New York · Private foundation
The Jerry & Marilyn Handler 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.
- $51k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $553k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations The Jerry & Marilyn Handler Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 19 | $51k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $48k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $50k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $55k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $46k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $56k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Art Students League Of New York Inc | $25,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $22,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $17,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $17,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Encourage Kids Foundation | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $14,750 | 6 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $14,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Grand Teton Music Festival Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Art Students League Of New York Inc | $25,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $22,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $17,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $17,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Encourage Kids Foundation | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $14,750 | 6 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $14,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Grand Teton Music Festival Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Aging With Dignity Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Coalition for Rainforest Nations Secretariat | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Clean Air Task Force Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| 350org | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jackson Hole Regional Horse Rescue | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Teton Youth and Family Services | $3,023 | 3 | 0% |
| Robin Hood Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Boulder Crest Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pets are Wonderful Support Inc dba PAWS | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($81k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Jerry & Marilyn Handler 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Jerry & Marilyn Handler Foundation
- How much does The Jerry & Marilyn Handler Foundation give?
- The Jerry & Marilyn Handler Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $50,560 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Jerry & Marilyn Handler Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (22%), Health (18%), Environment (15%).
- Who are The Jerry & Marilyn Handler Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Art Students League Of New York Inc ($25k), Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($23k), Feeding America ($18k).
- Does The Jerry & Marilyn Handler Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Jerry & Marilyn Handler 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 The Jerry & Marilyn Handler Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Jerry & Marilyn Handler Foundation based?
- The Jerry & Marilyn Handler Foundation is based in NY.
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