Eleanor & Herbert Katz
Boca Raton, FL · EIN 59-2320940. Reported 184 grants totalling $5,736,376 to 83 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". Eleanor & Herbert Katz 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
6 of the organizations Eleanor & Herbert Katz funded make grants themselves, and it reported 13 grants totalling $425,500 to them. That is 17% of the $2,440,300 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation of Broward Inc | community foundation | Florida | $355,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| The Jewish Federation of Greater | federated giving programme | Maryland | $57,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way of Broward County Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Funders Network | grantmaking organization | New York | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| The Jewish Federations of North America Inc | federated giving programme | New York | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | 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 $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $1 and the largest $300,000.
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 Broward County | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $1,093,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Curry College | Milton, MA | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of Broward | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $355,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family Service of Broward County | Davie, FL | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Struggle to Save Ethiopian Jewry | New York, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Clal | New York, NY | $160,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Central Agency for Jewish Education | Miami, FL | $128,387 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| South Palm Beach County Jewish Federation | Boca Raton, FL | $127,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $122,617 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bbyo Inc | Washington, DC | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Agency for Israel- North America | New York, NY | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Moishe House | Encinitas, CA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Commttee for the Weizman Institute | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Hebrew University | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Society of the University of Haifa | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Technion Society | Boca Raton, FL | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Americans for Ben Gurion University | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Anerican Jewisj Joint Distribution Committee | New Yrok, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Adoptions and Foster Care Options | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Agency for Israel- North American Council | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Parkinson's Foundation | Miami, FL | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hillel International | Washington, DC | $98,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hillel of Broward & Palm Beach | Boca Raton, FL | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Fed of Greater Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $77,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hillel of Univerity of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aish Hatorah | Hollywood, FL | $72,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Leket Israel | Teaneck, NJ | $61,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Fed of Greater Washington | North Bethesda, MD | $57,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chabad Org | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Broward Performing Arts Foundation | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hazon | New York, NY | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Grandpart Network | Sandy Springs, GA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pef Israel Endownment Funds | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Interchange | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington Institute for N East Politics | Rockville, MD | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Temple Koi-Ami Emanu-El | Plantaion, FL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American-Israel Democracy Coalition | Bryn Mawr, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beit Halochem Usafidv | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish National Fund | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Joint Distribtuion Committee | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pef Israel Endownment Funds | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Philadelphia Theather Company | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Schechter Institutes | Jenkintown, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Bar-Llan Univer | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Bari-Lan Univer | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hadar | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jj Greenberg Institute | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sparkil C/O Ari Jaffe | University Heights, OH | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Goodman Jewish Family Services | Plantation, FL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Fed of Greater Houston | Houston, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South Florida Jewish Academy | Coconut Creek, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Ethiopian Jews Inc | Boston, MA | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Israel Cultural Fdn | New York, NY | $13,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington Institute for N East Politics | Philadelphia, PA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One State Job Lot Charitable Foundation | New City, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Broward | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Soroka Medical Center | Scarsdale, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Goodman Jewish Family Svc | Plantation, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hadassa the Womens Zionist Org of America | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| John Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ramat Shalom Beth Israel | Plantation, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Broward Gnty | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Fed of North America | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Founders Network | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wpbt Channel 2 | Miami, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ocean Reef Medical Center | Key Largo, FL | $1,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Miami Jewish Federation | Miami, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| South Florida Public Television | Boyton Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wpbt Channel 2 South Florida PBS | Boyton Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| From Pass-Thru Star Mtn Strategic Credit Income Fund Lp | New York, NY | $92 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| From Pass-Thru Las Olas Real Estate Fund I LLC | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $37 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| From Pass-Thru Star Mtn Diversifed Credit Income Fund Lp | New Yrok, NY | $22 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| From Pass-Thru Las Olas Real Estate Fund IV LLC | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $12 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| From Pass-Thru Rref IV Property Direct Domestic Investors Lp | Miami, FL | $6 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| From Pass-Thru Las Olas Bric Co-Invest Lp | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $3 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
41 of 83 (49%) 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 70%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Jewish Federation of Broward County
KATZ FAMILY PHILANTROPIC FUND - American-Israel Democracy Coalition
SUPPORT BROTHERS & SISTER FOR ISRAEL - Central Agency for Jewish Education
ROBOTICS FESTIVAL 20242025 - Pef Israel Endownment Funds
FOR ACHVA ACADEMIC COLLEGE - Hazon
SCHWARTZ RABBINICAL SUTENT RETREAT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 66 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 | 37 | $1,019,702 | $18,000 |
| 2022 | 47 | $1,336,589 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 51 | $1,676,282 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 49 | $1,703,803 | $25,000 |
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
45% of its giving went to organizations in Florida.
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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 Eleanor & Herbert Katz'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: 21218 St Andrews Blvd 404, Boca Raton, FL, 33433. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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