Nat R & Martha M Knaster
Boynton Beach, FL · EIN 20-6617134. Reported 188 grants totalling $1,704,650 to 56 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Nat R & Martha M Knaster 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 $7,250. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $54,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends of the Hebrew University | New York, NY | $309,500 | 23 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baruch College Fund | New York, NY | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hillel of Broward & Palm Beach | Boca Raton, FL | $108,400 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Tennessee Foundation | Knoxville, TN | $99,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Davidson College | Davidson, NC | $80,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | $67,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Uja Federation of New York | New York, NY | $62,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Golden Hornet Project Inc | Austin, TX | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $49,500 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brotherhood Synagogue | New York, NY | $45,850 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pi Kappa Alpha Foundation | Memphis, TN | $42,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fau Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hias | Silver Spring, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Micah | Brentwood, TN | $39,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee | Albert Lea, MN | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville | Nashville, TN | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Idf | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope for Justice Inc | Nashville, TN | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Share Our Strength (no Kid Hungry Nyc) | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| World Union for Progressive Judiasm | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Michigan Hillel | Ann Arbor, MI | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation | Hagerstown, MD | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Jewish Committee | New York, NY | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Human Rights Campaign | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Temple Israel Center | White Pains, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Valley Symphony Orchestra | Mcallen, TX | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University Law School | Nashville, TN | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pap Corps | Deerfield Beach, FL | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Medford, MA | $13,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| We Sanders Foundation Inc | Tiburon, CA | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kenya Education Fund | New York, NY | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Soup Kitchen | Boynton Beach, FL | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arts Garage | Delray Beach, FL | $10,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of the Sheba Medical Center | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hi How Are You Foundation Inc | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Human Trafficking Survivors Court Foundation | Nashville, TN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Runway of Dreams Foundation | Livingston, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Universty of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Juvenile Law Center | Philadelphia, PA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wbgo Public Radio | Newark, NJ | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bronxville Ballet Not for Sale | Bronxville, NY | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Treehouse Shakers Inc | Forest Hills, NY | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Menachem Education Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Menachem Education Foundations | Brooklyn, NY | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jafco | Sunrise, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ackerman Institute for the Family | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Zero to Three | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dolphin Challenge Cancer | Miami Gardens, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Great Neck Student Aid Fund | Great Neck, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
44 of 56 (79%) 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 85%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Hillel of Broward & Palm Beach
UNRESTRICTED $14,000LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENT CAPITAL FUND $40,000 - American Friends of the Hebrew University
COMPUTATIONAL MEDICINE AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSTY (HU) - Baruch College Fund
AARON SHAPIRO SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR STUDENTS AT BARUCH COLLEGE - Friends of the Idf
AMBULANCE PURCHASE FOR USE IN ISRAEL $20,000HAMAS-ISRAEL WAR EMERGENCY FUND $10,000 - University of Tennessee Foundation
COLLEGE FUND FOR HASLEM BUSINESS SCHOOL - Uja Federation of New York
FOR EFFORTS TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM IN NY $12,500UJA NY ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND $10,000
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 118 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 | 48 | $404,650 | $6,250 |
| 2022 | 52 | $400,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 47 | $500,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 41 | $400,000 | $5,000 |
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
47% of its giving went to organizations in New York. 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 $7,250. 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 York.
- 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 Nat R & Martha M Knaster'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 M Lobel 8242 Green Mountain Rd, Boynton Beach, FL, 33473. 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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