New Jersey · Private foundation
The Lester M and Sally Entin Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $308k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $86,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 57
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations The Lester M and Sally Entin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k 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 | 27 | $308k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $332k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 44 | $387k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 43 | $290k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $306k | 28% |
| FY2019 | 57 | $331k | 51% |
| FY2018 | 41 | $238k | 49% |
| FY2017 | 41 | $301k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cure Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $455,700 | 8 | 16% |
| Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc | $175,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $148,800 | 8 | 0% |
| Congregation Bnai Jeshurun | $140,450 | 8 | n/a |
| Israel Congregation of Manchester | $120,000 | 8 | n/a |
| The Broad Institute Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Morristown-Beard School | $97,670 | 6 | 0% |
| Pine Crest Preparatory School Inc | $86,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Quinnipiac University | $72,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc | $56,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 69 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 59 recipients with no EIN on record ($594k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lester M and Sally Entin 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: Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Debra and Kenneth Caplan Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Jewish Communal Fund · American Express Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Richard & Poppy Segal Charitable Trust · The Miller Family Endowment Inc · The Florin Family Foundation Inc · The Leon and Toby Cooperman Family Foundation · Lori & Michael Nash Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Lester M and Sally Entin Foundation with peer funders
About The Lester M and Sally Entin Foundation
- How much does The Lester M and Sally Entin Foundation give?
- The Lester M and Sally Entin Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $307,965 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 57 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Lester M and Sally Entin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (38%), Food & Nutrition (17%), Education (15%).
- Who are The Lester M and Sally Entin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Cure Breast Cancer Foundation Inc ($456k), Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc ($175k), Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc ($149k).
- Does The Lester M and Sally Entin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lester M and Sally Entin 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 Lester M and Sally Entin Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Debra and Kenneth Caplan Foundation.
- Where is The Lester M and Sally Entin Foundation based?
- The Lester M and Sally Entin Foundation is based in NJ.
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