Florida · Private foundation
Wayne & Arlene Chaplin Family 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.
- $443k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $180,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 17
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Wayne & Arlene Chaplin Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $216k 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 | 9 | $378k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $756k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $957k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $279k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $596k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $702k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $680k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation | $1,686,460 | 6 | 1% |
| Temple Beth Sholom | $545,165 | 7 | n/a |
| Binyan Torah Inc | $370,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Jorge M Perez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County Inc | $332,400 | 6 | 1% |
| Meor Yitzchok Inc | $180,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Miami | $165,378 | 7 | 0% |
| Lehrman Community Day School Inc | $122,837 | 4 | 0% |
| Keep Memory Alive | $79,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Miami Country Day School Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Best Buddies International Inc | $70,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation | $1,686,460 | 6 | 1% |
| Temple Beth Sholom | $545,165 | 7 | n/a |
| Binyan Torah Inc | $370,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Jorge M Perez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County Inc | $332,400 | 6 | 1% |
| Meor Yitzchok Inc | $180,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Miami | $165,378 | 7 | 0% |
| Lehrman Community Day School Inc | $122,837 | 4 | 0% |
| Keep Memory Alive | $79,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Miami Country Day School Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Best Buddies International Inc | $70,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Jackson Health Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Lomdei Torah | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad of the Gables Inc | $20,445 | 2 | n/a |
| Temple Menorah | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gift of Life Marrow Registry Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship Program Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Als Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jack and Jill Children's Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Blue Missions Group Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($578k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wayne & Arlene Chaplin Family 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 Communal Fund · The Miami Foundation Inc · Paul & Karen Chaplin Family Foundation Inc F/K/A Chaplin Family Foundation In · Leon J Simkins Charitable Foundation · Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ojc Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Wayne & Arlene Chaplin Family Foundation
- How much does Wayne & Arlene Chaplin Family Foundation give?
- Wayne & Arlene Chaplin Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $443,495 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 17 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Wayne & Arlene Chaplin Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (40%), Religion (27%), Education (8%).
- Who are Wayne & Arlene Chaplin Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation ($1.7M), Temple Beth Sholom ($545k), Binyan Torah Inc ($370k).
- Does Wayne & Arlene Chaplin Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wayne & Arlene Chaplin Family 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 Wayne & Arlene Chaplin Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Miami Foundation Inc, Paul & Karen Chaplin Family Foundation Inc F/K/A Chaplin Family Foundation In.
- Where is Wayne & Arlene Chaplin Family Foundation based?
- Wayne & Arlene Chaplin Family Foundation is based in FL.
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