Connecticut · Private foundation
The Robert a & Elizabeth R Jeffe 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.
- $442k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations The Robert a & Elizabeth R Jeffe Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $130k 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 | 12 | $392k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $495k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $283k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $768k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $922k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $556k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $551k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $615k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of the City of New York | $1,362,500 | 8 | 3% |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | $500,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | $85,000 | 4 | 0% |
| We Stand With Christ Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Green-Wood Historic Fund Inc | $47,500 | 4 | 1% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Lotos Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The University Club | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of the City of New York | $1,362,500 | 8 | 3% |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | $500,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | $85,000 | 4 | 0% |
| We Stand With Christ Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Green-Wood Historic Fund Inc | $47,500 | 4 | 1% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Lotos Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The University Club | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Bottom Line Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fund for Park Avenue New York Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Down Syndrome Society | $1,121 | 1 | n/a |
| Historic Districts Council Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey New York High School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Brooklyn Historical Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Connecticut Humane Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Pathways Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Landmarks Conservancy Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Robert a & Elizabeth R Jeffe 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 Robert a & Elizabeth R Jeffe Foundation
- How much does The Robert a & Elizabeth R Jeffe Foundation give?
- The Robert a & Elizabeth R Jeffe Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $441,694 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Robert a & Elizabeth R Jeffe Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (30%), Arts & Culture (29%), Education (29%).
- Who are The Robert a & Elizabeth R Jeffe Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Museum of the City of New York ($1.4M), The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ($500k), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ($85k).
- Does The Robert a & Elizabeth R Jeffe Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Robert a & Elizabeth R Jeffe 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 Robert a & Elizabeth R Jeffe Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Robert a & Elizabeth R Jeffe Foundation based?
- The Robert a & Elizabeth R Jeffe Foundation is based in CT.
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