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Arthur W & Madeline R Jablon

Calabasas, CA · EIN 45-2628498. Reported 91 grants totalling $211,094 to 51 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$180median grant
$211,094granted, 2021-2024
51recipients, as named on its returns
48%of grantees funded again the next year

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Arthur W & Madeline R Jablon did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $180. Half of everything it gave fell between $100 and $540; the smallest was $36 and the largest $170,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
82 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
7 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Jewish Community FoundationLos Angeles, CA$170,000112023
Jewish FederationLos Angeles, CA$6,788332023
Hope of the Valley Rescue MissionMission Hills, CA$6,350332023
J Give - Friends of Asor FundAlbany, NY$3,310332023
United Hebrew CongStlouis, MO$2,160332023
St Baldricks FoundationMonrovia, CA$2,031332023
Center Theatre GroupLos Angeles, CA$1,500332023
Temple JudeaTarzana, CA$1,489332024
Hillel - BerkeleyBerkeley, CA$1,400332023
SharsheretTeaneck, NJ$1,266332023
Berkeley ChabadBerkeley, CA$1,220222023
HadassahNew York, NY$1,085332023
American Friends of Magen David AdoNew York, NY$1,000112023
Gush Etzion FoundationBoston, MA$1,000112023
Parkinson's Resource OrganizationIndian Wells, CA$1,000112021
Camp HascBrooklyn, NY$930222022
American Friends of Darche NoamFresh Meadows, NY$903332023
Camp RamahEncino, CA$780222022
Chabad of ConejoAgoura Hills, CA$720332023
AvodahWashington, DC$530112021
Temple Beth ShalomLas Vegas, NV$500112021
Weisenthal CenterLos Angeles, CA$300332023
Jewish Family ServicessovaLos Angeles, CA$290222022
Chai LifelineNew York, NY$280222022
Jewish Family ServicesLos Angeles, CA$280222022
American Friends of ShalvaNew York, NY$270222023
Ezer MizionBrooklyn, NY$270222022
La ZooLos Angeles, CA$254222022
Museum of ToleranceLos Angeles, CA$200222023
One Family FundTeaneck, NJ$200222022
Am Friends of ShalvaNew York, NY$180112021
Am Gives - Chasdei NaomiWashington, DC$180112021
American Friends of Yeshiva AteretTeaneck, NJ$180112022
Back on My FeetLos Angeles, CA$180112022
Jews United for JusticeWashington, DC$180112021
One TableorgNew York, NY$180112022
PBSLos Angeles, CA$180112023
Save a Childs HeartPotomac, MD$180112022
American Red CrossLos Angeles, CA$170222022
Am Gives - Kehillat Shirat DavidWashington, DC$150112022
Greater Los Angeles Zoo AssocLos Angeles, CA$127112023
Cong Bnai Isaac SynagogueBrooklyn, NY$108332023
Grover Cleveland HsReseda, CA$103112021
Am Gives - Chasdei EfratWashington, DC$100112021
American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in JerusalemNew York, NY$100112022
Hebron FundBrooklyn, NY$100112021
Internat'l Autoimmune EncephalitisQuincy, MA$100112021
MemriWashington, DC$100112022
ShalvaNew York, NY$90112022
Alzheimer's AssociationChicago, IL$50112021
La Children's HospitalLos Angeles, CA$50112021

26 of 51 (51%) 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 48%, 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 32 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.

Philanthropy & Grantmaking
8 grants
International Affairs
6 grants
Arts & Culture
5 grants
Religion
4 grants
Human Services
3 grants
Diseases & Disorders
3 grants
Health Care
2 grants
Education
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202135$12,898$180
202233$16,686$180
202322$181,301$430
20241$209$209

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

93% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

California
$195K
New York
$9K
Missouri
$2K
New Jersey
$2K
District of Columbia
$1K
Massachusetts
$1K
Nevada
$500
Maryland
$180

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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: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund18 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc17 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program16 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc15 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust14 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation13 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $180. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Arthur W & Madeline R Jablon'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: 4393 Park Vicente, Calabasas, CA, 91302. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 45-2628498 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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