Gross Foundation
West Palm Beach, FL · EIN 22-2393682. Reported 164 grants totalling $3,266,159 to 94 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Gross Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $23,900; the smallest was $95 and the largest $200,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsdale Public Library Foundation | Hillsdale, NJ | $505,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $325,200 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ramapo College Foundation | Mahwah, NJ | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish National Fund | New York, NY | $286,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chabad of Palm Beach Gardens | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $257,900 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Jewish National Fund (jnf) | Boca Raton, FL | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Healthcare Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | $180,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cultural Council for Palm Beach County | Lake Worth, FL | $160,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Yivo Institute for Jewish Research | New York, NY | $127,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jewish Family Services | West Palm Beach, FL | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Zionist Organization of America | New York, NY | $94,900 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Temple Kol Dorot | Oradell, NJ | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Templet Kol Dorat | Oradell, NJ | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad of Palm Beach County | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Osher Lifelong Learning Institute | Boca Raton, FL | $56,232 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Chabad of Royal Palm Beach | Royal Palm Beach, FL | $25,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alpert Jewish Family Services | West Palm Beach, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kol Dorot | Oradell, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Norton Museum of Art | West Palm Beach, FL | $24,045 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $16,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry Inc | Westville, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hillsdale Fire Department | Hillsdale, NJ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Middle East Forum | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vermont Land Trust | Montpelier, VT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family Promise | Summit, NJ | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Atlanta, GA | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City of David Foundation | New York City, NY | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bergen County Historical Society | River Edge, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hillsdale Volunteer Ambulance Care | Hillsdale, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Horizons for Youth | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Masters School | Dobbs Ferry, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Osher Lifelong Learning Boca Raton | Boca Raton, FL | $9,630 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ghetto Fighters Museum | Galilee | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Table to Table | Hasbrouck Heights, NJ | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Palm Beach Synagogue | Palm Beach, FL | $7,755 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fau Osher Lifelong Learning Center | Boca Raton, FL | $6,915 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jack the Bike Man Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Suits for Seniors | Riviera Beach, FL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Botanical Garden | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Prospect Charter School | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hillsdale Fire Dept | Hillsdale, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hillsdale Police Dept | Hillsdale, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Service for the Developmentally Disabled | West Orange, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| March of the Living | Boca Raton, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Service for the Development Disabled (jsdd) | Livingston, NJ | $4,400 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Jewish Community Synagogue | North Palm Beach, FL | $4,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Borough of Hillsdale | Hillsdale, NJ | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tree of Life | West Palm Beach, FL | $3,666 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Academy of Design | New York, NY | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Students Supporting Israel | Plymouth, MN | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Donors Choose | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish News Service Inc (jns) | Newton Centre, MA | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Twelve Tribes | Hiddenite, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Florida Atlantic University | Boca Raton, FL | $2,275 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Boca Raton Observer | Boca Raton, FL | $2,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum | Sanibel, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Shell Museum | Sanibel, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Sousa Mendes Foundation | Greenlawn, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Weizmann Institute of Science | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Osher Lifelong Learning Center | Boca Raton, FL | $1,815 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Save Venice Inc | New York, NY | $1,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Americans for Peace and Tolerance | Watertown, MA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Conference of Presidents | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,408 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Jewish Committee | New York, NY | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Miami Holocaust Memorial | Miami Beach, FL | $1,100 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Broward County Sheriff's Office | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $1,056 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bailey Matthews Shell Museum | Sanibel, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cox Science Center | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cox Science Center and Aquarium | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| David Horowitz Freedom Center | Sherman Oaks, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Donald J Marquez Elementary School | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fau Olli Jupiter | Jupiter, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Judicial Watch | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Katz Hillel Day School of Boca Raton | Boca Raton, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mount Vernon | Mount Vernon, VA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nicklaus Childrens Hospital | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Palm Beach County Animal Care & Control | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Temple Beh El Congregation | Boca Raton, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners | West Palm Beach, FL | $592 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First National Development Institute | Longmont, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Florida Sheriffs Association | Tallahassee, FL | $500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Helen Keller Institute | Sands Point, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Palm Beach County Board of Commissioners | West Palm Beach, FL | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rotary Foundation Flags for Heroes | Palm Beach, FL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens | West Palm Beach, FL | $175 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| George Washington's Mount Vernon | Mt Vernon, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peggy Adams Animal Rescue | West Palm Beach, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mounts Botanical Gardens | West Palm Beach, FL | $95 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
39 of 94 (41%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 46%, across 4 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 72 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 | 35 | $598,416 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 32 | $661,065 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 35 | $573,921 | $2,275 |
| 2024 | 31 | $665,190 | $5,500 |
| 2025 | 31 | $767,567 | $2,500 |
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
33% of its giving went to organizations in New Jersey. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New Jersey.
- 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.
- 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 Gross Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 1600 Mayacoo Lakes Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL, 33411. 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.
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