New York · Private foundation
Thomas Jaffe 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.
- $7k
- Granted FY2018
- 15
- Grants FY2018
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
92% of Thomas Jaffe Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Yale University, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Thomas Jaffe Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $7k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $400
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $1,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 7
- Total assets, FY2018
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 57% of the organizations Thomas Jaffe Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 14 | $6k | 57% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $6k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $1,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Healthy Schools Network Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 1% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Studio in a School Association Inc | $900 | 2 | 0% |
| Newark Public Radio Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Club | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($628k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thomas Jaffe Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
About Thomas Jaffe Foundation
- How much does Thomas Jaffe Foundation give?
- Thomas Jaffe Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $6,800 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Thomas Jaffe Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Education (99%), Arts & Culture (1%), International (0%).
- Who are Thomas Jaffe Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($3k), Save The Children Federation Inc ($2k), Healthy Schools Network Inc ($2k).
- Does Thomas Jaffe Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thomas Jaffe 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 Thomas Jaffe Foundation based?
- Thomas Jaffe Foundation is based in NY.
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