New Jersey · Private foundation
Yvonne and Don Ackerman 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.
- $54k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 17
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $717k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Yvonne and Don Ackerman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 8 | $54k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $43k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $42k | 53% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $46k | 76% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-Defamation League | $19,600 | 5 | 0% |
| Boca Raton Synagogue Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gift of Life Marrow Registry Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| South Florida Pbs Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Razom Inc | $2,060 | 1 | 0% |
| Porchlight Inc | $1,342 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,205 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $550 | 2 | 0% |
| Cranford Rotary Charitable Fund Inc | $265 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-Defamation League | $19,600 | 5 | 0% |
| Boca Raton Synagogue Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gift of Life Marrow Registry Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| South Florida Pbs Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Razom Inc | $2,060 | 1 | 0% |
| Porchlight Inc | $1,342 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,205 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $550 | 2 | 0% |
| Cranford Rotary Charitable Fund Inc | $265 | 1 | 1% |
| Northwell Health Foundation | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Freedom House | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Watchung Rescue Squad Inc | $150 | 2 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Visual Arts Center of New Jersey | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($176k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Yvonne and Don Ackerman 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Yvonne and Don Ackerman Foundation
- How much does Yvonne and Don Ackerman Foundation give?
- Yvonne and Don Ackerman Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $53,804 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Yvonne and Don Ackerman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (72%), Civil Rights (9%), Religion (6%).
- Who are Yvonne and Don Ackerman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Anti-Defamation League ($20k), Boca Raton Synagogue Inc ($5k), Gift of Life Marrow Registry Inc ($5k).
- Does Yvonne and Don Ackerman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Yvonne and Don Ackerman 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 Yvonne and Don Ackerman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Yvonne and Don Ackerman Foundation based?
- Yvonne and Don Ackerman Foundation is based in NJ.
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