Alan and Amy Meltzer Family
Bethesda, MD · EIN 52-2069235. Reported 255 grants totalling $5,734,395 to 157 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Alan and Amy Meltzer Family checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations Alan and Amy Meltzer Family funded make grants themselves, and it reported 10 grants totalling $1,194,336 to them. That is 37% of the $3,264,153 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Jewish Federation of Greater | federated giving programme | Maryland | $1,045,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $31,836 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| The Vermont Community Foundation | community foundation | Vermont | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $21,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $315,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Greater Washington | North Bethesda, MD | $1,045,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Broward County | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $359,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Miami Jewish Health | Miami, FL | $180,209 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Defense of Democracies | Washigton, DC | $175,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American University Hillel | Washington, DC | $169,002 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Montgomery Youth Wrestling League | Bethesda, MD | $152,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dcac | Bethesda, MD | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bullis School | Potomac, MD | $142,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International | New York, NY | $138,982 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington Housing Conservancy | Washington, DC | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Israel Education Fund | Washington, DC | $126,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Crossroads - Ride for Kids | Boston, MA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Washington Hospital Center - Medstar | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wrestle Like a Girl | Washington, DC | $124,102 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jdrf International | New York, NY | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greater Miami Jewish Federation | Miami, FL | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dcac | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| US Holocaust Museum | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brazilian Soccer Academy | Boca Raton, FL | $91,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Creativity International | New York, NY | $62,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Momentum Unlimited | Rockville, MD | $61,670 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mount Sinai Medical Ctr Foundation | Miami Beach, FL | $56,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Beat the Streets | Washington, DC | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Charles E Smith Jewish Day School | Rockville, MD | $52,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Shalva | New York, NY | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Howard University | Washigton, DC | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Seed Foundation | Washington, DC | $42,856 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Conservancy Guardians USA Fund | Park City, UT | $40,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Joshua M Freeman Foundation | Selbyville, DE | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Charles E Smith Life Communities | Rockville, MD | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Youth Renewal Fund | New York, NY | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Joshua M Freeman Foundation | Olney, MD | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friendship Circle | Fox Point, WI | $33,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $31,836 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach | Boca Raton, FL | $31,290 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pozez Jewish Community Center of N Va | Fairfax, VA | $29,083 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Friendship Circle | Potomac, MD | $28,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Food and Friends | Washington, DC | $26,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Athletes for Hope | Glen Echo, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough T1D Fka Jdrf | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad Au | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hillel International | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ohr Hatzabun Productions | Greenwood Village, CO | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shabach | Landover, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mary's Center | Washington, DC | $24,944 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Capital Camps & Retreat Center | Rockville, MD | $21,876 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs | Washington, DC | $21,100 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Devon Rubenstein Fndlaurence Meltz Schol | Gaithersburg, MD | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation | Miami Beach, FL | $20,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Israel Defense Force | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| George Washington University | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girl Scout Council of the Nations Capital | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sulam | Rockville, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Adventist Healthcare | Gaithersburg, MD | $18,333 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Devon Rubenstein Foundation Laurence Meltz School | Gaithersburg, MD | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Don Bosco Rey High School | Takoma Park, MD | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friendship Place | Washington, DC | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bishop Mcnamara High School | Forestville, MD | $16,459 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aish Hatorah of Washington DC | Rockville, MD | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bender Jcc of Greater Washington | Rockville, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bz Media a Dba of Bnai Zion | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| KIPP DC | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lifebridge Health | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Milton Gottesman Jds | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nwca | Manheim, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stoddard Baptist Home Foundation | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Suburban Hospital Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Terrapin Wrestling Club | College Park, MD | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Urban Institute | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wrestling to Beat the Streets DC | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Diabetes Research Institute | Hollywood, FL | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Adventure Theatre | Glen Echo, MD | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Social Service Agency | Rockville, MD | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Devon Rubenstein Foundation | Gaithersburg, MD | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cowen Institute | New Orleans, LA | $10,415 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's National Hospital Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Come to Believe | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Cancer Research | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | Steverson, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| George Mason University | Fairfax, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Horizon Day Camp - Metro DC | Fairfax, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Imadi Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| March of Dimes | Arlington, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Martha's Table | Washigton, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Richard Wright Public Charter School | Washigton, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rocketship Public Charter School | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The 613 Foundation | Wilmington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Washington | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nature Forward (fka Audubon Naturalist Society) | Chevy Chase, MD | $9,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of South Beach | Boca Raton, FL | $9,375 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Latin American Youth Center | Washington, DC | $9,375 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Children's Museum | National Harbor, MD | $9,297 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital | Washington, DC | $8,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Crcmc | Bethesda, MD | $8,332 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Defhr | Woodbine, MD | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Israel Friendship League | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Capital Food Bank | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| El Haynes Public Charter School | Washigton, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Eagle Bank Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nationals Philanthropies Washington Ntls | Washington, DC | $7,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mccj | Miami, FL | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Capital Camps | Rockville, MD | $6,562 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel High School | Olney, MD | $6,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Easterseals | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Congressional School | Falls Church, VA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Diabetes Association | Arlington, VA | $5,358 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stamford Jcc | Stamford, CT | $5,067 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Capital Jewish Museum | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Don Bosco Rey High School | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ed Lavitch DC Jewish Community Center | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| El Haynes Charter School | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Inspirenola | New Orleans, LA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Historic Bethel Baptist Church | Birmingham, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | Alexandria, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Inc | Washigton, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel High School | Southhampton, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Round House Theatre | Silver Spring, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shelter House | Reston, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sixth and I Synagogue | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Westminster Ingleside Foundation | Rockville, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dematha High School | Hyattsville, MD | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American University | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Power of Pink | Bethesda, MD | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congregation B'nai Israel of Boca Raton | Boca Raton, FL | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Make a Wish Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Lab School | Washington, DC | $3,063 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Kidum | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Best Buddies International | Miami, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Best Buddies Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carnegie Hall | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Driven to Cure | Silver Spring, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Baptist Church of Glenarden | Landover, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish National Fund-USA | Rockville Center, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Joey's Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Children's Center | Silver Spring, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Severn River Associaton | Annapolis, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Central Fund of Israel | Cedarhurst, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Vermont Community Foundation | Middlebury, VT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington Latin Public Charter School | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Torah School of Greater Washington | Silver Spring, MD | $2,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bike to the Beach | Washington, DC | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hebrew at the Center | Framingham, MA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alef Bet School | Bethesda, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Community Center of Indianapolis | Indianapolis, IN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Resilience Is Power Program | Houston, TX | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Cancer Society | Eldersburg, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Congregation B'nai Tzedek | Potomac, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kspace | Aventura, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Complete Player Charity | Glen Burnie, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation for Science and Mathmatics | New Orleans, LA | $834 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cornerstone Montgomery | Rockville, MD | $625 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
62 of 157 (39%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 42%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 121 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 98 | $1,872,275 | $8,814 |
| 2022 | 66 | $1,390,050 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 44 | $1,105,171 | $10,982 |
| 2024 | 47 | $1,366,899 | $12,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
37% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Alan and Amy Meltzer Family's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Co Pkfod 2 Bethesda Metro Ctr 54, Bethesda, MD, 20814. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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