center Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($418k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Leonard L and Bertha U Abess 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: The Jayne and Leonard Abess Foundation Inc C/O Thinklab Ventures · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · United Way Miami Inc · The Miami Foundation Inc · The Kirk Foundation · Coral Gables Community Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About Leonard L and Bertha U Abess Foundation
- How much does Leonard L and Bertha U Abess Foundation give?
- Leonard L and Bertha U Abess Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $342,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Leonard L and Bertha U Abess Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (36%), Employment (13%), Civil Rights (10%).
- Who are Leonard L and Bertha U Abess Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation ($882k), Goodwill Industries of South Florida Inc ($333k), Anti-Defamation League ($245k).
- Does Leonard L and Bertha U Abess Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Leonard L and Bertha U Abess 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 Leonard L and Bertha U Abess Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Jayne and Leonard Abess Foundation Inc C/O Thinklab Ventures, Mightycause Charitable Foundation, United Way Miami Inc.
- Where is Leonard L and Bertha U Abess Foundation based?
- Leonard L and Bertha U Abess Foundation is based in FL.
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