New York · Private foundation
M Jay Kramer Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $35k
- Granted FY2020
- 17
- Grants FY2020
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
77% of M Jay Kramer Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The San Francisco Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year M Jay Kramer Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 15 organizations, $35k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 7
- Total assets, FY2020
- $838k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 24% of the organizations M Jay Kramer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 17 | $35k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $40k | 35% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $41k | 36% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $45k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Ichazo Foundation | $21,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Kings County Tennis League | $19,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Transportation Alternatives Inc | $19,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Democratic Socialists of America Fund Inc | $18,087 | 6 | 2% |
| Ali Forney Center Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Prospect Charter School | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Roses in Concrete | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Neighbors Together Corporation | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Coalition for Social Justice | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Grow | $7,500 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 27 grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget M Jay Kramer 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: Open Society Institute · Tides Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About M Jay Kramer Foundation
- How much does M Jay Kramer Foundation give?
- M Jay Kramer Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $35,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does M Jay Kramer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (39%), Education (9%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are M Jay Kramer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oscar Ichazo Foundation ($21k), Kings County Tennis League ($19k), Transportation Alternatives Inc ($19k).
- Does M Jay Kramer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does M Jay Kramer Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as M Jay Kramer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Open Society Institute, Tides Foundation, The Ford Foundation.
- Where is M Jay Kramer Foundation based?
- M Jay Kramer Foundation is based in NY.
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