New York · Private foundation
Marc and Janet Pfeffer 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.
- $29k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $344k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Marc and Janet Pfeffer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 11 | $29k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $23k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $27k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $26k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $22k | 78% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $26k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $18k | 40% |
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 Health System Inc | $112,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Riverdale Country School Inc | $17,250 | 3 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Park Avenue Synagogue Inc | $7,750 | 8 | n/a |
| School Year Abroad Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sarah Lawrence College | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rutgers Hillel Corporation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Clear Fund | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Miryam Institute Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sinai Health System Inc | $112,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Riverdale Country School Inc | $17,250 | 3 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Park Avenue Synagogue Inc | $7,750 | 8 | n/a |
| School Year Abroad Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sarah Lawrence College | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rutgers Hillel Corporation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Clear Fund | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Miryam Institute Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Active Minds Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Jed Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cornell Hillel | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The President and Trustees of Colby College | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| Metropolis Cc Foundation | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $145 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($48k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Marc and Janet Pfeffer 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: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Marc and Janet Pfeffer Foundation
- How much does Marc and Janet Pfeffer Foundation give?
- Marc and Janet Pfeffer Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $28,640 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Marc and Janet Pfeffer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (61%), Education (23%), Philanthropy (5%).
- Who are Marc and Janet Pfeffer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mount Sinai Health System Inc ($113k), Cornell University ($18k), Riverdale Country School Inc ($17k).
- Does Marc and Janet Pfeffer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Marc and Janet Pfeffer 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 Marc and Janet Pfeffer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Marc and Janet Pfeffer Foundation based?
- Marc and Janet Pfeffer Foundation is based in NY.
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