New York · Private foundation
Raftas 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.
- $53k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $18k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2023
- Total assets, FY2024
- $298k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Raftas Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $18k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $27k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $11k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $117k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Theological Institute | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| America-Israel Cultural Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance | $795 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Rodeph Sholom | $540 | 1 | n/a |
| Guardians of the Sick Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Fshd Society | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Dalton Schools Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($68k), not named here.
About Raftas Foundation
- How much does Raftas Foundation give?
- Raftas Foundation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $17,599, out of $53,489 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Raftas Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (64%), Religion (12%), Education (5%).
- Who are Raftas Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: American Theological Institute ($100k), Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion ($16k), America-Israel Cultural Foundation Inc ($1k).
- Does Raftas Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Raftas 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.
- Where is Raftas Foundation based?
- Raftas Foundation is based in NY.
Play a game based on Raftas’ filings →