Perlmeter Family Foundation
Miami, FL · EIN 82-3620021. Reported 129 grants totalling $4,663,625 to 89 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". Perlmeter Family Foundation 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 Perlmeter Family Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 13 grants totalling $183,247 to them. That is 5% of the $3,952,827 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 Clear Fund | grantmaking organization | California | $58,304 | 4 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Communities Foundation of Texas Inc | community foundation | Texas | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| The Jewish Federations of North America Inc | federated giving programme | New York | $30,240 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego | federated giving programme | California | $29,958 | 2 | 1 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Together Women Rise | grantmaking organization | South Carolina | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Funders Network | grantmaking organization | New York | $5,745 | 2 | 1 | 2023 | 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 $12,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,025 and $25,045; the smallest was $200 and the largest $1,871,063.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fieldcrest Aspiration Foundation | Del Mar, CA | $2,246,949 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Raymond James Donor Advised Fund | Coral Gables, FL | $257,602 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coastal Community Foundation | Encinitas, CA | $194,236 | 5 | 2 | 2023 |
| Impact Cubed | Encinitas, CA | $184,869 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| La Jolla Playhouse | La Jolla, CA | $149,894 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Resource Center | Encinitas, CA | $108,787 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | Boston, MA | $78,832 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Uplift Education | Dallas, TX | $75,432 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Central Conference of American Rabbis | New York City, NY | $75,126 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Institute of Jewish Spirituality Inc | New York, NY | $74,862 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Coastal Foundation | Encinitas, CA | $57,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Communities Foundation of Texas | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Inews Source | San Diego, CA | $49,686 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hias Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $40,126 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ujany | New York, NY | $30,391 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| East Ny Community Land Trust | Brooklyn, NY | $30,240 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Everytown Gun Safety | New York, NY | $30,240 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of North America | New York, NY | $30,240 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Thousand Currents | San Francisco, CA | $30,240 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Jewish World Service Inc | New York, NY | $30,226 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $29,958 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Clear Fund | Oakland, CA | $29,937 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism | Pasadena, CA | $29,930 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anti Defamation League | New York, NY | $29,630 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Givewell | Oakland, CA | $28,367 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hebrew Union College | Cincinnati, OH | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc | New York, NY | $27,106 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Joseph and Betty Harlam Camp Union of Amer Hebrew Congregations 405A | Bala Cynwyd, PA | $25,280 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion | Cincinnati, OH | $25,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Immune Deficiency Fund | Hanover, MD | $25,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hebrew Union College | New York, NY | $25,045 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sustained Leaders | Fort Worth, TX | $25,014 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urj Camp Harlam | Kunkletown, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Facing History & Ourselves | Boston, MA | $24,519 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oko Urban Farms | Brooklyn, NY | $24,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Berkshire Bounty Inc | Great Barrington, MA | $23,330 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of the Berkshires Inc Pittsfield Jewish | Pittsfield, MA | $22,350 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires Inc | Gt Barrington, MA | $22,330 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Foundation of Jewish Camp | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Climate Emergency Fund | Beverly Hills, CA | $14,367 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jubilee Park & Community Center Corporation | Dallas, TX | $14,367 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | New York, NY | $14,367 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Resist | Boston, MA | $14,367 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catch Global Foundation | Austin, TX | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Earthworks | Washington, DC | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Charlotte, NC | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Union for Reform Judaism | New York, NY | $12,468 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of the Berkshires | Pittsfield, MA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA Inc | Hagerstown, MD | $10,130 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Israel Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $10,130 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $10,090 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hias | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israaid | Palo Alto, CA | $9,977 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| T'ruah | New York, NY | $9,977 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Together Women Rise | Greenville, SC | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space | Pennington, NJ | $7,184 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sourland Conservancy | Hopewell, NJ | $7,184 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Educational First Steps | Dallas, TX | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jubilee Park and Community Center | Dallas, TX | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lilith Fund | Austin, TX | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Institute for Mental Health | Bethesda, MD | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northwestern University School of Medicine Transpl | Chicago, IL | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prevention Point Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meals-on-Wheels Greater San Diego Inc | San Diego, CA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Funders Network | New York, NY | $5,745 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA Inc | New York, NY | $5,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue | Jerusalem | $5,065 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | $5,025 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Jewish World Ser | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagerstown, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Grief | Morristown, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Just in Time Foster Youth | San Diego, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Meals on Wheels | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nature Collective | Encinitas, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Diego Writers Ink | San Diego, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vera Institute of Justice | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Choral Society | New York, NY | $4,975 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Aspen Institute | Aspen, CO | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Civic & Historical Society Solana Beach | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Helping Hands | New York, NY | $2,533 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Scripps Health | La Jolla, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Barbara Bush Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Holy Family Hospice | Cleveland, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy | San Diego, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hospice Care of Kanawha City | Charleston, WV | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Alliance on Mental Illness | Arlington, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| One Story at a Time | Corvallis, OR | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
18 of 89 (20%) 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 31%, 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 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.
- Fieldcrest Aspiration Foundation
SEE ATTACHED - GRANTS PAID BY SUCCESSOR FOUNDATION AFTER MERGER. - Coastal Foundation
PURPOSE FOR WHICH ORGANIZATION EXISTS. PURPOSE "SAME" FOR CONTINUING GRANTS. - Ujany
ISRAEL EMERGENCY CAMPAIGN - Central Conference of American Rabbis
RABBIS SUPPORT GROUPS PROGRAM - Hebrew Union College
STUDENT COUNSELING PROGRAM - Union for Reform Judaism
URJ CAMP HARLAM MITCH PERLMETER SCHOLARSHIP FUND
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 84 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 | 32 | $487,000 | $7,000 |
| 2022 | 36 | $502,105 | $12,600 |
| 2023 | 57 | $1,424,571 | $12,468 |
| 2024 | 4 | $2,249,949 | $188,943 |
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
68% of its giving went to organizations in California.
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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 Perlmeter Family Foundation'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: 7385 Galloway Road Suite 200, Miami, FL, 33173. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 82-3620021 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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