New York · Private foundation
The Plesser 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.
- $63k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 24
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $828k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations The Plesser Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 22 | $63k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $66k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $66k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $60k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $69k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $61k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc | $84,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $37,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $31,000 | 6 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $20,150 | 6 | 0% |
| Hope For The Warriors | $18,750 | 6 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $12,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc | $9,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Bank for New York City | $8,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Brightfocus Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Clear Fund | $4,600 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc | $84,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $37,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $31,000 | 6 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $20,150 | 6 | 0% |
| Hope For The Warriors | $18,750 | 6 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $12,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc | $9,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Bank for New York City | $8,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Brightfocus Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Clear Fund | $4,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Peconic Land Trust Inc | $4,400 | 4 | 0% |
| American Humane Association | $4,200 | 1 | 0% |
| New City Kids Inc | $3,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Big Thought | $3,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Repair the World | $3,200 | 2 | 0% |
| The Fund for Public Schools Inc | $3,180 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Sons of Israel | $2,052 | 3 | n/a |
| Hope for Depression Research Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Operation Restore Sight Inc | $700 | 3 | 3% |
| Austin Pets Alive Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Disability Fund Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($123k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Plesser 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: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Plesser Foundation
- How much does The Plesser Foundation give?
- The Plesser Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $62,508 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 24 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Plesser Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (22%), Animals (20%), International (17%).
- Who are The Plesser Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc ($85k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($38k), The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($31k).
- Does The Plesser Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Plesser 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 Plesser Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Plesser Foundation based?
- The Plesser Foundation is based in NY.
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